Once hit-making guitarist Mike Scott showed up in Minneapolis from his native D.C., it wasn’t long before he was working on records with the likes of Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, and Gladys Knight. Soon, Scott found himself landing one of the most highly coveted guitar gigs: at Paisley Park, as part of Prince's New Power Generation. Among the many anecdotes that come with being Prince's first-call guitarist, Scott recently looked back on the one time he – accidentally – caught the Purple Rain legend using his own guitar gear. “We never talked about gear,” Scott says on the 100 Guitarists podcast. Prince & Mike Scott 💜💜 - YouTube Watch On“He used to always say, ‘You step you step on my pedals like you're killing cockroaches or something.