Strumenti usati da Prince

 

The main guitar Prince uses is his MadCat guitar, a Hohner telecaster knock-off, which he started using around 1983. It has a natural-wood finish with a maple fretboard/neck and leopard skin pickguard, with chrome hardware. The guitar has 2 single-coil pickups and a fixed bridge.

 
The MadCat Hohner Telecaster is identified to be his primary guitar during live performances and recording sessions in the studio. It’s distinctive, funky rhythm tone has been present in several of his recordings.

After years of using the stock Hohner Tele pickups, Prince eventually replaced the stock pickups with Kinman pickups. Now here’s another story that displayed his eccentricity. When the Kinman pickups ordered by Prince’s guitar tech arrived, it came with white covers. Rather than buying black covers, Prince instead instructed him to color the covers black with a black Magic Marker. Can you believe that?

His Royal Badness had several of these Hohner Telecasters eventually. It was a testament of his fondness for this guitar despite the fact that Hohner guitars were generally considered as cheap alternatives to more well-known brands such as Fender and Gibson.

Here's a jam session where Prince was playing his Hohner Tele with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne jamming “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” during the posthumous induction of George Harrison to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, of which Prince himself was a co-inductee. Prince made his guitar weep in the latter part of the song, starting at the 3:28 mark. Watch the video and see for yourself!

 

si tratta di un Pegasus Grand CC 208 P ed è considerato il pianoforte del futuro. E’ stato creato dalla casa tedesca Schimmel in collaborazione con il prof. Luigi Colani, il più famoso industrial designer al mondo. Il nome Pegasus non è stato dato a caso. Questo pianoforte dal disegno originalissimo, sembra infatti librarsi nell’aria o, meglio, tra le note. Materiali e lavorazione di origine aeronautica, uniti alla qualità classica di Schimmel. Oltre ad arredare la villa di Prince un altro pezzo si trova a casa di Lenny Kravitz.
Il tutto al modico prezzo di 200.000 dollari!