Gold-leaf Stratocaster specially made for Prince at Fender Custom Shop

[cybersecretary]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/12/how-princes-all-gold-fender-stratocaster-came-to-be.html

[Emory]

and he gets to write it off for taxes! Wouldn't be all that hard to do.... hmmm.... but I'd skip doing the neck.

[Doctor Morbius]

Gaudy as Hell.

[hardtdc]

Wow, that is unbelievably gorgeous. I can't imagine what that will cost and what the tally will be on the final auction bid.

[cratz2]

I certainly makes a statement. But seriously... gold leaf ON the frets?

 

If it was me, I think I'd have gone for the gold leaf on the body and the headstock and told them to mix up the batch of the goldest/most amber-tinted nitro clear they could come up with for the back of the neck and the fretboard.

 

Well, actually if it was me, I would have gone for Surf Green or Coral.

[Belva]

Eeewww!!!

[Ratbatblues]

Interesting....but way over the top.

[DaleH]

There is a gold leaf Masterbuilt Clapton strat.

[erold]

It's cool and excessive, but aesthetically I must say I hate it. It's ugly.

[mrbrown49]

For Prince, it's perfect.

[liamtarpey]

yeah not a fan

[soundcreation]

A store near me has one. I can't remember if it's full on like that or just the body though.

 

It's alright I guess. Honestly in person it looks a little cheap.

[Prages]

 

Interesting....but way over the top.

 

 

Because Prince is known for being so subtle...

[Phrophus]

Because Prince is known for being so subtle...

 

lol. It looks more subtle than some of his past guitars.

 

 

I mean, it's Prince. The dude can pull off things that most of us would never dream of even trying.

[El Glom-o]

Gilding the lily?

[sk8centilli]

I dig it and the idea that it's going for charity, too.

 

 

I mean, it's Prince. The dude can pull off things that most of us would never dream of even trying.

 

 

Yeah, like purple trench coats with studded shoulder.

[notjonahbutnoah]

Has anyone ever seen "An Evening with Kevin Smith?"

 

I guess Prince got in touch with him to work on some film that had to do with Mr. Jesus or something... Kevin talks at length about it, and man... Prince is bat-{censored} insane. Great musician and all, but totally nuts. I mean, most celebs are kinda weird, everyone's weird... but Prince... whoa.

 

He is incapable of surprising me. This guitar makes perfect sense... it's almost too subtle for him. However, it "coming to him in a dream" is right on the money.

 

Yo, check it, if you're bored and wanna hear a damn interesting story:

 

 

[video=youtube;Gy_cLJ19HMg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy_cLJ19HMg

 

[video=youtube;a9O130NYr_4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9O130NYr_4

 

[video=youtube;rCm4Jxo3ltE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCm4Jxo3ltE

 

[video=youtube;Vo0LbQzdz1A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0LbQzdz1A&feature=related

 

New embed rules... this took a bit to figure out... all for you, HCEG.

[RaVenCAD]

For the average dude, that strat is obnoxious.. For Prince, it's awesome. He's an amazing showman, an excellent musician, and that guitar suits him perfectly.

[cratz2]

Yeah, the Kevin Smith bit is priceless.

 

"Prince has been living in Princeland for a long time now..."

 

 

I love Kevin Smith as a writer and director, but I've come to like his three 'Evenings With' even more. He's a great story-teller and has great timing.

[Fred Buzz]

Yes, nice but too much bling. Gold body and hardware would have been enough for me, but I'm no prince, and he is ...

[csm]

Shame about the big CBS headstock -- if it wasn't for that I'd have one --

 

Oh yeah. if it wasn't for that and the PRICE ...

[Cloudguitar]

I'm guessing they didn't design it for practicality in mind, or they would have done as suggested and gave the neck a strong golden tint instead of the leafing.

 

The idea is that this would be played in one concert, then auctioned off for it's uniqueness as a collectible. A completely gold guitar owned and played by Prince? I'm guessing a collector will pay high dollar.

 

Besides, the only time he plays unpowered single coils, he goes to his old Hohner Tele's. Otherwise, his guitars are all fitted with EMG's. The Custom Shop strat he's been playing in concert has a Floyd and an EMG hum and single.

[notjonahbutnoah]

Yeah, the Kevin Smith bit is priceless. "Prince has been living in Princeland for a long time now..." I love Kevin Smith as a writer and director, but I've come to like his three 'Evenings With' even more. He's a great story-teller and has great timing.

 

Haha

 

"So he'll say to us, I need a camel"

 

The bit that stuck with me the most is how he has tons of fully produced music videos with sets and cotumes and everything for songs that have never been released and no one will probably ever see the videos.

[scottgd]

 

There is a gold leaf Masterbuilt Clapton strat.

 

 

Ya, I've seen a few of those.

[sk8centilli]

Haha "So he'll say to us, I need a camel" The bit that stuck with me the most is how he has tons of fully produced music videos with sets and cotumes and everything for songs that have never been released and no one will probably ever see the videos.

 

Well... I can understand that. I record plenty of stuff that nobody will hear and occasionally make videos that nobody will see, but not because I'm a recluse that hides them (they're on Soundclick and YouTube), but because nobody gives a {censored}