bubs_42 Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 This needs no introduction! http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Les-Paul-Deluxe...1QQcmdZViewItem
Hamer of the gods Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 This needs no introduction! http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Les-Paul-Deluxe...1QQcmdZViewItemThat's not even Ace in the video! It's Tommy Thayer!
cmatthes Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 And it's not even Tommy Thayer! Funny how he plugs into an Import Hamer Standard to finish out the solo...(and what the hell is a PRS Modern Eagle doing on the stand in the back?)
cornjulio Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 And I have to admit I didn't even know these things existed...
kizanski Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 "This item is being relisted thanks to the non-payment of fellow ebayer: kandinsky60Thanks for stiffing me kandinsky60! Shame you have to ruin ebay for the rest of us!"Awesome!
Hamer Bass Head Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 I had one of those briefly..... but it was a total loss after I had a momentary lapse of judgement and accidentally sawed it in half wearing my "Blackie Lawless" chainsaw codpiece......
velorush Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 New poll: which is harder on the resale value of a guitar: doinks or dinks?
rooster69f Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Would someone please tell me WHY the "Ace" still makes it into the "Top Guitarists" polls that come out in all the mags? And please don't try to tell me it is because he was so "influential." GAACK!!
cmatthes Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 I think that's exactly why. He's no great shakes technically, but has a very distinctive style. There are legions of players who were inspired to pick up the guitar because of him. He was the "gateway drug" into more serious players for millions."Greatest" can mean more than one thing too.Just a thought...
Hamer of the gods Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 I think that's exactly why. He's no great shakes technically, but has a very distinctive style. There are legions of players who were inspired to pick up the guitar because of him. He was the "gateway drug" into more serious players for millions."Greatest" can mean more than one thing too.Just a thought...A friend of mine who plays in a pretty major metal band has a shirt that says "Ace Frehley Ruined My Life!"Awesome!
serial Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 I wouldn't have gravitated to guitar if it wasn't for Ace. In fact, pretty much 100% of guitarists my age that I've played with or known locally (not talking internet-that's too wide of a net) all started b/c of Ace. Even after I was "over" Kiss, enough of an impression was made (actually by the tobacco burst guitar in that poster probably) that my first good guitar was a tobacco burst LP Custom.
veatch Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Funny how he plugs into an Import Hamer Standard to finish out the solo......and it has to have been one of the slowest guitar swaps i've ever seen...
Steve Haynie Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Does anyone want to buy all my Hamers so I can buy a smoking Les Paul? I need that guitar.
cmatthes Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Funny how he plugs into an Import Hamer Standard to finish out the solo... ...and it has to have been one of the slowest guitar swaps i've ever seen... Hey man - unless you've walked a mile in his 7 inch platform boots... Seriously. He just wasn't smooth at all on that.
velorush Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 I wouldn't have gravitated to guitar if it wasn't for Ace. In fact, pretty much 100% of guitarists my age that I've played with or known locally (not talking internet-that's too wide of a net) all started b/c of Ace. Even after I was "over" Kiss, enough of an impression was made (actually by the tobacco burst guitar in that poster probably) that my first good guitar was a tobacco burst LP Custom.+1 I didn't know anything about musicality or technical ability any of that stuff, but as a pre-teen kid I knew I wanted to do what Ace did. Regardless of how simple it seems in retrospect he put on an entertaining show for us kids and had us all wanting a Les Paul with six pickups (!) (we didn't know what a humbucker was) that had smoke coming out of them.
serial Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Funny how he plugs into an Import Hamer Standard to finish out the solo......and it has to have been one of the slowest guitar swaps i've ever seen...Awk! I thought the same thing. That was painful-the knob twiddling on the floor was sad. Of course with Kiss, the whole rest of the stage is dark and there are roadies, etc...
rooster69f Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 I think that's exactly why. He's no great shakes technically, but has a very distinctive style. There are legions of players who were inspired to pick up the guitar because of him. He was the "gateway drug" into more serious players for millions."Greatest" can mean more than one thing too.Just a thought...Excellent reply! And I see that many of you feel the same. I think I finally understand this! Thanks
serial Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 Likewise, I don't "get" Clapton.He bores me to tears in heaven. That's a dude that I can't see influencing ANYBODY, particularly comparing him with his contemporaries like Jimi or Jeff Beck.Clapton=yawn.
bubs_42 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Posted January 9, 2009 Likewise, I don't "get" Clapton.He bores me to tears in heaven. That's a dude that I can't see influencing ANYBODY, particularly comparing him with his contemporaries like Jimi or Jeff Beck.Clapton=yawn. You should remember his is GOD you know..I'd be carefull.
Steve Haynie Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 To understand Clapton's influence you have to start with John Mayall's album Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton. This is the album that gave us the name "Bluesbreaker combo" for a Marshall amp. Every lick on the album has shown up somewhere before and after Clapton played them, but this album started a fire with those guitar players we grew up with in the 70's. The Bluesbreakers album and the Cream albums influenced a lot of guys, and that probably included Ace Frehley.
bubs_42 Posted January 9, 2009 Author Posted January 9, 2009 To understand Clapton's influence you have to start with John Mayall's album Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton. This is the album that gave us the name "Bluesbreaker combo" for a Marshall amp. Every lick on the album has shown up somewhere before and after Clapton played them, but this album started a fire with those guitar players we grew up with in the 70's. The Bluesbreakers album and the Cream albums influenced a lot of guys, and that probably included Ace Frehley. That album, along with "The Jeff Back Group", and "The Best of the James Gang" Pretty much don't ever leave the rotation.
LordOfTheThighs Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 My KISS geekness raises it's ugly head : Period correct style guitars in the solo vid. Ace only had the 2 pick-up smoking LP up to the Love Gun Tour. Then had it modded for the 3rd pup. Also, toward the end of the "ALIVE!" tour, and into the Destroyer tour, he also used an Ibanez Korina Destroyer. So the dude has his KISS ducks in a row. Aak, err, quack. ~Forces his KISS nerdism back into the attic.~ Anyhooo, Ace and Paul both caused me to pick up a guitar. Ace's playing, and Paul always was playing a different cool guitar, ie: Flying Vs, Firebirds, Explorers, Iceman, Hamers, BC Richs, and on occasion a LP.
rooster69f Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 To understand Clapton's influence you have to start with John Mayall's album Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton. This is the album that gave us the name "Bluesbreaker combo" for a Marshall amp. Every lick on the album has shown up somewhere before and after Clapton played them, but this album started a fire with those guitar players we grew up with in the 70's. The Bluesbreakers album and the Cream albums influenced a lot of guys, and that probably included Ace Frehley. That album, along with "The Jeff Back Group", and "The Best of the James Gang" Pretty much don't ever leave the rotation. Oh HOLY CHRIST! Ace and Slowhand and Jeff Beck in the same thread! Welcome, oh Apocalypse! The End is Near! Anyway, allow me to return the favor of trying to explain Eric for the many of you who FINALLY made me understand Ace's influence... my take on Eric is a bit different than most. I was very "Ho-hum" about him for many years. Then I got a bit older and actually started PLAYING blues. Whatta revelation! This is a guy who flat out proves that it is not how many notes you play... it is how you play them. He plays dead simple blues scales and makes them sound superb. It just works. Work on a little 12 bar for awhile and you might change your tune also. And if not... well... I'm still not gonna listen to Ace! But at least I understand why millions like him!
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