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MonoNeon performs onstage during the 2024 Black Music Honors at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on May 18, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
MonoNeon reveals the one pedal Prince urged him to use, now a staple in his bass rig

By Janelle Borg Published

The viral bassist also talks about how the Purple Rain hitmaker recruited him after seeing his YouTube videos

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Prince during The 19th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Show at Waldorf Astoria in New York City, New York, United States
Unreleased Prince documentary suggests his iconic While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo was an “act of revenge” against Rolling Stone

By Matt Owen Published

Prince's famous solo from the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony was performed a year after Rolling Stone omitted him from its 100 Greatest Guitarists list

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American bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding performs at North Sea Jazz festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 10th July 2016.
Esperanza Spalding on jamming with Prince, and the stunning upset of Justin Bieber

By Chris Jisi Published

A support slot with Prince set the stage for Esperanza Spalding’s 2011 Grammy win and a whole new level of recognition

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Recording artist Raphael Saadiq performs onstage at the Keep Memory Alive foundation's "Power of Love Gala" celebrating Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena February 18, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Raphael Saadiq on playing with Prince, D'Angelo and the “dead” 1962 Fender that put the vintage in Instant Vintage

By Chris Jisi Published

The Tony! Toni! Toné! trailblazer created a whole new rhythm section style on his 2002 solo debut

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Left-Prince performs onstage at Warner Theatre on June 14, 2015 in Washington, DC.; Right - Prince's Vox HDC-77
The Vox semi-hollow Prince used for his final electric tour and White House performance is up for auction

By Janelle Borg Published

The Vox guitar auction is taking place just a few months after Prince's Cloud 3 sold for a whopping $910,000

Electric Guitars
Prince performing onstage with his Cloud 3 guitar in 1992 (left), Prince's Cloud 3 guitar against a white background
Prince’s Cloud 3, which went for less than $10,000 in 2005, sells at auction for $900,000 more – and breaks a world record

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The distinctively-shaped, extensively-used six-string eclipsed its initial estimated value by hundreds of thousands of dollars

Electric Guitars
Left: Prince holding his Cloud 3 guitar on stage; Right: an image of the yellow Cloud 3 guitar
In 2005, Prince’s Cloud 3 sold for $10,000. Now it’s expected to fetch $600,000 at auction

By Janelle Borg Published

Since its original sale, the guitar has been rediscovered as one of Prince’s most heavily used stage guitars, used on iconic tours including Purple Rain, Sign of the Times, and Diamonds & Pearls

Electric Guitars
Prince and bassist Ida Nielsen
“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

By Joel McIver Published

You put a video of yourself playing bass on YouTube. Then Prince calls…

Bassists
Prince performs at half time during Super Bowl XLI between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears at Dolphins Stadium in Miami, Florida on February 4, 2007.
“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

By Nick Wells Published

According to Josh Dunham, having chops is cool, but playing with Prince you really had to play in the pocket

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From Prince to John Frusciante via Cory Wong: learn the rhythm approaches of the pop-funk masters

By Steve Allsworth Published

Hone your rhythm chops with examples in the style of the players who took funk in new directions

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