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Tuk from the Biters with Ace Frehley’s memoir No Regrets, October 25, 2011 at B. B. King’s NYC.
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Happy 61st Birthday, Paul Daniel “Ace” Frehley!

You tried to teach me things I already knew
KISS - “Save Your Love” (Dynasty, 1979)

Happy 60th Birthday, Paul Daniel “Ace” Frehley!
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Fast Cars, Clubs, and Betty White

Watch Ace Frehley on the latest episode of That Metal Show

Ace Frehley stops by That Metal Show to discuss music, his legendary pranks, and his new tell-all book. You’ll have to jump to the second segment to catch the Spaceman, and if you stick around, you’ll also hear Billy Sheehan talk about the new Mr. Big album as well as the usual antics from Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine, and Don Jamieson.

Enjoy!

I’ve always said, ‘Just plug a Les Paul into a Marshall amp and turn it up to 10!’ It’s a no-brainer.

Destroyer

Ace Frehley with his Ibanez Destroyer during the 1976 KISS European Tour

Here’s a photo of one of my favorite guitarists with one of my favorite guitar designs.

Seldom would one find Ace Frehley with a guitar other than the obligatory Les Paul, but apparently during 1976 and 1977, he sometimes used an Ibanez Destroyer Paul had given him (or more technically, a Model #2459, which would later morph into the Destroyer four years later after Gibson had sued Ibanez for duplicating their trademarked “open book” headstock) and a Gibson Explorer that Gibson provided for the Paul Lynde Show’s Halloween Special in October 1976. Ace admits to preferring the Ibanez because of the wood grain, and, as was common practice at the time in the KISS camp, he covered the logo with black tape.

Later in the early ’80s, Ace used a couple of custom “mini-Explorers” built by luthier and former KISS guitar tech Steve Carr, who also built Ace’s “New York Groove” lighted Les Paul, the “UFO” Les Paul, and the “Rocket Launcher” Les Paul, as well as the original prototype for Gene’s axe bass and the star guitar Paul used during the Unmasked tour.

To see more pics of the man who inspired an entire generation of guitarists to pick up the instrument in the first place playing something other than a Les Paul, head on over to AceFrehleyLesPaul.com.