Steve Haynie Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Ace Frehley messed up his early KISS days Les Paul according to what I read years ago. He carved the neck heel rounder. That was the Alive! guitar. It is up for auction. His favorite Les Paul was his cherry sunburst that was used later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Oooof. That poor guitar, carved up like so many other Les Paul deluxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 That's some serious nonsense there. "Frehley loved the guitar so much he even carved the neck heel himself with a screwdriver." Yeah, because that's what I do with all of my favorite guitars. What?? You too?? WOW!! If it was really his favorite, he'd buy it back. That's how the whole "favorite" thing works. 5 minutes ago, tbonesullivan said: Oooof. That poor guitar, carved up like so many other Les Paul deluxes. Agreed, but most of those guitars were just routed for humbuckers. You could argue that's an improvement, if that's your taste. This abomination, on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM OF HAMER Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 He had some marvelous guitars at one time.....................a great collection. This one although it may be a "COLLECTABLE" to some as ACE owned it is really just crap...................non the less I'm sure it will fetch big money. Now that 59 "BURST" he had that was beautiful, but that he sold long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ed Rechts said: Ace's "Deluxe" refurbishing should get some credit for obviously inspiring Carvin's initial run of mail order guitars, right? Seriously though...I'll venture a guess that his butchery occured about the same time Ace discovered the creative and time-fulfilling aspects of cocaine By "credit" you mean "blame," right? And yes, all of that ad copy was skirting around the likely possibility that he "carved the neck heel himself with a screwdriver" because he was fucking drunk off his ass, which was often the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stike Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, kizanski said: That's some serious nonsense there. "Frehley loved the guitar so much he even carved the neck heel himself with a screwdriver." Yeah, because that's what I do with all of my favorite guitars. What?? You too?? WOW!! If it was really his favorite, he'd buy it back. That's how the whole "favorite" thing works. Agreed, but most of those guitars were just routed for humbuckers. You could argue that's an improvement, if that's your taste. This abomination, on the other hand... Looks like a less ugly Carvin DC120. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonge Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, Stike said: Looks like a less ugly Carvin DC120. Or an early 80s Ibanez Artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialk Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, kizanski said: he "carved the neck heel himself with a screwdriver" because he was fucking drunk off his ass Seemed like a good idea at the time… 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Stike said: Looks like a less ugly Carvin DC120. Heh-heh.... carve-n'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveL Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I think he might have been on something called ACID! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerican gigolo Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 5 hours ago, ARM OF HAMER said: He had some marvelous guitars at one time.....................a great collection. This one although it may be a "COLLECTABLE" to some as ACE owned it is really just crap...................non the less I'm sure it will fetch big money. Now that 59 "BURST" he had that was beautiful, but that he sold long ago. There's a pic of AF during KISS' height of popularity that showed his collection of fine guitars. I'm sure most, if not all, have fallen by the wayside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, hamerican gigolo said: There's a pic of AF during KISS' height of popularity that showed his collection of fine guitars. I'm sure most, if not all, have fallen by the wayside. Yeah, he sold all of the vintage stuff long before they went from just "used guitars" to Vintage Guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 17 minutes ago, kizanski said: Yeah, he sold all of the vintage stuff long before they went from just "used guitars" to Vintage Guitars. There is no better time for this It's sad really, as he definitely had talent as a player, and wrote some pretty good songs too. But like so many he got into the drugs, didn't take care of himself, and squandered what he had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 Ace had a trust fund set up for him. He has never really been broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singlehum Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I remember seeing these pics of his collection. Looks like that "studio" is in a crawl space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 1:59 PM, DaveL said: I think he might have been on something called ACID! Ace was mostly into cocaine and booze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Brooks said: Ace was mostly into cocaine and booze. Truth! Here, he attempts to snort Colombia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamer95USA Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 6:21 AM, kizanski said: That's some serious nonsense there. "Frehley loved the guitar so much he even carved the neck heel himself with a screwdriver." Yeah, because that's what I do with all of my favorite guitars. What?? You too?? WOW!! If it was really his favorite, he'd buy it back. That's how the whole "favorite" thing works. Agreed, but most of those guitars were just routed for humbuckers. You could argue that's an improvement, if that's your taste. This abomination, on the other hand... Hey! Look! That's a Carvin guitar that Ace Frehley played. 🤡 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disturber Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/12/2021 at 1:23 AM, singlehum said: I remember seeing these pics of his collection. Looks like that "studio" is in a crawl space. The studio was up in his spAce station. In orbit. It was not easy to build a studio up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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