ACE FREHLEY'S ORIGINAL 1973 GIBSON LES PAUL X WALT GRACE VINTAGE
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That amp sounds INCREDIBLE
5/5 beards.
Most likely a Marshall with a MXR distortion plus
Direct in baby!! Marshall reigns supreme
Lil' Wayne's guitar teacher I’m surprised. Those amps aren’t usually that fizzy unless you’re pushing a distortion pedal
It’s the early DiMarzios Super Distortions. They were super hot back then.
i think it was obvious that from the moment he played the first note on this vid
everyone of a certain age knew instantly that this is THE guitar
that sound is burnt into our minds forever
The tone of that guitar is absolutely unmistakeable.
It's the sound of the mic you hear.
You wonder why Ace gave it up if the single to double cut conversion did not make the guitar sound thinner.
It's the amp
Sad But none of the Records could get this Concert Sound, I always thought they never could capture a Marshall Sound of Ace on the Records, So the Famous all knobs on 5 did not translate very well on the Records
All you heard is what an engineer played through the board
Ace has always been my favorite lead guitarist, ever. Hís choice of guitars is incredible. This guitar is bad ass. I bet it plays as good as it looks. Especially if played through a Marshall. The great guitar players always did something to their guitars. Thanks Ace !
it blows my mind that he would let a guy make his first LP into a double cut and re-paint it... Still sounds fantastic!
We’re with you!
Wth ?! I've never heard about that. Definitely sounded great. But changing it like that ? Nah. I couldn't do that to any of my Les Pauls.
Also , why didnt the luthier,fill in and make dissapear the evidence of the 3 way control cavity....of course i agree ...the guitar should have been left alone stock
@@historiclp4577 Not sure why, but it's possible-depending on the material he used to fill it-that it shrunk over the years, exposing the "repair". We highly doubt, given the quality of the conversion, that he handed it back to Ace with that kind of primitive filler job. More likely than not, the repair revealed itself with age...
It blows our mind that 70s Les Pauls and even 50s bursts were just treated like working tools and 'used guitars'. Page reshaped the necks on his Bursts and routed under the pickguard for additional controls. Countless early Strats were also modified before you could just buy a superstrat.
But these were also innovations that pushed forward guitar design and broke the old designs out of their functional and sonic limitations. Or certainly tried to.
Ace was such a riff master.Doesnt get enough credit .Also your playing here is alot of fun.Your enthusiasm is contagious. Ace is the best part of kiss
Haha. Ace is no riff master. Think Bonamassa, Page, Beck, Clapton, Hendrix to name a few.
@@kirkhepburnmiddleagedwhiteguy With all due respect to your opinion and preferences, I have to disagree. Ace was exceptional at creating simple, tough, powerful, muscular riffs that just matched perfectly the attitude that Kiss was all about. Examples: Parasite....Firehouse.....She....just to name a few.
Les pauls from the first half of the 70s are highly underrated guitars . Page has a 1970 gold top deluxe that was routed for humbuckers and painted red and it became one of his most used guitars. It was his backup guitar from 1970 to 1973 until he got his second 59 les paul after the 73 tour . The guitar was used again as a backup on the 77 tour .. on the outrider tour of 1988 the red les Paul deluxe was pages number 1 and he used it on almost every song it also saw serious stage time on the the page and plant tours and in the tour he did with the black crowes. It has actually seen far more stage time than the 59 les Paul he bought in 1973 . Alex lifeson also had a couple of 1974 les Paul's that he used extensively in the 70s . One was a 74 deluxe routed for humbuckers and the other was a 74 tobacco sunburst standard which seen more use than the deluxe. It's the les paul he is playing on the all the worlds a stage live album and his guitar tone on that album is absolutely ferocious. Vintage snobs will say the early 70s les Paul deluxe and mid 70s standards are all garbage but I have heard many that blow modern gibson custom shop les pauls out of the water. The early the 1968 to 1974 les paul customs are fantastic guitars too . Many players have used 74 les customs and made them sound killer . Early 70s customs were a common choice for hard rock and metal players in the 1970s Randy Roads Mick Mars and steve jones all rocked the early to mid 70s les Paul customs. Pre 1975 Gibson t top humbuckers are incredible pickups and many famous and sought after guitar tones that get credited to paf pickups were actually recorded with t top and earlier Gibson patent sticker pickups
Agreed, My 1980 LP Cherry Standard is built plays way better than the 2014 Custom shop R8 I purchased. The difference is the R8's pick ups are a bit darker and richer. The bridge saddles on the R8 are junk and all the speed knobs now have cracks in them. Most rock albums in the 70's that used LP's were brand new Norlin Era guitars, don't let the guitar snob cork sniffers fool ya. Same with tube amps, love them but you better replace tubes often!
T-Tops are criminally underrated pickups. I have two in my 2017 Les Paul Traditional made by Manlius pickups out of New York.
I’m so glad that you played my favorite song “Mr. Speed”.
That's one of the most iconic guitars of rock history, Ace definitely used it to record Alive and many other classic Kiss records. What an awesome piece of Kisstory!
It was his backup guitar by alive
This is why this channel is better than the Hard Rock's collection of signature guitar videos, he actually plugs it in and plays it how it should be played.
Sweet baby Jesus! Hearing and seeing that instrument played is just amazing. It sounds unmistakably like those early kiss records. I’m glad to see it still being rocked than rusting away
Walt Grace Vintage should find some way to get this iconic guitar into Jeff’s hands - permanently! The man is obviously devoted to playing/protecting and lovingly maintaining it to the end of his days. U got my vote, W.G.V.!
It makes me feel good to know such a true fan was able to have time with a iconic instrument. I can feel your excitement on this video. Congratulations man!!
Ace needs that guitar back! Even though he never played it after it was chopped up and got the double cut out!
He's happy to have it go to a good home-it will definitely mean more to a fan!
@@rawint probably right ,Ace goes through guitars like ..........water.
he played it a couple of years ago.
He played it after it was cut. I believe the guitar was eventually stolen and went underground for a number of years. I think he’s just happy to know where it is now. Something about a neck marking in the wood that ID’s the guitar.
He doesnt want it... or hed own it still
Thank you for giving Ace respect,
He’s a trump supporter now. :(
Yeah f ace now@@kingofallwhites
He's back on the sauce
Ace’s tone is literally embedded into that guitar. :)
Sweet Moses! They say tone is in the hands and he’s definitely one hell of a guitar player but my gosh does that guitar sound like a towering inferno of tone. The historical features of this are so great, I only wish it was another 30 minutes longer.
Yes, Jeff is the man and the combination of him with this guitar was MAGICAL. We have TONS more footage that we’ll it post soon.
Love to see and hear aces story about this guitar
I’m thinking this is my top 5 TH-cam video I’ve ever watched. As a Kiss fan and specifically an Ace Frehley fan, this is absolutely incredible.
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Great tone. It sounds so uniquely Ace.
This was really awesome to see! Ace is my guitar god!!!!! I love looking at pictures of all the guitars he used back in the early days before kiss and kiss club days! Very fascinating guitars!!!!
As a lead guitarist, Ace sucks.
@@kirkhepburnmiddleagedwhiteguy you know a lot about suck n !
From 1974-1977 there were a total of 503 shows played. Far short of the "thousands" or "thousands and thousands". ;) An iconic guitar!!
Amazing! That guitar still has that ALIVE! sound! Fantastic! When is the last time Ace played it live?
Love that he plays as much as he talks. Hate videos when they show the instrument and don't play it.
YES YES YES!!! I've heard the stories but never have seen it in action. How amazing!
Brought my First ever guitar today a Gibson les Paul standard I’m 60 but love Kiss just want to learn all those songs the journey starts here Ace is one of my hero’s 😎🎼👌👍
CONGRATULATIONS!!!Get a looper pedal.
Great..and he can play just like Ace..wow!!!!!! What a sound...rock n roll...history.
Strings n' Things in Memphis was notorious for screwing up guitars. They screwed up Jeff Beck's Les Paul too.
Muppets....
Good god. Ace is the reason I picked up a guitar. Envious you got to play that legendary instrument 🤘😁🎸
Tone for days!! 🎸 killer video, that guitar is badass & sounds 👌🏼🤘now I want one! 😁
Holy fudge that rig sounds incredible.
That amp plays a big role in his sound as well
Ace is god, Jeff is a star, I have been a kiss fan since 74. Bring on more of these videos. MB
Agree on both accounts and there will definitely be many more videos coming your way soon. Subscribe to be notified when we post more! 🤘🏼🎸🤘🏼
Jeffery Star 😳
Gene was friends with, and went to school, with Larry DiMarzio, hence the Kiss connection. Also, the ‘smoke bomb’ residue on this guitar is from the joke shop smoke bombs Ace would insert into the cavity of the guitar-and light them. In the early days, that’s how he did it. He didn’t have this one modified and routed out for smoking-that came later. But it’s not this guitar that was a ‘push button’ modified smoker-it’s another Les Paul entirely.
That’ said, great playing, man! I’m glad a true Kiss fan got to show this to us.
Such great KISStory and what a great story! Thank you!
Funny how everything has been changed and it still has that original KISS sound! 💚🎸👌💨🤘
Thank you such much. I love KIZZ and I was fortunate enough to catch them here in San Diego on 9/25/2021. Unfortunately Ace wasn't playing but it still was a fantastic show.
Kepp up the good work.
Tone is thick and awesome! Never knew Ace contoured the heel! In this day, not sure why all guitars aren't modified for better access, but of course I'm not really a traditionalist. Also digging the double cutaway, looks unique and stands out.
Yeah, the contoured heel is perfection! Ace did an amazing job, especially since (as legend has it) he did most of the work with a screwdriver used as a chisel! Gibson does make a version of the Les Paul with the contoured heel, called the Axcess,... not quite as comfortable (or as cool as Ace’s), but fantastic just the same!
We’re with most of the other commentators here in wishing that he would have kept the guitar intact, but glad you like it!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Fender had a series of guitars called the Flame. Double cutaway, LP size. My black Flame standard looked very much like this. Robben Ford used the Esprit, which was an ES-335 size. Awesome guitars. Too bad youthful over-exuberance got the better of me and I sold it.
@@rawint Ace must of had balls to chisel out a brand new Gibson guitar, when he wasn't making much money in '73 and '74 than again Ace was living at home and had a charmed home life, despite the hard luck poor boy stories he likes to tell. Ace's father was an Electrical Engineer and worked for NASA. Ace's mother drove him to his audition with KISS in her Cadillac, but I like to listen to Ace's stories about his "rough" life in the Bronx anyway, they are amusing, he's a character to say the least.
I would never have credited Ace Frehley with such taste or guitar building ability! Awesome video....!
wow! amazing piece of history!
Love this feature of Ace‘s famous guitar. It sounds amazing especially when played through this Marshall amp.
Bass all the way down.
Treble all the way up.
Mid on 2.
THE classic ACE sound.
Try it.🤟
I grew up in love with this band, became a professional guitar player because of Ace, bought a 1978 Cherry burst Les Paul custom for $600 cash when I was 16 years old in 1981 because I wanted a guitar like Ace, (couldn’t find an actual sun burst) so why haven’t I ever heard of this guitar or seen Ace play it?
How on earth was it destroyed like that? I like double cuts, but that legendary tobacco burst Les Paul with the cream open coil pickups is one of my favourite guitars ever, in my opinion it just doesn't look great now, not because double cut Les Pauls are bad, but because of legendary axe it once was.
The answer is within...
Sounds incredible, Man! Thank you for sharing this...I can tell you are so truly happy and excited to play that! Awesome
Thanks for the kind words!! Definitely an absolute THRILL to play!! 🤘🏼🚀🪐⚡️🤘🏼
i love how you show admiration for Ace, he is my fav guitarist, def doesnt get enough credit, im doing an ace-slash combo les paul right now from a well known kit... great video, thanks !!!
Ace is the man, and we agree- he definitely doesn’t get his fair share of credit!! Glad you enjoyed the video. 🤘🏼
This was fantastic, the info, and the sound! The sound is quintessential Ace so why have Gibson not recreated it? Fantastic demo of the guitar and priceless history and information. My only question is, where can I buy one! Come on Gibson!
The closest you'll get is if you go for an Ibanez Artist in Black because they have that same look.
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Has been discussed, and not been ruled out yet...
Hey bro. I heard a recent interview with ace on Eddie trunk, and he confirmed that he is working with Gibson on a new signature model, which will be based on the Black Beauty LP. So hopefully soon 😊😊
@@jbacarel Err so you know a "Black beauty" is a three pickup Les Paul Custom.
Which means it'll be based on THIS Ace Les Paul.
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RastaSaiyaman Who knows ? Just saying that Ace himself confirmed there is a 3rd (black) signature LP on its way ... whether it’s with 3 pickups or double cut, he didn’t say. Just sharing. You’re welcome lol 😂
That was my absolute favorite guitar, it still feels a bit personal when I look at it with the old look.
I cannot believe somebody turned it into this, what a shame.
Nothing like a 50 watt Marshall. My 50 watt JCM 800 is the only amp I've kept for over 30 years.
Always wondered why that classic guitar(my fav by far) seemed to just disappear! Great post. 😎🤟🏽
ACE FOREVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rad. I have a 1955 Strings & Things Les Paul Jr. that was routed to double humbuckers in '79. Chris Lovell of S&T confirmed that this came through their shop. I have since put real 1960 PAFs in it and it's amazing.
Now THAT sounds rad... where's that P90 at?!! :-)
Yeah when he plays that solo from alive that was fucking awesome
Wow that is so amazing. It sounds incredible. I to wish he would've kept it original, but whatever w that. It's an incredible guitar, and it's ingrained in rock history.
We hear ya! Us too, but no matter what it looks like, it still has that undeniable early Ace sound and is the guitar that inspired millions of players to pick up Les Pauls in the 70s!
As Napoleon Dynamite would say..."Lucky!!!"
.... and we all know what Ace's Special Skills was, and Ace was iconic on that Les Paul in his early years with Kiss .
Great video, I really enjoyed it. The tone is very Ace.
Thank you!!!
Sounds so smooth
I had the same T-shirt you are wearing, ,got it on my 10 the birthday, in 1977!
Thanks dude! Really enjoyed and a fantastic classic sound from yourself.
No true fan would give this video thumbs down ever! Thanks for sharing! That rig, guitar and tone are absolutely droolworthy!
Thanks, Larry!
Super cool Jeff! R&R KISStory!!! Absolutely amazing!!!
My sister-in-law bought me my first electric guitar at Strings& Things in Memphis in the early 1980s. I loved gong to that store and lust over all the cool guitars there. Great video seeing Ace's guitar and the story.
It would have been nice to hear how Walk got his hands in it.
That sound is mind blowing!!!!
Pretty close but you need to dial back the gain a bit. Ace's tone didn't really have that much overdrive.
Shh 🤫
The guitar of my dreams was always a Les Paul Sunburst like Ace Frehley's from the first time I saw him playing and in photos, over time I have become a fan of other guitars and brands, but I remember that I always wanted this guitar, and I wondered for a long time who would have it now or where that guitar would end up, I like double cut style but I would have left it original good video
This iconic guitar that Ace recorded all of the classic Kiss records with ( 1st album up to Rock and Roll Over) needs to be brought back to it's former look and glory. It needs to be carefully stripped of the black paint and have the upper cut away replaced with proper dimensions, fix the face of the headstock, take the binding off of the headstock, carefully refinished to that '70's era tobbaco sunburst finish. This could be done and SHOULD be done.
Agree, 100%, but we no longer have the guitar.
Thank you so much for doing this! Well done.
I cannot thank you enough for posting this.
Great video! I love your excitement and passion. Thank you!
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Thank YOU!!!
I've been a kiss fan since I was 14 years old. I have thousands of magazine photos.and I must say I never seen this axe played by Ace.
Yes I totally agree.. I have never seen ace play this guitar. Been a fan since hotter than hell. Seen kiss in Concert 83 times. Can you show any pictures of him playing this guitar?
For the whole video I was scratching my head looking at that double cutout and thinking ‘that’s not Aces guitar’, but you explained it in the end, haha, great video!
I was thinking the same thing👍👍
Yep I was confused as fuck lol
Probably the coolest story I have heard all year! well done and thank you!!
Thank you!!! Rock on!
This is a very good video mate, ty for sharing the experience. ❤
Wow! This is the original KISS-Sound! Great!
Bought my first studded leather strap at Strings n Things. Killer store, they had a room for every instrument. They had a Marshall stack room.
I got one of those early DiMarzio humbuckers sitting round , going to call it the Ace pu now...
Thanks for sharing. One cool guitar right there!
Love ace. He’s my top 3 favorite player. On the coho hall shows for alive in January of 76 he doesn’t play it at all in those shows
Oh wow-Looks nearly identical to my old Ibanez AR-50! All these years I never knew it was basically a copy of an LPX!
Ace never used too much distortion in KISS, and the band often recorded with small amps as opposed to Marshall stacks.
In the early days, you are absolutely correct, and perhaps it’s not accurate to have the amp this overdriven for this demo, but man, did it sound good in the room! This wasn’t meant to be a demo of us trying to nail Ace’s sound... it was about the guitar and its history. Thanks for the comment!
@@rawint I'm sure it sounded great in the room. It actually must have translated well -- it doesn't sound bad al all on the video. However, if it were me I would've looked to get a slightly cleaner sound, especially to play Take Me and Mr. Speed. That's all. You nailed Ace's live sound, which as a rule was more distorted/overdriven, as you know, when you played that part of his old solo spot. For the HTH stuff (Watchin You and Parasite) that tone you got sounded just fine. HTH is quite a bit heavier that RARO, you'll certainly agree. Crunchier guitars and all. It was a great video nonetheless.
This is very interesting and speaks to the importance of having a unique sound.
You can really hear the first three Kiss albums in this demonstration.
So many memories around the music of Kiss! They were my first real motivation to play guitar (besides my entire family played, lol). It’s just a total shame that all those original members can’t get along with each other. Too many egos and too much bad blood I guess.
That Marshall half stack next to you is so Incredible, both looking and sounding!
The sound is tremendous
Jeff makes everything sound tremendous, so just imagine the magic when he got in the room with this baby!
Great guitar and playing
BUT....whatever happened to Ace's Ovation Breadwinner that he played when KiSS first formed.
Wow! What a cool and interesting video.....I'm a huge KISS fan science the 80s ( my youth!), I never fail to be surprised at how much cool and fun information,that you didn't know, is out there.....awesome vid!
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2:34 actually, he was a plumber
I have converted two Les Pauls to double cutaway - great look.
Wow that’s amazing!
That 2204 does sound good........more bottom end than normal. The v1 cascade gives it a bit more sizzle than the 1959 amps Ace used in the era of that Gibson Deluxe. The recording of this clip was done very well, with a player who obviously is a Frehley fan 👍
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WOW !!! SO freaking ..... GREAT . COOL AS COOL CAN BE !!!
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and what is the price of that baby ?
You really do have that Space Ace sound going on...I mean, straight off of Kiss Alive Space Ace sound. And what an axe you were playing! I love black Les Pauls with cream binding, they're just so "Don't mess with me, I mean business". Ace set the standard for the best years of Kiss and you capture it well. I love the look of that post 76 rocker panel Marshall you're playing through with the grey face cabinet, too.
Ace told me (back in the early 90's) the very first pickups Larry DiMarzio worked on for him was rewinding the originals. They were the first attempt at a "hotter" pickup that developed into the "Super Distortion / Dual Sound" model. He got them back just in time for their show at the Academy of Music. He told me he had remembered taking the Staten Island Ferry to go and get them the afternoon of the show and soldering them back in on a table in the dressing room. Then when Larry had production models available Ace upgraded to that. Im sure photos can reveal the timeline of usage.....Bill Baker.
Great story... If you check out the picture of the back of the pickup, you will see that these are inline with the original pickups that Larry was making from home in the early days.
Wow, what if they sounded like crap? Was he still going to play a show with them? I would have like to had downtime to test them at a few rehearsals and sound checks before trying them in front of an audience.
That's pretty bold!
I always wondered what happened to that guitar and now I know. Thank you so much for sharing!
1:25 Calling Dr. Love sounds MONSTROUS on that guitar!!! 🤘🏻😝
This here guitar rocked Cobo Hall Detroit Michigan many a time in the mid-70s.
Nice playing bro! Sound is 🤘👌
That Marshall + that Les Paul sounds delicious.