Prince

Spotted :50s in, on top of his Mesa Boogie cabinets.

From a Reverb online article:

"Prince had requested an amp with a lot of clean headroom that could be used as a pedal platform. Soldano built eight of these amps for him. 4 were built for Prince, and 4 were built for his guitarist, Donna Grantis.

This amp sounds nothing at all like a typical Avenger. It has a very clean tone, with no distortion whatsoever. The clean sound is closer to the Lucky 13 than to any other Soldano amp I've owned. It's a great sounding amp, and as designed, it excels when being used as a pedal platform.

These amps can be seen on stage during Prince's performances from 2014 on, including his most recent performance from Saturday Night Live."

From a picture from Prince’s Guitar Book released by Paisley Park it shows Prince guitar pedalboard and you can spot a Voodoo Lab Pedal 2 Plus on the lift side.

Prince used a Hammond B-3 organ, which is featured in several of his concert films, including "Rave Un2 The Year 2000" and "Prince Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas." Although the specific model is uncertain, some suggest it might be a Hammond XK-5 SKX. Photos from Andrea Mai's article on Paisley Park provide further insight into Prince's gear collection.

Prince used an Orr Bass on the For You and Prince albums. It is mentioned in the credits to the For You album.

Prince used an Ensoniq Mirage on Sign O The Times.

Prince used an Ensoniq ESQ-1 on the Lovesexy album.

Prince played an Ibanez GB12 George Benson from 1997 onward. It was a gift from George Benson himself.

An article released talks about what different gear Prince used during the recording of the Purple Rain album it is mentioned that he used a few 1176s and Susan Rogers during an interview said that she used a 1176 compressor on the Linn snare for the song If I Was Your Girlfriend.

Susan Rogers saids in a interview that Prince was reluctant of using new gear once he had what he liked; then she gives a list of what gear he used adding the he loved a Lexicon Prime-Time digital delay

In the interview Susan Rogers said that she added a Publison Inferno Machine 90 to Prince’s Studio and in the photo had one in the studio. Prince used IM90 to sample and also used it to make the Camille voice instead of speeding up tape to make the Camille voice.

"When he picks up a bass onstage, he favors his white Warwick Thumb "Eye Bass" (so named because of the eye painted on the front), a white fretless Warwick Thumb, or his custom Lakland with a fist-shaped headstock. "

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

In the article "Prince: The Unsung Guitar Hero" on Pro Guitar Shop, it is noted that Prince used the Roland GP-16 Digital Guitar Effects Processor, among other effects such as the Dunlop Rotovibe and Zoom 9030, in his pedalboard setup.

The Artist plays bass on nearly all of the Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic tracks. (Rhonda S. appears on two songs.) For most of his parts The Artist used Graham’s Moon bass with Bartolini pickups; when the Moon was unavailable he used the Warwick Eye Bass. Engineer Hans-Martin Buff ran the signal into an Avalon U5 active DI, either a Demidio or Neve mike preamp, a Summit Audio compressor, and sometimes an API 550 EQ.

According to this site Prince used the EV-5 to control the whammy in the GP-16.

In a personal studio photo, Prince is seen with an Akai S1000, highlighting its role in his music production setup.

Prince was delighted with the instrument when it was unveiled for him, enthusing about it on Twitter. “He was madly in love with the piano,” says Gero. “The following Saturday night, he had a concert at Paisley Park, where he played it.” It was also used on the nude tours and lovesexy

we see the instrument, in prince's home studio in paisley park.

https://twitter.com/rhodesstory/status/988400851378102272

we see the instrument, at prince's home studio in paisley park

At 0:40 in the music video for 'Manic Monday' by Prince, on the right hand side of his pedalboard you can see the BOSS PSM-5 Power supply in use. This pedal may have only been used in practices, or possibly also in his pre Purple Rain performances.

Between 2005 and 2012, Prince frequently used the Dunlop 535Q Cry Baby Multi-Wah pedal in his performances, as evidenced by various appearances on his pedalboard. This information is corroborated by discussions on prince.org.

In a interview Lisa Coleman said that Oberheim was a big part of Prince’s sound. She later saids Prince was incredibly bold in the way he would just use a preset and then brighten the fuck out of it! He would turn the filter way up so the sound would cut through the mix. I still have the OB-SX from those days. It’s one of the most simple Oberheims - there are just a few knobs on it, but that was the most quintessential keyboard from that era. There’s the organ sound from When You Were Mine or The Beautiful Ones. If you play that organ sound with a delay pedal, there you go! And the horn punches? Play [preset] C1. That’s the sound!”

In an interview featured on prince.org, Dr. Fink and Rosie Gaines discuss Prince's use of the ARP Solina String Ensemble, highlighting its role in his music production.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-CwfTXN4fE

Spotted at 6:02.

In a photo from Prince's Guitar Book, published by Paisley Park, you can see Prince’s pedalboard featuring a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power ISO-5 on the right side.

Prince used Bag End D-12Ms live with his Mesa/Boogie Mark II amplifiers from 1982 to 1992.

Prince used a Moog Polymoog on For You and Prince. It is mentioned in the liner notes to For You.

Used by Prince on the Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic album.

A guitar synth used by Prince on Parade and Sign O The Times.