His Name is Dave Rusan

^{The whole world has seen his work. The entire planet has witnessed his craft. Dave is the Luthier that created Prince’s Cloud guitar for Purple Rain.}

^{That guitar was a statement that stuck in people’s minds. Would Prince have been so memorable with a Strat or a Les Paul? I would argue that visuals were alway a huge part of Prince’s mystique.}

^{So, 40 years ago, two guys from Minneapolis agreed on an outlandish guitar that screamed for attention.}

^{Prince played the emotion out of it. Dave Rusan made the image of that emotion iconic.}

^{It is so famous, they sell copies at the Minneapolis Airport.}

^{Here’s a picture I personally took.}

^{It is real. It plays. It is licensed to Schrecter. The airport version is hundreds of dollars. A hand-made version by Dave Rusan is about $8,000.}

^{Three Cloud guitars were made to be played by Prince on tour.}

^{The first cannot be had. It was given to The Smithsonian in 1993.}

^{Every Guitar Has A Story loves luthiers.}

^{Here is a high level work of art you might want to see:}

^{https://youtu.be/eLs1h0iWbLk?si=ZrYoSZD79pNFnZ41}