KISS Stars Get Signature Guitars
Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley have both announced new guitars
Ultimate Classic Rock reports that Stanley has partnered with Washburn to release his signature "Starfire” guitar, designed with a raised center mahogany body and chrome hardware. Specs include two Seymour-Duncan SM-3 Mini Humbuckers, controlled by two volume knobs, two tone knobs, and a 3-way toggle switch, as well as a custom Tone-Pros Tune-O-Matic bridge and custom Paul Stanley tailpiece machined from solid aluminum.
Meanwhile, Frehley has teamed up with Gibson to issue a replica of the Cherry Sunburst custom guitar he played during Kiss’s landmark Japanese concerts in 1977. The appropriately named Ace Frehley ‘Budokan’ Les Paul Custom is being produced in a limited run of 300 — 50 hand-aged guitars signed by Frehley, with a further 100 hand-aged guitars, and 150 guitars treated in Gibson Custom’s VOS process. According to Gibson, the company worked closely with Frehley to design the instrument, even using digital scanning technology to produce the closest possible replica.