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Originally Posted by babar141  What i wanna know is what Prince used in the 80s even the Sign o the times Era to get that LEAD Guitar Distortion, i just cant find that character of distortion..... |
I asked Susan Rogers about this ...
He loves his Boss pedals.In the 80's,Bob Bradshaw built rig for him but he dumped it in favor of his boss pedals being right on the floor in front of him. He used JBL speakers in his cabs...BOSS TURBO DISTORTION /TURBO OVERDRIVE.Latly he's into the metalzone....more boss pedals and a mesa heartbreaker.Other 80's pedals ....The pedals I hear the most or that stand out are the boss bf-2 flanger,the VB-2 rare vibrato,t-wah vibrato,the OC-2 octaver.DD-3 delay.Sign of the Times ....I only saw a jc-120 amp and some boss pedals but no overdrive pedals (in the boss case)in the studio....no Overdrive pedals.EMG active pickups are in all his guitars.He now uses only new boss pedals from what I can tell.The Metalzone for leads.There is another rig covered in a 90's article in some magazine that is much more complex.It has a few rack pieces...roland gp-8...soldano caswell preamp...boss pedals....jbl speakers bag end cabs....It seemed he had a separate chain just for solo's.I think he has since ditched that rig and its just pedals on he floor.