Wendy Melvoin

"They looked like a Ric, but they really weren’t after we got done with them. They were loaded with G&L pickups, and had the f-holes sealed up, so there was no air moving in them like a stock guitar."

According to the Vintage Guitar interview, there were two of those heavily modified guitars. However, those guitars got stolen from the truck of the band.

Interviewer: "On that note, is there anything that’s really turning you on right now as a producer and player in the gear world?"

WM: "Well, because our tour is skin and bones, I profiled all of my boutique amps with my Kemper Profiling amp and it’s absolutely spectacular. I’m going straight through the board and all of my boutique amps are profiled perfectly. I absolutely love my little Top Hat amps. They’re just beautiful, and I’ve got great old Silvertones, and vintage Fender White Higher Fidelity amps that I use in the studio a lot, and all of them are profiled and good to go in the Kemper. I’m a small amp girl in the studio, and I just truly believe you get better sounds that way."

Melvoin discusses this guitar in an interview with Vintage Guitar.

Before the tour, I profiled all my amps – a little Top Hat, some great old Silvertones, and a vintage Fender – into a Kemper Profiler. It’s fing amazing. I didn’t think it was possible, but it is. I would love to go out with all my gear, but it’s not cost-effective. I have two Kempers and my guitar, and I’m good to go. I don’t even use a cab – it goes right to the board. There’s no sound coming from any speaker. It’s all profiled for my cabinets, speakers, effects, and my entire chain’s all coming through the monitors.

"Gibson came to rehearsal back in 1985 and presented me with that guitar before we left for the Parade tour. It’s been my jewel. I have a few other 335s from 1967 that are absolutely phenomenal, too, but the white one was made for me and I now play it consistently. I only play it with flatwounds and it’s just been a dream guitar. That guitar was used for the entire Parade tour and our last tour as a band. Actually, Prince called me about 6 months before he passed and goes, “God! Do you still have that white 335?” And indeed I do."

However, the year of the rehearsal is unknown- in aforementioned interview, he mentions the year as 1985, but in the Vintage Guitar interview, he mentions the year as 1982. However, in this interview it is further confirmed that he uses flatwound strings.

Interviewer: "Do you recall the signal chain you used to get that giant sound on the main guitar hook on that song [Computer Blue]?"

WM: "Sure do! For my guitar, it was a Boss compressor, probably a CS-1, directly into a TC Electronic distortion pedal, into an MXR boost, into a Cry Baby Wah, then my chorus, the brand of which escapes me right now, and then into a volume pedal, all of which fed into a Mesa/Boogie Mark II head on a cab with, I think, a pair of JBL speakers. I was using one of my modified purple Rickenbackers when we recorded it."

Interviewer: "Do you recall the signal chain you used to get that giant sound on the main guitar hook on that song [Computer Blue]?"

WM: "Sure do! For my guitar, it was a Boss compressor, probably a CS-1, directly into a TC Electronic distortion pedal, into an MXR boost, into a Cry Baby Wah, then my chorus, the brand of which escapes me right now, and then into a volume pedal, all of which fed into a Mesa/Boogie Mark II head on a cab with, I think, a pair of JBL speakers. I was using one of my modified purple Rickenbackers when we recorded it."

Wendy Melvoin played a Roland G-707 guitar synth with Prince. It appears in the Girls & Boys video.

Wendy used her 1995 Les Paul Classic to record in the late 90s with Girl Bros, Sheryl Crow, Seal, and K.D. Lang

Was sold on reverb.com

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Interviewer: "Do you recall the signal chain you used to get that giant sound on the main guitar hook on that song [Computer Blue]?"

WM: "Sure do! For my guitar, it was a Boss compressor, probably a CS-1, directly into a TC Electronic distortion pedal, into an MXR boost, into a Cry Baby Wah, then my chorus, the brand of which escapes me right now, and then into a volume pedal, all of which fed into a Mesa/Boogie Mark II head on a cab with, I think, a pair of JBL speakers. I was using one of my modified purple Rickenbackers when we recorded it."

I take it and my little white Fender Custom Shop Mustang. I also have a ’66 Jazzmaster.

I take it and my little white Fender Custom Shop Mustang. I also have a ’66 Jazzmaster.

Wendy Melvoin used a Mesa/Boogie Mark II with Prince in the mid 1980s.

Wendy Melvoin played a Roland G-707/GR-700 guitar synth system with Prince in the mid-1980s.

Spotted at 1:54s in Prince's "Anotherloverholenyohead" music video. Prince had Wendy and Miko's Peavey Butcher head and cabinets retolexed with a white paisley print tolex in his "Parade" album music videos. These amps can be seen at Paisley Park in the "Grafitti Bridge"/"Parade" room.

In a YouTube video by Vertex Effects, Wendy Melvoin demonstrates her use of the Strymon Deco Tape Saturation & Doubletracker on her new ambient pedalboard.

Wendy Melvoin said in this youtube video https://youtu.be/8F_IX4b85y8?si=DcqQwDM-fRt6d6dr&t=592 she used Boss CE-1 on Purple Rain.

Interviewer: "Do you recall the signal chain you used to get that giant sound on the main guitar hook on that song [Computer Blue]?"

WM: "Sure do! For my guitar, it was a Boss compressor, probably a CS-1, directly into a TC Electronic distortion pedal, into an MXR boost, into a Cry Baby Wah, then my chorus, the brand of which escapes me right now, and then into a volume pedal, all of which fed into a Mesa/Boogie Mark II head on a cab with, I think, a pair of JBL speakers. I was using one of my modified purple Rickenbackers when we recorded it."

Wendy Melvoin can be seen using the Vertex Steel String Clean Drive in her new pedalboard

Wendy Melvoin can be seen using the Strymon Timeline

In this video, Wendy Melvoin performs with Madison Cunningham while using the Vintera II Nocaster from Fender.

In the video titled "Wendy Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Guitar Parts and Her New Rig!" published by Vertex Effects on YouTube, Wendy Melvoin, a renowned guitarist and music producer, is seen discussing her pedalboard setup. At the timestamp of 4:07, Wendy explicitly showcases her Klon Centaur Overdrive pedal, confirming its use in her musical equipment. This video serves as direct evidence of Wendy Melvoin utilizing the Klon Centaur Overdrive in her rig.

In the video titled "Wendy Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Guitar Parts and Her New Rig!" by Vertex Effects on YouTube, Wendy Melvoin demonstrates her use of the Strymon Mobius Modulator as part of her new pedalboard setup.

In a video titled "Wendy Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Guitar Parts and Her New Rig!" by Vertex Effects, Wendy Melvoin demonstrates her use of the Eventide H9 Max pedal as part of her new pedalboard setup.

In the YouTube video titled "Wendy Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Guitar Parts and Her New Rig!" by Vertex Effects, Wendy Melvoin is shown using the Strymon BigSky reverb effects pedal as part of her pedalboard setup.