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Then, a gradual build-up returns us to the joyously upbeat chorus. In this new context, Prince adopts a slicker vibe, with staccato riffs and fleeting clean-toned licks. Bound by its tight chordal construction, Prince’s high-gain solo morphs in melodic shape before the track breaks down into a restrained, downbeat arrangement. Sign O’ the Times is bursting with genre-spanning ideas, and I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man is a sparkling example of Prince injecting flavour to complement a track’s ever-shifting dynamic landscape.

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man ( Sign O’ the Times, 1987)įar from just being the means to knock out a killer solo, the guitar served numerous structural functions in Prince’s arrangements. Though we’re sticking with studio tracks here, his show-stealing turn at the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s tribute to George Harrison – burning a flaming trail through the end of a star-studded performance of While My Guitar Gently Weeps – is essential viewing if you’re in any doubt about the purple one’s herculean dexterity. Here we’re spotlighting some key tracks from across his mountainous catalogue, pointing out cuts that reveal Prince’s wizardry like no others. Prince exuded both technical proficiency and unpredictable inventiveness

READ MORE: BOSS GX-100: Everything you need to knowĪlmost 40 years on and after a staggering 41 studio albums, the world bade farewell to the man who’d provided some of the most arresting, emotive and unforgettable guitar work of all time, be it the title track of his 1984 epic Purple Rain, the genre-flitting Alphabet Street from 1988’s Lovesexy or the plaintive, wiry blues licks of 2015’s Baltimore, from final record Hit n Run Phase Two.

Back when the 18-year-old Prince recorded his guitar parts – and every other instrument for that matter – for 1978 debut For You, the young songwriter was already gaining a reputation as a prodigious musical force in his native Minneapolis, a city with which he would become synonymous as he ascended to the status of global megastar. Never one to shy from demonstrating his superhuman guitar credentials, Prince’s canon of studio albums features innumerable examples of his talent.