Havent seen any pictures of him with the purple symbal guitar since he did the o2 5 years ago

Hope not-it's my fav

Symbol.

TheDigitalGardener said:

Symbol.

V10LETBLUES said:

I thought it was tacky. To me it always looked dumb. I won't miss it. All the other guitars are awesome. The Cloud will always be my fav.

V10LETBLUES said:

I thought it was tacky. To me it always looked dumb. I won't miss it. All the other guitars are awesome. The Cloud will always be my fav.

I am with you on this one, to me, it looked awkward and dumb and not sexy. "Hated It"!

PurpleRayven said:

V10LETBLUES said:

I thought it was tacky. To me it always looked dumb. I won't miss it. All the other guitars are awesome. The Cloud will always be my fav.

I am with you on this one, to me, it looked awkward and dumb and not sexy. "Hated It"!

Oh Lawd hatred for a guitar

Awful thing, I hope he put it in the fire. I do miss the clouds, though.

Just stop the madness

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Lianachan said:

Awful thing, I hope he put it in the fire. I do miss the clouds, though.

Sorry to burst your bubble , but the guitar is actually or will be or was already on display as part as an African American Art Exhibit.

http://www.americaiam.org...index.html

http://www.historyhappens...hives/6535

May have to re-think my stance on this guitar. nope still not sexy , but never the less I would love to see it in person

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thebanishedone said:

Symbol guitar have awful synthetic sound

Electric guitars do not have anything on them that could result in a "synthetic" sound.

It's how they are used with effects that can give an impression of an unnatural sound. Reverb, pitch shifters, flangers, phasers and chorus effects are usually to blame for that. He usually used that guitar during the "big" anthem like songs so he was often using quite a lot of effects as well.

I wonder if he ever really used the symbol guitars in studio. How the hell do you sit down with that thing?

novabrkr said:

PurpleRayven said:

Lianachan said:

Awful thing, I hope he put it in the fire. I do miss the clouds, though.

Sorry to burst your bubble , but the guitar is actually or will be or was already on display as part as an African American Art Exhibit.

http://www.americaiam.org...index.html

http://www.historyhappens...hives/6535

May have to re-think my stance on this guitar. nope still not sexy , but never the less I would love to see it in person

[Edited 5/10/12 10:59am]

So he won't be playing that guitar anymore, then? He didn't throw it in the fire, but it's history! Gone.

thebanishedone said:

novabrkr said:

I wonder if he ever really used the symbol guitars in studio. How the hell do you sit down with that thing?

of course he did Shhh guitar solo is played on Symbol,as a matter of fact whole Gold is played with symbol,i think during the 90's Prince didn't use Hohner

He certainly had other guitars as well.

novabrkr said:

Prince will never please all fantatics at the same time.

To me, the Symbol guitar is fantastic....

It's a Prince "trademark",

and btw I love the gun microphone, and the high heels too.

I don't think I've seen him perform with that guitar since the Superbowl.

thebanishedone said:

novabrkr said:

Electric guitars do not have anything on them that could result in a "synthetic" sound.

It's how they are used with effects that can give an impression of an unnatural sound. Reverb, pitch shifters, flangers, phasers and chorus effects are usually to blame for that. He usually used that guitar during the "big" anthem like songs so he was often using quite a lot of effects as well.

not true ,amp your Fender Strat with no effects and play clean,after take my Jackson concept 94 and tell me it's not about guitars

I've never heard a guitar that would have a tone I'd describe as "synthetic". Dull and uninteresting ones, without much of a personality, yes.

thedance said:

Prince will never please all fantatics at the same time.

To me, the Symbol guitar is fantastic....

It's a Prince "trademark",

and btw I love the gun microphone, and the high heels too.

Thank you

The Hohner and the Cloud are my favorite Prince guitars. They are his trademark guitars.

The Symbol one is OK but I don´t like the fact that that thing in the middle is missing. It doesn´t look like the symbol without that bar in the middle, and that makes it look a bit half assed, in my opinion.

And I have lost track of his symbol guitars...I mean, the original Symbol guitar was built by German luthier Jerry Auerswald and was VERY pricey, then Prince suddenly had two golden symbol guitars and a black one during the Ultimate Live Experience/Gold Experience tour, and a year later even a white one, but those weren´t built by Auerswald, were they? And later there was this lawsuit where a luthier from Chicago sued him for stealing the symbol guitar design from him but that did not make any sense to me since it was really Auerswald who came up with it in the first place, didn´t he?

And I never understood the differences between the original Auerswald symbol guitar and the later ones, including the purple one ("Habibi"). I think the original one had more frets, right?

And later he added a whammy bar to it.

I miss the days of Prince just playing the Cloud and the Hohner and nothing else. Can´t stand the look of the Strats or his use of the whammy bar.

The Model C (also made by Auerswald) looked too futuristic and was like a one off guitar during the Nude and Batman phase and it was soon forgotten but he really seems to like his Strats.

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It hasn't been out the best of my understanding since the Super Bowl, but I dare say we haven't seen the last of it.

FragileUndertow said:

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I love this picture...close up and personal..less makeup.

KoolEaze said:

The Hohner and the Cloud are my favorite Prince guitars. They are his trademark guitars.

The Symbol one is OK but I don´t like the fact that that thing in the middle is missing. It doesn´t look like the symbol without that bar in the middle, and that makes it look a bit half assed, in my opinion.

Oh, yeah. I've gotten so used to seeing those guitars with him that I don't even notice that aspect anymore. But when he first appeared with one it looked just sort of half-assed. I'm surprised that he kept using them for so long - they seemed more like something he would use just for a few years after the (first) name change.

I remember the first symbol sounded more like the clouds or even a bit like his tele, but that could have been due to the amp choice as well. He's had some pretty boring sounding guitar setups especially on his "big" TV-appearances.

novabrkr said:

thebanishedone said:

Symbol guitar have awful synthetic sound

Electric guitars do not have anything on them that could result in a "synthetic" sound.

It's how they are used with effects that can give an impression of an unnatural sound. Reverb, pitch shifters, flangers, phasers and chorus effects are usually to blame for that. He usually used that guitar during the "big" anthem like songs so he was often using quite a lot of effects as well.

I am going to go with this. There is a reason that Prince has the same pickup configuration on all of his guitars except the Horner and the Sheraton, so he can get the same sound. I seriously doubt that the Symbol came out for anything except the live show. If I never see it again, I am not shedding any tears.

leonche64 said:

novabrkr said:

Electric guitars do not have anything on them that could result in a "synthetic" sound.

It's how they are used with effects that can give an impression of an unnatural sound. Reverb, pitch shifters, flangers, phasers and chorus effects are usually to blame for that. He usually used that guitar during the "big" anthem like songs so he was often using quite a lot of effects as well.

I am going to go with this. There is a reason that Prince has the same pickup configuration on all of his guitars except the Horner and the Sheraton, so he can get the same sound. I seriously doubt that the Symbol came out for anything except the live show. If I never see it again, I am not shedding any tears.

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20:59pm Prince has picked up the love symbol guitar! Shit just got real.

So it looks like one the love symbol guitars has returned. No picture though, so not really sure. But great blog anyways