Three instruments I can think of off the top of my head are:

1. The Accordian
2. Banjo
3. Auto harp

What other instruments has he not used yet?

Mandolin.

Oboe.

Stand up bass

That Roger/Zapp vocoder tube thing you stick in your mouth and feed through a keyboard or guitar.

Lap steel guitar

Sarangi

tabla

if prince didnt use accordian then what do i hear on parade track "do u lie"?

lisa coleman brat played mandolin on around the world in a day album

lisa's brother

ernestsewell said:

He plays mandolin on 77 Beverly Park, doesn't he?

missjay23 said:

That surely is no mandolin, it sounds like a normal 12-string guitar.

ernestsewell said:

Ihasn't there been any oboe in C.Fishcers arrangement? that would seem odd if not.

Wasn't the double bass used on the Exodus album?

3121 said:

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Tuba
Bass Clarinet
Lute
Doubek
Djembe
Baritone Guitar
6 String Bass
Moog
Theramin

Giovanni777 said:

The Moog was in the Rave DVD, and Renato has had a Moog close by. And didn't Prince play a Moog while soloing during "Come On" while on The Tonight Show ?

prince plays stand up bass on title song from rainbow children

Giovanni777 said:

that would be

ernestsewell said:

Perhaps, but the thread is about on record, so 2 speak, and I can't remember hearing one on any album.

kumala75 said:

Most definitely would be. I'm surprised he hasn't, being as fluid as both he and the Theramin R.

Oud

ernestsewell said:

he used that Zapp thing in "Welcome to the Dawn" on The Truth. Or maybe it was that Peter Frampton thing.

He's played a banjo. Remember in GB movie when Morris and Jerome are having the money throwdown, that's Prince on the banjo.

joyinrepetition said:

It isn't

"Duelin' Banjos"

performed by Eric Wellsberg and Steve Mandell

See film credits

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Umm... I remember Rhonda playing double bass on some songs, cant remember the names.

About the Oud or Ud: it is played on the titletrack of Around the World in a day, as listed in the liner notes.

I am quite sure there is some Oboe to be found in Clare Fishers arrangements, wether its in on the Parade album or the Jill Jones album (Mia Bocca).

To ad:

Not officially confirmed in any way, but i swear I can hear mandoline playing in the background of the song Under the Cherry Moon.

Oh, and when it comes to the 'accordian sound' on Do U lie, that comes from a so called Musette synthesizer.

thebanishedone said:

OOH man, you're right That's an accordian that you hear on Do U Lie. My mistake.

ernestsewell said:

Cheers for the music lesson but i am proficient on several instruments. Somebody mentioned that a double bass (see above ) was used on the recording i mentioned. It could have been a band member, perhaps even Prince himself.

ernestsewell said:

I know this thread is about instruments PRINCE hasn't recorded with but Rhonda played a stand up bass at the recent LA Nokia Club show

PEJ said:

and on the ONA tour during certain segments of the show.

3121 said:

true dat

Purple123 said:

THANK GOD!!!

What about Steel Drumz?

Kazoo