Why Prince played a cheap knockoff guitar #Shorts #GuitarGear

The natural wood electric guitar Prince wielded across his career was not a Fender Telecaster but an H.S. Anderson MadCat, rebranded as a Hohner and manufactured in Japan in the early 1970s. Prince acquired the instrument around 1979 from a Minneapolis guitar shop for a fraction of the cost of an American standard, drawn to its unique maple body, walnut center strip, and scorching single-coil bite. While guitar manufacturers later built him custom replicas to spare the fragile vintage original from touring wear, Prince repeatedly returned to the original knockoff because modern builds failed to capture its distinctive, brittle funk response. The worn guitar, fitted with its trademark leopard-print strap, remained his primary rhythm weapon in recording studios and arena tours for over three decades.
Source: The guitar’s origins and Prince’s refusal of replacements are documented in guitar technician interviews with Premier Guitar and Paisley Park museum archives.
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