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Prince guitars I don’t play but would like to own a replica guitar Maybe a cloud or symbol Anyone have good or bad experiences? Suggestions of where to buy from and where to avoid Am based in the UK Thanks in advance |
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The funny thing is, as ridiculous as I think it is when people have pianos in their houses and can't play anything but the chopsticks... I'd like to own one too..
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If you're buying one for decoration only, and it isn't ever going to be played, then you can take your chances on this place: | |
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I have a white Chinese Cloud replica guitar for sell. I bought it after Prince passed. I bought another white Cloud from Paisley Park so I don’t need the other anymore. It’s pearl white and was built with a through neck ( neck goes completely through guitar body)It’s never been played, I bought it just to have.Not sure what it would cost to ship to your country. | |
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RodeoSchro said: If you're buying one for decoration only, and it isn't ever going to be played, then you can take your chances on this place: I bought from them a peach cloud with emg’s and schaller locking tuners.It is playable. The schecter from Paisley is not bad too. "We are the New Power Generation,and so are U!" | |
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Buying a guitar for shits and giggles? | |
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RodeoSchro said: If you're buying one for decoration only, and it isn't ever going to be played, then you can take your chances on this place: I bought mine from RareElectric It was a bit more because of the through neck and shipping. Electrics are not that great but it comes close to the Shechter in size and shape. | |
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With the right setup done maybe yes,but with the extra feature (emg pickup-locking tuners)the price is not 549 but close to 1000 plus shipping. "We are the New Power Generation,and so are U!" | |
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If it is strictly for decoration and not for playing, I guess the cheaper the better. As long as you're happy with the look of it, any of the cheap options mentioned earlier in thread from China (Rare Electric, or Ali Express) are probably ideal for your purpose. Also there's a cheap telecaster clone from Harley Benton that isn't too bad.
On the other hand if you do want to play it as a musical instrument things get a lot more expensive. The recent Korean-made Schecter cloud guitars sold by Paisley Park and at the current London exhibition are pretty decently specified and play very well, but they aren't cheap of course. And the second hand market throws up replica guitars from time to time also. Beyond those options you'd be looking at something custom made, which generally runs into thousands of pounds too.
Probably the best of both worlds is to get a cheap junk cloud copy from China for sticking on the wall, and buy a decent cheap non-Prince-related guitar for actually playing day to day | |
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The RE cloud would need the hardware and electrics upgraded to make it a better guitar. The Shechter is pretty nice the way it is. It’s just a $1k more than the RE version [Edited 11/9/17 11:44am] | |
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I'd love to buy my son one--if he still had time to do his awsome version of Let's Go Crazy... He had it nailed! Miss those guitar solos! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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I just went through this. I'd avoid the cheap chinese unbranded knock offs.
A german company Harley Benton has decent Mad Cat inspired TE-80 at a very affordable price:
https://www.thomannmusic....e_310672_0
A few aftermark tweaks and you end up with the classic Prince guitar. Youtube has a few examples of folks that took the Te-80, swapped the pick guard and upgraded the tuners and other stuff.
If want to go all out, you can spend $3,000 and get the Japanese made authentic Mad Cat:
After wasting time with older Hohner replicas that werent right, I managed to cobble together a DIY franken MadCat and I'm very happy with the result
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emesem said: I just went through this. I'd avoid the cheap chinese unbranded knock offs.
A german company Harley Benton has decent Mad Cat inspired TE-80 at a very affordable price:
https://www.thomannmusic....e_310672_0
A few aftermark tweaks and you end up with the classic Prince guitar. Youtube has a few examples of folks that took the Te-80, swapped the pick guard and upgraded the tuners and other stuff.
If want to go all out, you can spend $3,000 and get the Japanese made authentic Mad Cat:
After wasting time with older Hohner replicas that werent right, I managed to cobble together a DIY franken MadCat and I'm very happy with the result
[Edited 11/10/17 9:08am] Been there and done that.Waiting on my real $3200 MadCat to get here by the end of the month. I did the HB TE-80 thing too. Bought the guitar, ordered the pickguard and had the guitar worked on. It needed a fret level job and setup but came out nice. The only thing I don’t care for is the neck on those guitars. The only reason I offered my Chinese Cloud for Sale is because the original poster wanted a cloud guitar to hang on the wall. It could be made into a playable instrument with some upgrades. Almost every guitar I own needs something or some kind of work done to make it perfect and playable. They all do. | |
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