Ace
Frehley spoke to Noisecreep about his new guitar, KISS, and what he
has in store in 2012. Read excerpts below:
NC:Congratulations on the gorgeous new guitar. You could have played anything back in 1977- why a Les Paul?
ACE: Well, I'd already used it for so many years. It was my #1 guitar for a long time. It just always felt right to me in every way. Physically, the Les Paul neck has a 6% grade, that is to say you lay it flat and the neck is arched with that slight angle. So you get a really unique sustain. Plus, I just always loved the look of a Les Paul. Come on, a Les is like the definition of rock 'n' roll. Gibson did an amazing job with the new ones. Their people there are the best. And the feedback has been incredible – we're almost all sold out of the really limited ones.
NC:Congratulations on the gorgeous new guitar. You could have played anything back in 1977- why a Les Paul?
ACE: Well, I'd already used it for so many years. It was my #1 guitar for a long time. It just always felt right to me in every way. Physically, the Les Paul neck has a 6% grade, that is to say you lay it flat and the neck is arched with that slight angle. So you get a really unique sustain. Plus, I just always loved the look of a Les Paul. Come on, a Les is like the definition of rock 'n' roll. Gibson did an amazing job with the new ones. Their people there are the best. And the feedback has been incredible – we're almost all sold out of the really limited ones.
NC:
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then, you rigged your Les Paul to do some interesting things –
smoke bombs, fire – did anyone ever give you any flack for messing
with such a classic model guitar?
ACE: Nah, not really, no negative feedback. And what was cool was that in a group like KISS, there were no financial problems; we could pretty much do whatever we dreamed up. So we had some fun.
ACE: Nah, not really, no negative feedback. And what was cool was that in a group like KISS, there were no financial problems; we could pretty much do whatever we dreamed up. So we had some fun.
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