One guitar in particular, from the movie Purple Rain, was made by a man right here in Minnesota. "They call it the cloud guitar," Dave Rusan, who lives in Bloomington, said.

At some point, loyalists even began referring to the Purple Special as the guitar that Prince left behind in London. By 2015, Prince’s devotees had started to become bolder, ...

A purple Sadowsky Telecaster guitar played by Prince could hammer down for $400,000 during Julien's Auctions' "Played, Worn, and Torn II" sale.

A purple guitar described as having been owned and played by Prince is listed on eBay for $70,000. MORE: The photos people managed to take at Prince's final concerts in Atlanta.

MIAMI (WSVN) — Prince’s iconic guitar in "Purple Rain" had a design as unique as the artist playing it, and now the man who designed -man-who-crafted-purple-rain-guitar-recounts-times-with ...

Prince played the Purple Rain guitar solo at every 3rdeyegirl show... apart from this one. Ben Rogerson. Mon, February 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM UTC. 4 min read.

More surprising was Purple Rain's placement, not just at number two but making a top 20 riffs at all. If it's Prince's chord progression people chose, that one is definitely unexpected! 1. Sweet Child ...