Topmusicanswers
- What pedals did Prince use?
- What Overdrive did Prince use?
- What gear did Prince use on Purple Rain?
- Did Prince have a favorite guitar?
What pedals did Prince use?
For the straight-up rock tones, he mostly used his pedals—a Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion, a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, a Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, a Boss OC-2 Octave, a Boss FL-2 Flanger, a Danelectro Fab Tone, a Dunlop CryBaby, and a Dunlop Rotovibe.
What Overdrive did Prince use?
While it very well could be that Prince owned the entire Boss line of effects, he is commonly seen with the BF-2 Flanger, BD-2 Blues Driver, OD-2 Turbo Overdrive, MT-2 Metal Zone (yep), DS-2 Turbo Distortion, VB-2 Vibrato, DD-3 Digital Delay and OC-2 Octave.
What gear did Prince use on Purple Rain?
Prince played a Hohner Madcat on this record. He had the Dave Rusan Cloud Guitar built for the Purple Rain film and it probably appears on the album[1] . Prince used his Mesa/Boogie Mark II and Bag End D12-M set up[2] on this record, along with Music Man[3] , Fender and Marshall amps.
Did Prince have a favorite guitar?
Prince's most famous guitar is the Hohner Madcat, a Tele-style guitar with a natural finish. Prince acquired this guitar in 1980 and became his preferred guitar in the studio.
