September KISS Guitar of the Month – Gibson Flying V 1983
This month's guitar has a very cool connection to American [...]
July KISS Guitar of the Month – Gibson LG-1 1963
Here’s a favorite acoustic of mine, a small body [...]
July KISS Guitar of the Month: Gibson EB-3 Bass 1967
Many of you might know I have played bass [...]
June KISS Guitar of the Month – Gibson LP Special (HITS)
This month I am featuring a Black LP Special from [...]
April KISS Guitar of the Month – ESP M-1 Flip Flop Blue
My relationship with ESP started in 1985. The M-1 model [...]
February KISS Guitar of the Month: 1989 Fender Strat Plus
This 1989 Fender Strat Plus has a fantastic clean [...]
KISS GUITAR of the Month ESP Custom Explorer, 1992
Let’s enter the new decade with my Custom Black ESP guitar that was used for the Revenge Tour! Alive III was released shortly after, and it’s cover artwork featured me in the letter “I” of KISS, performing with this beauty...
KISS GUITAR of the Month Gibson SG Standard 1965
This beautiful 1965 Gibson SG Standard, has it’s unique “Maestro” bridge that was offered in the 60’s. It has a “Lyre” featured on it, which is quite Deco looking. The guitar has a rosewood fingerboard. Mostly chrome parts are featured, but a nickel bridge, common for Gibson in the mid 60’s to mix the parts. (Earlier SG’s like this model would be all nickel parts, but chrome was starting to be used). Unusual tuning pegs that are non original are also on this guitar.
KISS GUITAR of the Month BC RICH RADIOACTIVE CUSTOM ST-III
This BC Rich CUSTOM ST-III from 1987, customized with [...]
KISS GUITAR of the MONTH ESP Custom White M-1
October’s KISS Guitar of the Month, is a beautiful pearl white metal flake finish Custom M-1 ESP. It was first used for the HITS Tour, without the tortoise shell pick guard. By the time of the Revenge Tour, the guard was added. It features a chrome Floyd Rose, Duncan pickup, Rosewood fingerboard, and the large style “hockey stick” headstock from that era. Listen to the biting tone in my video, as heard on stage and in the studio (Revenge LP) and featured as well on KISS Alive III. In many ways, its related my Banana M-1 from ESP as well. An excellent guitar that screams KISSTORY.
KISS GUITAR of the MONTH 1953 Les Paul
Here’s an amazing LP that has a fantastic tone, unique beauty, and has a big part in Kisstory. It was born as a 1953 Goldtop LP, that over the years had it’s conversion to be closer to a “59 Burst”. I bought in the late 80’s from my brother.
KISS GUITAR of the MONTH 1956 Les Paul Custom
’56 Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty is a smokin’ beast of a guitar! It became part of my axe army in 1990, finding it in Memphis along with my drummer buddy Eric Singer. I posed with it for a SIT String advert. It had creme Dimarzio P-90 size humbucking...
KISS GUITAR of the MONTH 1987 ESP Sunburst Horizon
July's KISS Guitar of the Month is a 1987 ESP Sunburst Horizon model featured many times during my KISS years. I toured and recorded with it, and it appeared in the video for...
KISS GUITAR of the MONTH 1990’s ESP Vintage Plus
Here’s an excellent “super strat" design from ESP that I got in 1995 and used during the KISS Konvention Tour! I played a ...
KISS GUITAR of the MONTH Gibson ES-355
May’s KISS Guitar of the Month, is a beautiful 1960 ES355 in cherry red. It has two KISS connections, one from the Revenge LP, and the other in a video for Every Time I Look at You. I took many photos during my Revenge era...
KISS GUITAR of the MONTH Ovation Elite
Continuing with my “KISS Guitar of the Month” here’s a MTV “KISS Unplugged” related Ovation Elite Model, 1868, like the one of two performed by me on the iconic TV show in 1995...