<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Prince ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/prince Tue, 05 May 2026 15:57:43 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “A solo that felt more like a moving cry of the soul than a musical spotlight”: Rolling Stone has revealed its Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time – and its number one pick corrects a previous injustice ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rolling-stone-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time KUDb9AFMVNuFwM43frYC8c Tue, 05 May 2026 15:57:43 +0000 Tue, 05 May 2026 16:20:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A lot of people say he sounds like Hendrix, but to me, he doesn’t really”: Prince’s long-time bassist on teaching guitar to the Purple Rain hitmaker – and why the Jimi Hendrix comparisons are inaccurate ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/prince-long-time-bassist-on-teaching-guitar-to-the-purple-rain-hitmaker ' due to contractual disputes with his label, and, amid the turbulence, he granted Guitar World access to his onstage inner sanctum ]]> GFrvsVxTCpL6SLd38pixqj Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:41:03 +0000 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:15:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His dad got him a guitar. The next day he came back playing Black Magic Woman by Santana. He was obsessed with being great at guitar”: Prince was destined to become a guitar legend as soon as he started playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/prince-was-a-gifted-guitarist-from-day-one XEX8ByG9sUbSeUpUzMjkRW Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:14:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I talked to the Warner A&R guy he said, ‘Oh man, Prince really screwed up. It sucks’”: The story of Prince’s underrated 1986 classic – and the lip-smacking hit single that scared his record label ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/prince-and-the-revolution-parade yKGYJbZWk4NdqvLhuNdEx5 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:12:01 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:59:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I told him the serial number.His mind was blown – he said it was Prince’s No. 1 amp on the Purple Rain tour”: How an ’80s session guitar icon accidentally ended up with the ultimate Prince amp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/amps/eddie-martinez-prince-purple-rain-amp RJSy5r7PnmmQc4jgVisgEg Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:38:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was one of the strangest, most beautiful, serendipitous moments”: The John Mayer song that features a cameo from Prince’s guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/john-mayer-recording-with-princes-guitar d9Vt945kBPLwCisEEHX3un Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:16:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s weirdly heavy, which you wouldn’t necessarily expect from its diminutive size”: Up close and personal with Prince’s $635,000 Yellow Cloud guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/prince-yellow-cloud-jim-irsay-collection zfSeFAdW94oGSkM27WLuY6 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He felt a responsibility to look after these things. He was aware that you can’t be buried with them – you are but the temporary custodian”: Inside the greatest guitar auction of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/behind-the-scenes-at-the-jim-irsay-guitar-collection PsDMyD3CbXGaw7o2ZLz7JW Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:53:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings”: Why Prince turned down a deal with Guitar Hero ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-prince-rejected-guitar-hero DuNBsdtLxn7BcnUJoTA3Fn Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:51:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A piece as collectible as it is playable”: Prince’s signature Taylor is back for the first time in 15 years – but you’ll have to go to Paisley Park to get it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/acoustic-guitars/prince-taylor-612ce-return UEaL5KWRgkPfFt2E5GnRyk Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:06:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Our genre was blowing up with Bon Jovi and Motley Crue. So Prince paid for our first demo. Then he saw us live, which he did not like...” Warrant’s Joey Allen saw his own solos re-tracked in front of him – what he did next saved his career ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joey-allen-warrant-rumors qNh6PB2MZYBoebYSaS84aJ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:31:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought it was a prank, so I didn’t answer!” She put a video of herself playing bass on YouTube. Then Prince called ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/alissia-benveniste-prince-bootsy-collins-nile-rodgers QEwEDNqzoWsi8uXf6cVhRU Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I turned into a Strat player. I never thought I would”: Danielle Haim on her guitarist-for-hire days with Julian Casablancas, I Quit energy and Haim’s historic Grammy nomination ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/danielle-haim-i-quit-interview zwmW3Qef3FvbMTkvggiuN4 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:35:05 +0000 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:38:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every time I watch videos of her playing guitar I melt on the floor”: Danielle Haim reveals her biggest guitar influences – and who she believes is one “of the most genius guitar players” of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/danielle-haim-reveals-her-biggest-guitar-influences SgJ6JuFKF5JkQw2YztRKhi Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:23:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My inspiration for this tune was Flight of the Bumblebee, but through a funky lens, as if Tower of Power had written and recorded the melody”: Cory Wong on how to arrange guitar and keyboards ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/cory-wong-on-how-to-arrange-guitar-and-keyboards SBu4kd2e79YdbTEbqENBMd Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:03:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He used to always say, ‘You step on my pedals like you’re killing cockroaches or something’”: Session guitarist extraordinaire Mike Scott on Prince’s critiques during soundchecks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/guitarist-mike-scott-on-princes-critiques-during-soundchecks Bd6anQbrKwRuXmBnzEpyQK Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:27:31 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:47:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He looked at me like I had five heads”: Spike Lee once asked Prince for his signature guitar – he didn’t expect what happened next ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/spike-lee-once-asked-prince-for-a-guitar wvGNXiF6jLe3LPeo3AcSPT Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:35:43 +0000 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:32:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Prince was a master guitarist with a singular musical vision, but he didn't always go it alone on the instrument. These are the oft-overlooked players who joined him onstage, and in the studio ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/a-guide-to-every-prince-guitarist ZbhPofoqBVhMxHCqpVi6yS Sun, 11 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:37:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Prince writes, ‘Luka is the most compelling piece of music I’ve heard in a long time’”: Suzanne Vega on the time Prince sent her a handwritten letter to praise one of her most iconic tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/suzanne-vega-on-that-time-prince-sent-her-a-handwritten-letter-to-praise-luka 6QF8V9bXPpijXBcbegCyUm Wed, 07 May 2025 21:07:48 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:20:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He got that from me. I used to throw my guitar as high as I could, like, 20 feet, and my guitar tech would catch it”: Dez Dickerson on Prince, his iconic Little Red Corvette solo, and why he left the Revolution ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dez-dickerson-prince-the-revolution-little-red-corvette-solo uZMvAZQ8PzgcWTTjZpyPWB Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:38:07 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:42:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘If I could have it my way it would sound like this,’ and I pulled the bass guitar out of the mix”: Why Prince removed the bassline from When Doves Cry ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/why-prince-removed-the-bassline-from-when-doves-cry 3hTnTwGm6TydqbnWTWQcaQ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:34:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Mick Jagger called Prince and asked him to come back, but he said no”: What really happened at Prince’s infamous show supporting the Stones in 1981? Guitarist Dez Dickerson sets the record straight ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/dez-dickerson-on-princes-infamous-show-supporting-the-rolling-stones-in-1981 m65bwgEM32Q6GSWWnHME6h Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:23:11 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:19:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was so close to happening. Then Jeff bailed at the last moment”: Joe Satriani was days away from signing Jeff Beck for G3 – before the Yardbird dropped out and suggested Prince as a replacement ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-satriani-was-days-away-from-signing-jeff-beck-for-g3 sHvvTw3HeETcKBp6Mm3GKU Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:58:25 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:03:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was a total surprise. Prince sang, ‘In the purple…’ and then he pointed at me”: When Donna Grantis joined Prince’s band, she expected the unexpected – but she never thought he’d ask her to take iconic Purple Rain solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/when-donna-grantis-played-prince-purple-rain-solo P6Q5aVmccwAhTzf5CEeBu6 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:18:08 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:54:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I got into Miles Davis' band, playing like my idols – Jaco, Stanley and Larry Graham – wasn't going to work. I had to dig and find something else”: How Marcus Miller found his voice – and became one of the most-imitated bassists in the biz ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/how-marcus-miller-found-his-voice Z7Y2fMynwvSxnrgk4pzScK Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:24:00 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They’re both amazing guitarists, but Jeff Beck let you take liberties”: Rhonda Smith had been on call with Prince for more than a decade when she told the Purple One she was busy with Jeff Beck ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/rhonda-smith-on-playing-with-prince-and-jeff-beck D5nuBMSmzSHRjyKZAe9bxH Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:24:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:46:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Zoom discontinued that pedal because nobody bought it – but bass players are always coming up to me wanting to know how I got those sounds”: Remembering jazz great Victor Bailey, who used an unsung multi-FX pedal for his cover of Prince’s biggest hit ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/victor-bailey-covers-prince Z7mNriiP5KC2ZEKjFYrpuc Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:09:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:06:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We hit the stage, and there’s Paul McCartney. He looks at me and he says, ‘Hey, Duff’. All I can think is, ‘Paul McCartney knows my name. How the hell did that happen?!’” Duff McKagan recalls his real-life Spinal Tap moment and meeting his heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/duff-mckagan-on-meeting-prince-and-paul-mccartney QLCr8ZYSH4vrRv3KeQB4zY Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:08:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:39:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I stopped caring what people thought. I stopped trying to sound like other people and my sound emerged. It was literally timed with my transition”: Ella Feingold gigged with Erykah Badu and jammed with Prince, but her transition made her a player ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/ella-feingold-erykah-badu-prince-transition YKPmC975JowJ5JShGFE8uL Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:10:57 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:03:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Bruno would send me records, and I would send him records. Eventually, he asked, ‘Would you want to play on a song?’” How Ella Feingold got working with Bruno Mars – and how it differed from her Prince audition ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-ella-feingold-got-working-with-bruno-mars qLCHEg8PLVYP7nmPDmGonE Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:47:19 +0000 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:01:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Prince said, ‘Think more Elton John.’ I was like, ‘Is he clowning? Is he trolling me?’” Session ace Ella Feingold once auditioned to join Prince’s band – and was told her playing was “too funky” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/ella-feingold-prince-audition VMwjzgVo5Ar8r2yoYyhwag Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:19:40 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:02:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Out of all guitars Sadowsky made for Prince, the purple floral one saw the most use”: Prince’s iconic custom ‘Parade Tour’ guitar, used in the America video, is up for auction – with a price tag of $400,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/prince-purple-sadowsky-tele-set-for-auction k4hauEkTGwtLMkqPtHox44 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:28:07 +0000 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:51:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Starting out as a singer, I realized the guitar was the closest instrument to the human voice in terms of expression”: Judith Hill on her journey from backing singer for Michael Jackson, Prince and Stevie Wonder to picking up guitar in her own band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/judith-hill-letters-from-a-black-widow FWgkQ7KNkdJwpNkGh6iqPh Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:15:19 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I spent 10 hours a day for a month making that guitar… If it didn’t work out, it could have been a white Stratin Purple Rain”: Prince’s Cloud guitar builder Dave Rusan on how he made the iconic instrument – and the legal battles over his replicas ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/prince-cloud-guitar-builder-dave-rusan bXEvEdPr2rJtkZXrtn3Guh Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:41:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We had an instant kinship… the first thing he did was give me a couple of guitars”: Elusive neo-soul artist D'Angelo flexes his guitar skills on a G&L Superstrat given to him by a music icon in newly discovered interview footage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dangelo-rare-video-interview HPHLT6e9Y9axYyMQrSUdtU Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:15:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When I was playing with Prince, I saw how he was using it and I just saw his swag with it, so I kind of adapted it”: MonoNeon reveals the one pedal Prince urged him to use, now a staple in his bass rig ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mononeon-on-how-he-started-using-the-whammy-thanks-to-prince d4PDSVsvCrE9a43AQKj2c9 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:11:57 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There’s spite and aggression in the performance”: Unreleased Prince documentary suggests his iconic While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was an “act of revenge” against Rolling Stone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/prince-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-solo-rolling-stone MjaVr68D9LyhhvZRFHngLC Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:19:02 +0000 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:47:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Someone told me you can’t play slap bass on a fretless, but when Prince picked up my bass he slapped the heck out of it!” Esperanza Spalding on jamming with Prince, and her stunning Justin Bieber upset ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/esperanza-spalding-on-jamming-with-prince Gj6SsEPNAkTeVJto53XLwk Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:11:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Prince picked up my bass – but it was tuned to Eb, so he just found one note that worked and he stayed on it the entire song”: Raphael Saadiq on playing with Prince, D'Angelo and the “dead” 1962 Fender that put the vintage in Instant Vintage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/raphael-saadiq-on-instant-vintage B2RjBVgZfwbVzcTeQAuQEb Sun, 01 Sep 2024 14:19:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This guitar hasn't been played since Prince last performed with it”: The Vox semi-hollow Prince used for his final electric tour and White House performance is up for auction – and expected to sell for upwards of $350,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/prince-vox-hdc-77-up-for-auction QTkVa42XeFnZVzvoEbDJEH Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:19:48 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:32:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I jammed with Prince once, and he was like, ‘What is that effect you have on your guitar?’ I said, ‘Nothing.’ He couldn’t believe it”: Lenny Kravitz on the time he blew Prince’s mind with his guitar tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/lenny-kravitz-prince-jam fLeQrtJyeyFs86A6o6fdWZ Fri, 24 May 2024 11:07:36 +0000 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:28:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Prince was not a guy who would sit around and polish his guitars or even think that much about them – they were tools”: In 2005, Prince’s Cloud 3 sold for $10,000. Now it’s expected to fetch $600,000 at auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/prince-cloud-3-guitar-auction ppBnZBA83sNpawftNwyCA7 Wed, 08 May 2024 10:27:18 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2024 14:39:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It wasn’t like a normal bass gig where you have 30 songs: I had to learn 300!” Ida Nielsen talks touring with Prince, and how she tackled her Paisley Park audition ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/ida-nielsen-talks-touring-with-prince d2DJw99MjoXEcc7agSnQdU Sat, 11 Nov 2023 12:56:44 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:34:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Prince was serious about what he wanted. He would turn around, point to you and say, ‘Go!’”: Josh Dunham names the five albums that helped shape his sound with Prince ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/josh-dunham-top-5-albums x5Kd4PnivskHDdeCFTmLwc Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:04:11 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:10:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ From Prince to John Frusciante via Cory Wong: learn the rhythm approaches of the pop-funk masters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/prince-john-frusciante-cory-wong-pop-funk-guitar z2UP44ERvV8AZeQ4z3VHh8 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:03:47 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Larry Graham on when you really need to use a 5-string bass ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/larry-graham-on-when-you-really-need-to-use-a-5-string-bass dUe5VNcjAqT6SHa4tPHkHi Thu, 11 May 2023 16:22:02 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nuno Bettencourt says Prince once called him “one of the top three guitar players in the world” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/nuno-bettencourt-prince-praise jzv3tsxbE25kAfKmoykyhj Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:48:36 +0000 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:50:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ One of Prince’s customized Thinline Teles has gone up for sale on Reverb ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/prince-thinline-telecaster-reverb-sale yS7628HuAg4TBJQvNQJyqb Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:22:01 +0000 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:26:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather talks jamming with Eddie Van Halen, and the time Prince gave him the silent treatment ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-lukather-eddie-van-halen-prince MJP2bqkcwBbQWMzokuJGrV Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:12:02 +0000 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:22:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Prince’s gold-finished Schecter Symbol guitar get pulled out of retirement and put through its paces ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/prince-schecter-gold-symbol-dre-dimura tgtjx4652dk88jGwoxHz3G Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:10:58 +0000 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:57:56 +0000