Ace Frehley

Ace Frehley's Explorer was an Ibanez 2459 "Lawsuit". Paul Stanley gave him at some point in the Spring of 1976. Ace hasn'y any Gibson Explorer. The Gibson Explorer used on Paul Lynde Show's Halloween Special in October 1976, was a real Explorer that Gibson provided for the show.

Ace Frehley "I used to play an Epiphone when I was about 18, 19, kind of like the Steve Marriott model he used in Humble Pie."

Created in 1979 by Steve Carr, this guitar was used on tour for primarily songs like "New York Groove", it was only usually used for one song during concerts because the battery pack could only keep enough life in it for roughly five minutes.

Ace Frehley used the Epiphone PR7E Acoustic guitar during the Kiss Unplugged show in 1996. This performance marked one of the rare occasions he played an acoustic guitar live before the 2000s, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on AceFrehleyLesPaul.com.

Ace Frehley with KISS-- San Bernardino, California, January 18 1975, this is most likely his Les Paul Deluxe and the lighting on stage is making it appear white. Regardless this is not a Les Paul "Custom" as there is no inlay on the first fret and no diamond logo on the head stock.

Ace has a long standing relationship using Gibson Les Paul guitars and this is his first signature model from 1997.

Ace Frehley used this guitar in a music video for the song "I Love It Loud". Actually did not play on a studio recording

Ace Frehley used a Gibson Les Paul Junior during his early days with Kiss. A user-uploaded photo provides evidence of this usage.

Ace Frehly can be seen playing his signature Washburn in the "Into the Night" music video, at 2:09.

Rare picture of Ace Frehey with white stratocaster

Ace Frehley used an Ovation Breadwinner on the 1st KISS album. He also played an Epiphone Coronet during his Honey/Molimo days before KISS.

In this photo, Ace is playing his Gibson Flying V.

The source picture clearly shows Ace playing the guitar, this appeared during KISS' 1978 Japan tour and was only used during these Japanese shows.

In this video, you can see Ace was using his double neck SG. It may only made for Ace with cherry burst. He only used in Kiss reunion tour. Also used in "Fractured Mirror"

Ace Frehley is associated with the Gibson Ace Frehley 1959 Les Paul Standard, featuring a 'Dirty Lemon Frehley Burst' finish, vintage-spec plastics, and Custom Bucker and Burst Bucker #3 pickups, as detailed on Gibson's website.

In this interview with Ace, the gear column mentions he used the "Budokan" during the recording and tour of Space Invader.

Ace Frehley is associated with a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar, as evidenced by a photo from Abalonevintage's collection. This image, featuring guitars owned by Kiss, includes the Les Paul models that were once critiqued for their design flaws by a Strings and Things owner. Despite their quirks, these guitars were received enthusiastically by the band when they visited the Memphis store, illustrating their connection to Ace Frehley and Kiss.

Ace Frehley playing on black Gibson Les Paul Custom with Dimebag Darell and Mick Mars. 90s

Ace Frehley played with this stratocaster at the wedding of Peter and Debra Criss

Halfway down the page you can see a photo of Ace playing a Greco MR800 or MR1000 on tour in '77.

A better photo of his mini-ex where you can see the headstock and logo.

Ace got 1959 Les Paul in 1978 from a guy call Gary Zamory. He used it to record all track of his first solo album when he was in Kiss.

Ace Frehley is known to have used the Travis Bean TB1000S, a solid body electric guitar designed by Clifford Travis Bean, Marc McElwee, and Gary Kramer. This guitar features Koa wood wings and a distinctive machined aluminum neck that extends through the body. While the aluminum neck offered unique tonal qualities, it was challenging for touring due to its poor performance in cold temperatures. This information is detailed in the Acefrehleylespaul article "Ace Without A Les Paul."

In a 1978 photograph from Abalonevintage, Ace Frehley is shown with a 1961-1962 Gibson Les Paul (SG) Standard featuring a Sideways Vibrola, during his time with Kiss.

Correct model of his acoustic guitar from "The Elder"

In the video is shown a Gibson Blueburst Les Paul that has been seen & used since 2009, though the date of creation has not been specified. This guitar is one of the current guitars that are Ace's "Go to" guitars for live performances, as well as music videos.

Ace Frehley uses the Steve Carr Ace Frehley Custom UFO Light Up Les Paul as a modern replacement for his iconic light-up guitar from the late '70s. This guitar was featured during his performance of "New York Groove" with The Roots on 'The Tonight Show,' as reported by Blabbermouth.net.

In this picture you can see Ace Frehley's Gibson J-200 at his home studio

The source picture clearly shows Ace with the synth guitar sometime during the 1980s.

Ace Frehley played this Gibson Les Paul classic live at Poughkeepsie NY 1992, as seen in this source video.