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Thread started 10/26/10 8:20pm

thedance

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Prince: Technical problems with his guitars at 2 shows(Lovesexy 1988 & One Nite Alone: Vega 2002)

Prince is such a fantastic & excellent guitarist we all know that,

Prince is "the modern day Jimi Hendrix"... worship

here: are some errors which has been "hunting me" for a long time:

1) Lovesexy Dortmund 1988, during the Anna Stesia song Prince is going to play the solo on the white "Alphabet Street Guitar", but this guitar is dead..... sad, how brilliant this song would had been with this solo, on this amazing and rare played guitar !!

2) One Nite Alone aftershow Live in club Vega, Copenhagen Denmark 2002, during The Question Of U, the solo is cut short, cuz the guitar is suddenly dead. I was there and I remember Prince handed the guitar to the technician while the band just played on... (on the Sabotage bootleg, the guitar dying is at 2:58 - The Question Of U), the actual solo is only about 10 secs long: I 100% sure Prince was about to play a fierce solo, that never happened. DAMN. Still it's an absolut brilliant show.

Maybe you can name more technical errors with guitar solo's.. happening in Prince's long career....

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Reply #1 posted 10/26/10 8:37pm

Vict0r

Kind of a misleading thread title.

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Reply #2 posted 10/26/10 8:38pm

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^ really ?

I'm danish / Non-english.... is it spelled wrong, or why do you believe it is misleading you... ??

Edit: I have just changed it a bit.. is it better now ?

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Reply #3 posted 10/26/10 8:49pm

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thedance said:

^ really ?

I'm danish / Non-english.... is it spelled wrong, or why do you believe it is misleading you... ??

Edit: I have just changed it a bit.. is it better now ?

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[Edited 10/26/10 20:46pm]

It's just that I thought by 'error' you meant him playing the wrong chords or notes, as opposed to what I suppose could be referred to as 'technical issues'.

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Reply #4 posted 10/26/10 8:51pm

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thedance said:

^ really ?

I'm danish / Non-english.... is it spelled wrong, or why do you believe it is misleading you... ??

Edit: I have just changed it a bit.. is it better now ?

[Edited 10/26/10 20:47pm]

I think the point Vict0r was trying to make was that these were actually technical issues and not really "errors" as if Prince played a sour note, or in the wrong key.

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Reply #5 posted 10/26/10 8:55pm

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thedance said:

^ really ?

I'm danish / Non-english.... is it spelled wrong, or why do you believe it is misleading you... ??

Edit: I have just changed it a bit.. is it better now ?

[Edited 10/26/10 20:47pm]

How about this ....... Prince: Technical problems with his guitars at 2 shows (Lovesexy 1988 & One Nite Alone: Vega 2002) ??? hmmm

Then people will know it's to do with guitar issues gone wrong during performances. smile

Just my suggestion.

And a note for orgers: Help those whose English is not their first language. Thanks smile

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Reply #6 posted 10/26/10 8:58pm

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^ done... I have just made the change. wink

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thedance said:

^ done... I have just made the change. wink

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Reply #8 posted 10/27/10 10:30am

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If it were the guitars with the EMG's maybe the battery died.

If it were the Tele then I don't know.

Wendy had problems with her white telecaster when she played with P at the Musicology Show in New Orleans.

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Reply #9 posted 10/27/10 10:50am

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His guitar cut out during "rock lobster" after anotherloverholenyohead at the Indigo aftershow 28th August 2007.

It was the blue strat and it just clean cut straight out Prince danced to the sid eof the stage giving the guitar tech a filthy look. He then jokingly went to throw it in the crowd and then didn't.

Cora kept playing untill the guitar got fixed and then the gig continued

Awesome gig

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Reply #10 posted 10/27/10 10:55am

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What about the Super Bowl?

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chopingard said:

His guitar cut out during "rock lobster" after anotherloverholenyohead at the Indigo aftershow 28th August 2007.



It was the blue strat and it just clean cut straight out Prince danced to the sid eof the stage giving the guitar tech a filthy look. He then jokingly went to throw it in the crowd and then didn't.



Cora kept playing untill the guitar got fixed and then the gig continued



Awesome gig


I was going to post about that too he jokingly says 'thank you. Good night' after the tune. That show is incredible and for me is up there with the best shows he ever played worship
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Reply #12 posted 10/27/10 11:11am

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Efan said:

What about the Super Bowl?

???????????????????????????

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Essayvee said:

Efan said:

What about the Super Bowl?

???????????????????????????

I was just asking. I love that performance. But the guitar sounds a little off. It's been commented on before around here.

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Reply #14 posted 10/27/10 11:35am

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thedance said:

Prince is such a fantastic & excellent guitarist we all know that,



Prince is "the modern day Jimi Hendrix"... worship



here: are some errors which has been "hunting me" for a long time:

1) Lovesexy Dortmund 1988, during the Anna Stesia song Prince is going to play the solo on the white "Alphabet Street Guitar", but this guitar is dead..... sad, how brilliant this song would had been with this solo, on this amazing and rare played guitar !!



2) One Nite Alone aftershow Live in club Vega, Copenhagen Denmark 2002, during The Question Of U, the solo is cut short, cuz the guitar is suddenly dead. I was there and I remember Prince handed the guitar to the technician while the band just played on... (on the Sabotage bootleg, the guitar dying is at 2:58 - The Question Of U), the actual solo is only about 10 secs long: I 100% sure Prince was about to play a fierce solo, that never happened. DAMN. Still it's an absolut brilliant show.



Maybe you can name more technical errors with guitar solo's.. happening in Prince's long career....


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Happened during Race at a Birmingham Act 2 gig back in the 90s to...sounded like something blew..then he handed it to a technician and proceeded to wait on stage for him to fix it...humming and whistling to pass the time
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Reply #15 posted 10/28/10 1:11pm

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Efan said:

Essayvee said:

???????????????????????????

I was just asking. I love that performance. But the guitar sounds a little off. It's been commented on before around here.

think that might be due to the rain, he done wonders in the situation he was in ...

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