Prince

Built by David Rusan and Barry Haugen, this guitar was made in 1989 for Prince. In this Rolling Stone article, his guitar tech explains, ""This Yellow Cloud guitar was Prince's main guitar & used in most of his early videos & touring performances & album recordings. From around 1988-1994," Prince's former guitar technician Zeke Clark wrote for Heritage Auctions in a letter of authenticity. "In 1994 he broke the neck of this guitar at a French T.V. show. After returning to U.S.A. I repaired neck & installed the first Floyd Rose set up Prince ever played. And then used in recording more albums, up until the symbol guitar was born. After the symbol guitar he wanted 24 additional cloud guitars made to be sold at his outlet store."

Prince current ride is the Vox Series 77

In the feature pic, Prince can be seen playing his custom guitar.

More information about the guitar can be found here: http://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2011/09/princes-guitars.html

Prince can be seen with his custom-made Jerry Auerswald guitar in this picture.

In this photo, one can see Prince with a Hohner Madcat.

In this photo, Prince can be seen playing a Epiphone Crestwood Custom. Borrowed By Captain Kirk Douglas Of The Roots For A Performance Of "Bambi"

These are the most recognizable guitars in Prince’s stable but he has also played a Les Paul Jr. covered with fake fur, a Lake Placid Blue Stratocaster, Dark Blue Telecaster with flowers, a George Benson autographed Ibanez archtop, and Auerswald Model C guitars equipped with sustain bows.

Starting at about 1:53, Prince can be seen playing a custom purple (a dark bordeaux like purple) Taylor T5. If you go frame by frame through that section, very briefly you can see the headstock clear enough to recognize the Taylor logo. And then there's the tell tale cat's eye soundholes and the three unique control buttons on the upper part of the guitar.

Prince used the guitar on multiple occasions, it is a one off Fender Custom Shop Strat built at his request, note absence of middle pick-up and locking tuners, he also used a 'Fiesta Red' and a Gold Stratocaster guitar with extremely similar specs to the one shown here

Prince featured this guitar as part of a more extended acoustic set throughout his Musicology tour in 2004.

source: http://acousticpickers.blogspot.com/2016/04/guitar-hero-6-prince-taylor-612-ce.html

Simon "Gus" Farmer, from Heathfield, began working on the guitar nine years ago. It was only at the beginning of March that Prince received it before showing it off on stage. He apparently liked it so much he ordered a bass guitar. Prince performed with Simon Farmer's guitar in early April 2016.

At 22:00 and 23:30 he is seen playing this guitar

The Builder of this Custom Instruments speaks about his clients, in which he explains that prince ordered once a guitar.

Taylor 214E or 214 on serveral tv appearances

STAGE CONCERT CE GUITARS Designed for performance, a stage-ready acoustic-electric with a distinct voice built on the original Breedlove concert body shape with all solid tonewoods. This versatile acoustic-electric concert guitar is ready to be plugged in and played live. The electronics let you control your sound and translate the nuances of your playing to your audience, and it also features the Breedlove Bridge Truss, which relieves stress on the guitar’s top allowing for better balance extra sustain.

Used In Prince's Music Video"Guitar"

Prince's "Go To" Axe Early On In His Career He Later Sawed Off The Horn And Adorned The Guitar With LED Lights And Faux Leopard Print Fur

Early On In Prince's Career He Used A Modified Fender Telecaster And A Gibson L6S Before He Recieved His Hohner Madcat In 1982,Guitar Can Be Seen Being Played By Dez Dickerson In The Music Video"Dirty Mind"

when prince was auto-named "the artist"

used with project "3rd eye girl"

One brand that seems to have made an impression on him is Mesa Boogie. He has been seen playing several models of Mesa Boogie amplifiers throughout the years such as the Heartbreaker, Nomad, and Lonestar as well as a Strategy 500 power amp paired with a Soldano/Caswell preamp.

These Mesa heads were usually paired with either Mesa Recto 4x12 cabs or Marshall 4x12 cabs loaded with Vintage 30’s (the Marshall’s).

Earlier in his career (I believe) he was playing through Soldano SLO-100 heads and he has also been seen playing Orange AD140HTC heads with Orange 412 cabinets.

Earlier in his career (I believe) he was playing through Soldano SLO-100 heads and he has also been seen playing Orange AD140HTC heads with Orange 412 cabinets.

He’s also been known to play through Peavey 5150 4x12’s loaded with EV speakers.

“There were three of these 300 series amps,” says Bendinelli. “The original two were Mark IIBs, and this is one of them. They’re all dated 1981, and Prince had them by the time he did the 1999 tour. --- They had 180 watts of clean headroom, and it was a big, loud sound onstage.

Prince liked the C+ better, because it had a lot more punch and headroom in the preamp. I carried one of the 300 series Mark IIBs home with me, updated it to a C+, and sent it back. So Prince ended up with three C+ heads—one original and two converted."

“This is a very rock-oriented record, so we worked a little harder on the distortion tones,” says Buff, when asked about the guitar-recording process for Rave. “There were a couple of tracks where we just plugged straight into an amp—typically a Peavey Delta Blues 1x15 or a Tech 21 Trademark 60—but The Artist also had his complete guitar system in the studio so that he could use all his pedals. I’d often mic the [Dutch-made, Celestion Vintage 30 loaded] Koch 4x12 or Peavey 5150 4x12 cabinets with a Shure SM57 and an Audix D2 placed on two different speaker cones. Sometimes we used a room mic to capture some depth—usually something fancy like an AKG C12A, a Neumann U67, or a Neumann U47 FET.