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Thread started 02/25/23 4:02pm

Tokyo2

***PART 2: Podcast - Dave Rusan talks Takumi, Wendy & The Prince Estate***

EPISODE LINK HERE - talks about Takumi, making a guitar for Wendy and The Prince Estate asking him to give up the rights to his guitar design! (Maybe they wanted to print clouds on their PJs ;o)

Episode Summary

Dave Rusan was a young aspiring musician in his early 20s, who worked in his local music shop in Minneapolis repairing guitars. One day Prince's manager walked into the store and asked Dave's manager to tell him he had a unique assignment for him - make a distinctive, one of a kind guitar for a movie that Prince would star in.

In part 2 of this unique interview, Dave tells us what it felt like as it dawned on him that he would become part of music history forever. Essential for lovers of Prince's music but also for music lovers and rock historians.

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Reply #1 posted 02/26/23 1:00pm

FrankieCoco1

Will give this a watch/listen. Takumi was great in answering a question I asked him about what kind of strings Prince used.
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Reply #2 posted 02/27/23 8:59am

Tokyo2

FrankieCoco1 said:

Will give this a watch/listen. Takumi was great in answering a question I asked him about what kind of strings Prince used.

If you're into guitars @FrankieCoco1 - this could be the podcast episode for you...goes into specifics like strings, pick-ups and the various elements Dave used to make such an iconic guitar. One for the heads...

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Reply #3 posted 02/27/23 10:49pm

fondadventure

Gonna give this a look/hear. I inquired of Takumi what kind of strings Prince used, and he responded admirably. Spam deleted, l'ange bleu, moderator

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Reply #4 posted 02/27/23 10:55pm

LoveGalore

fondadventure said:

Gonna give this a look/hear. I inquired of Takumi what kind of strings Prince used, and he responded admirably. Spam deleted, l'ange bleu, moderator



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Reply #5 posted 03/09/23 5:30am

GustavoRibas

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Thanks a lot. I love interviews with people related to his music (band members, engineers, etc)

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Reply #6 posted 03/12/23 7:31am

Tokyo2

GustavoRibas said:

Thanks a lot. I love interviews with people related to his music (band members, engineers, etc)

Thanks Gustavo, will try and share other relevant episodes as and when they come up. T

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Reply #7 posted 03/13/23 5:17am

leecaldon

Looking forward to hearing this. And more about Takumi - he was incredibly generous in interactions my friends and I had with him.

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