Gibson Custom Ace Frehley Les Paul Custom Hand-Aged & Signed Electric Guitar

Gibson's Custom Shop offers a faithfully recreated Les Paul Custom as played by legendary Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and personally signed by Ace himself.

When KISS hit the stage at Nippon Budokan in Japan in 1977 with guitarist Ace Frehley behind a Cherry Sunburst, three-pickup 1974 Les Paul Custom, the entire package—band, guitarist, guitar—embodied the height of glam-rock excess and success for the ’70s. This was the ultimate marriage of pop and heavy rock, driven to meteoric heights by the record industry marketing machine, and ultimately attaining that otherworldly presence that great stadium rock should achieve: unbridled fantasy and party-hard reality rolled into one glorious explosion. In celebration of Ace Frehley’s unquestionable status as a rock icon, and the epitome of glam-rock stardom that KISS represented at this crystalline moment in time in 1977, Gibson Custom proudly announces the release of the Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom, produced in a strictly Limited Edition of 50 hand-aged guitars signed by Ace himself. Offering everything you’ve come to expect from Gibson Custom’s artist replica guitars, the Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom is a painstaking recreation of Frehley’s modified Les Paul Custom, based on intimate examination of the instrument’s current condition. The Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom has been created with close cooperation between Gibson Custom, Ace Frehley and the guitar’s current owner, Matt Swanson. Digital scanning technology was used to capture every minute detail of the actual guitar. In the image of the original Les Paul Custom, the guitar has a three-piece maple top glued to a mid-’70s “pancake” body made from a middle and back section of solid mahogany joined by a thin maple veneer, with no chambering. The top is hand-sprayed in nitrocellulose to give it the same Heritage Cherry Sunburst finish as the original, with 50 hand-aged to match the wear of the existing guitar, and signed by Ace Frehley. The three-piece mahogany neck has been made made to match the original’s thin profile. Decorative elements include mother-of-pearl block fingerboard inlays, multi-ply body and headstock binding, mother-of-pearl Gibson headstock logo and split-diamond inlay, and a cream pickguard. To match Ace’s original guitar, the Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom is loaded with three period-correct double-cream DiMarzio humbucking pickups—two PAF models in the neck and middle positions, and a Super Distortion in the bridge. And just like on Ace's guitar, the traditional 3-way toggle switch has been modified to only allow the use of the bridge pickup, allowing you to be able to accomplish one of Ace's most noted effects. The DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup offers searing lead tones and fat, chunky rhythm for the ultimate hard-rock performance. Hardware includes the classic pairing of chrome ABR-1 bridge and stopbar tailpiece, with Ace’s choice of Grover tuners with pearloid “banjo” buttons and Dunlop straplocks to keep the guitar securely strapped on through the wildest on-stage antics. In short, the Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom is the ultimate embodiment of mid-’70s arena-rock balls and bluster, and it’s available in strictly limited numbers.


Features

One of 50 models personally signed by Ace Frehley
Layered mahaogany and maple pancake body with a 3-piece maple top
24.75" Scale 3-piece mahogany neck with original thin profile
12" Radius ebony fretboard with 22 jumbo frets
Dimarzio Super Distortion humbucking bridge pickup
Dimarzio PAF style humbucking middle pickup
Dimarzio PAF style humbucking neck pickup
Grover pearloid "banjo" tuners
ABR-1 bridge
Nickel hardware
Dunlop straplocks installed



The ultimate tribute to a true rock and roll legend. Order yours today.

www.music-blvd.com





Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Mustang Electric Guitar
0 0 Reviews
$939.99

Save up to:
$260.00 (22%)

site1prodH78838




Fender FSR '62 Stratocaster Electric Guitar
0 0 Reviews
$1,599.90

Save up to:
$600.09 (27%)

site1prodH79575




Schecter Guitar Research Synyster Gates Custom w/ Sustaniac...
0 0 Reviews
$1,149.00

Save up to:
$500.00 (30%)

site1prodH79317


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Limited Edition Color Electric...
0 0 Reviews
$4,832.00

Save up to:
$1,989.00 (29%)

site1prodH79677




Line 6 XD-V75HS Professional Digital Wireless Headset System
0 0 Reviews
$649.99

Save up to:
$260.00 (29%)





IMV Ace Frehley Behind the Player DVD
0 0 Reviews
$9.99 site1prodH61487




Fender FSR '57 Stratocaster Electric Guitar
0 0 Reviews
$1,599.90

Save up to:
$600.09 (27%)

site1prodH79579


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom 1960 Les Paul Standard VOS Electric Guitar
5.0 4 Reviews
$5,699.00

Save up to:
$2,334.00 (29%)

site1prod517985




Ibanez ART90 Electric Guitar
0 0 Reviews
$299.99

Save up to:
$113.33 (27%)

site1prodH78769


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom '70s Electric Guitar
0 0 Reviews
$4,165.00

Save up to:
$1,715.00 (29%)








Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar
5.0 35 Reviews
$3,999.00

Save up to:
$1,646.00 (29%)

site1prod517829


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Junior Single Cutaway Electric...
4.0 6 Reviews
$2,599.00 - $2,799.00

Save up to:
$1,398.00 (35%)

site1prod517054


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom 1957 Les Paul Junior Single Cutaway VOS...
4.0 4 Reviews
$2,499.00

Save up to:
$1,028.00 (29%)

site1prod517973


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom Alex Lifeson Les Paul Axcess Electric Guitar
4.5 3 Reviews
$3,999.00

Save up to:
$2,116.00 (35%)

site1prodH71395


Best Seller


Gibson Custom Shop Logo Les Paul Guitar Case
2.5 2 Reviews
$199.99

Save up to:
$82.01 (29%)





Gibson Custom ES-339 Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar with 30/60...
4.5 68 Reviews
$1,999.00

Save up to:
$1,528.00 (43%)

site1prod515256


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom ES-339 Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar with '59...
5.0 20 Reviews
$1,999.00

Save up to:
$961.00 (32%)

site1prod515255


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom Les Paul Custom Left-Handed Electric Guitar
5.0 8 Reviews
$3,799.00

Save up to:
$2,034.00 (35%)

site1prod512006


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom ES-335 Dot Plain-top Electric Guitar with...
4.5 11 Reviews
$2,749.00

Save up to:
$1,140.00 (29%)

site1prod518963


Private Reserve - Call our Guitar Specialists at 800-343-9795


Gibson Custom 1959 ES-335 Historic Dot Reissue
5.0 2 Reviews
$4,799.00

Save up to:
$2,046.00 (30%)