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When KISS hit the stage at Nippon Budokan in Japan in 1977 with guitarist Ace Frehley behind a Cherry Sunburst, three-pickup Les Paul Custom, the entire packageband, guitarist, guitarembodied 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 Frehleys 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 the artist, with a further 100 hand-aged guitars, and 150 guitars treated in Gibson Customs VOS process. Offering everything youve come to expect from Gibson Customs artist replica guitars, the Ace Frehley Budokan Les Paul Custom is a painstaking recreation of Frehleys modified Les Paul Custom, based on intimate examination of the instruments current condition. The Ace Frehley Budokan Les Paul Custom has been created with close cooperation between Gibson Custom, Ace Frehley and the guitars 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 four-piece maple top glued to a mid-70s sandwich 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 150 hand-aged to match the wear of the existing guitar. The three-piece mahogany neck has been made made to match the originals 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 Aces original guitar, the Ace Frehley Budokan Les Paul Custom is loaded with three period-correct double-cream DiMarzio humbucking pickupstwo 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 Aces 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 its available in strictly limited numbers. Check it out today at your authorized Gibson Custom dealer. All guitars include a Gibson Custom hardshell case silkscreened with Aces signature. Aged/signed guitars (limited to 50 worldwide) are all played by the artist during final approval, and include a leather-bound Certificate of Authenticity; aged guitars (100) include a leather-bound CoA, and VOS guitars (150) include a standard CoA.
Specifications
Body Top 3-Piece Maple
Back 4-Piece (Mahogany, Maple, Mahogany, Maple)
Binding 7-Ply White/Black on Top
5-Ply White/Black on Back
Adhesive Franklin Titebond
Neck Species 3-Piece Mahogany Neck
Profile Fast, Slim
Truss Rod Traditional
Joint Angle 4 (+/- 15 seconds)
Adhesive Franklin Titebond
Neck Fit Joint Mortise & Tenon
Adhesive Franklin Titebond
Joint Angle Tolerance
Fingerboard Species Ebony
Frets 22 Jumbo
Radius 12"
Binding White
Inlays Mother of Pearl Block
Nut/E.O.B 1.690/2.030
Other Dunlop Fret Wire/Black 1/16 Side Dots
Nut Material Bone
Width 1.690
Slots Gibson PLEK System
Hardware Knobs Gold Speed Knobs
Pickguard Cream
Toggle Switch Washer Cream with Gold Hot Stamped Lettering
Pickup Mounting Rings Cream
Control Plate Cover Cream
Strings .010 - .046
Strap Buttons Dunlop Strap Locks with Extra Button
Tailpiece Type Stop Bar
Plating Chrome
Bridge Type ABR-1
Plating Chrome
Tuners Model Grover with Pearloid Banjo Buttons
Plating Chrome
Tuning Ratio 12:01
Headstock Inlay Mother-of-Pearl Split Diamond
Logo Mother-of-Pearl 'Gibson'
Angle 17 Degrees
Binding 5-Ply White/Black
Truss Rod Cover Black/White Bell
Pickups Neck Position Open Coil, PAF-style DiMarzio
Middle Position Open Coil, PAF-style DiMarzio
Bridge Position Open Coil, PAF-style DiMarzio Super Distortion
Electronics Potentiometers 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls
Capacitors Ceramic
Toggle Switch Modified Three-Way with Cream Toggle Cap
Output Jack Traditional "
Finish Sealer Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Case Type Custom Hardshell with Silkscreened Ace Frehley Signature
Case Exterior Black Pleather
Case Interior Red Fur
Additional Information
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