Prince Guitars - The Cloud one

[Pablo]

Does anyone else think these are cool. Blue fretboard cool!!!

Does anyone know if they were produced for the public?

Someone said to me once that it was a german company which built them.

The Hohner Prinz was cool too, before the had to get rid of the Tele headstock.

[frankfalbo]

I have always loved Prince's guitars. He is such a fantastic guitarist, that I can look at the guitars as serious instruments. Even though they look like decorative instruments, I know they must be seriously playable.

[ShredHead42]

* * i've always heard them referred to as the "Cloud" guitars. *I'm not sure if that's the company, or the model. * They had one (for not too bad a price if i remember correctly - less than 1k - i think) at drumcity guitarland when i was there in march... *contact them and see. *it wasn't the one shaped like his symbol, but the other really funky one. * *
* * there's something about those guitars in a Guitar Player from a year or two ago. *i'd look it up, but im lazy.

[vaijem777]

I believe that the model in question is called the "Cloud" and they're made by Schecter. *Jason at Drum City/Guitarland did have one a couple of months ago, but they are a special order model that is available

[Jimi D]

Last I'd read Prince had painted his blue - the body, the neck, the fretboard, the pickups, everything - BLUE! *Hehehehe... The guy's really dancing to a different drummer - but what a guitarist!! Especially for someone who professes to "only play as well as I need to for the song"... I mean, he doesn't even sell himself as a guitar slinger! Too

[J Todd Beachler]

he is a great guitarist. *give me a few weeks and i'll have a Vai related Prince bootleg. *

[darren wilson]

According to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which mounted a show called Dangerous Curves: Art of the Guitar, Prince's "Cloud" guitar was made by David Rusan and Barry Haugen of Knut-Koupee Enterprises, Inc.; Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1989.

I believe it's now a part of the Smithsonian's collection. Pretty cool, huh?

[Josh Blagg]

Search for Auerswald guitars. *I believe they do the one that is the Prince logo, or name, symbol...whatever.

[dwswift]

Just an FYI: *Knut-Koupee is now out of business. *They closed down about 4 or 5 years ago.

There is a guy that I usually bring my guitars to for repairs... his name is Bill Schwabb. *He told me he either worked on Prince's guitars or built one for him. *I can't recall which, sorry. *Apparently Prince stiffed him on the bill! *...must have been while he was a slave to warner bros and wasn't making any money :lame: *

[Christopher Chen]

There was some wacko selling a cloud guitar on **** a couple of weeks ago, it's probably a fake. I've seen the Schecter version, as for the "sign" guitar that one is made by auerswald...

Here's the link

http://www.auerswald-instruments.com...ars/symbol.JPG

Chris.

[Christopher Chen]

Hey actually after Clicking the smithsonian links, it just occured to me that I saw a pink one hanging in Hard Rock Cafe Beijing! Anyone been there please help me to confirm this...I saw it on the second level.

Chris.

[Christopher Chen]

Check it out!
The blue cloud and the yellow cloud together in one pic, most probably Prince's lineup of backstage Axes!

http://www.auerswald-instruments.com...nstruments.JPG

[Pablo]

Someone should make them again.

They always looked a bit cheap though. Very light and 'disposable' looking.

A blue one or a purple one would be nice though.

[Christopher Chen]

Yeah I can't agree with you more Pablo, they are very nice guitars. There actually someone on **** selling Prince's Hamer Tele...I wonder whether it's the real thing though.

Chris.

[Pablo]

The Hohner tele (The original ones) had a tele headstock then it was changed to a more 'pointyish' which looked crap to me.

A friend used to have one of the first ones. He sanded the neck down and stuck a couple of fast-track's in it and it was very cool after that.