Guitars
A part of his rig that has stood out for a good portion of his
career is the guitars. Known for the unique Cloud guitars
as well as his Symbol guitar, Prince’s instruments reflect his
personality and stage presence. Let’s have a look at some
of his main axes.
MADCAT H.S. ANDERSON/
HOHNER TELECASTER
One of Prince’s mainstay guitars that he has been using
since the early ‘80s is the Hohner MadCat Telecaster,
a Japanese-made Tele copy. These were
designed in the early ‘70s by H.S. Anderson,
and later, the rights were sold to Germany’s
Hohner. Production then stayed in Japan
but kept the Hohner logo. The MadCat
had a 25 ½-inch scale, two single coils and
a fixed bridge with a maple body built with
a walnut strip down the middle. The front
and back were book-matched maple with
faux tortoiseshell binding and a leopard
print pickguard and plastic pickup ring.
The proximity of the bridge pickup to
the bridge itself produced a unique
tone that had the perfect funky honk,
causing Prince to fall in love with it.
He owned several MadCats, most
of which have had the neck replaced
at one point on account of him wearing
them out.
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