Ace Frehley

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"

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Frehley uses DiMarzio Super Distortion Pickups on his signature models.

Ace and his guitar tech detailed his rig and gear setup in a 2010 interview.

Ace used washburn wonderbar tremolo system about from 1983-1988. When washburn release his signature AF-40V, they gave two(?) washburn wonderbar to Ace. He installed on his les paul cherry custom and black custom. However he didn't drill any holes to fix it. It has a non-mounting plate under the system.

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.

The source picture clearly shows Ace with the guitar during a photoshoot for 'The Elder' KISS tour.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Frehley uses the Dean Markley Blue Steels strings.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Frehley uses the Peterson VS-F Strobe Tuner.

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

A picture of Ace Frehley with Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and Ernie Ball Rainbow straps on it

"I’ve been doing that since my first solo record. I had a couple of old Teles and Strats lying around, and I discovered it just created a great blend. Since they all have completely different harmonic ranges, they can create a much fuller sound when mixed in with each other. You can also get a lot of different sounds, depending on how you split them in the mix. I also discovered that I’ll play something slightly different on a Strat or Tele than I would on my Les Paul, simply because of the difference in the body and fingerboards. If you double something on each of those guitars, it’s slightly different in the way you finger it. When you put them together, that little difference makes it that much better. I remember recording Destroyer with Bob Ezrin, and he told me to knock my guitar a little out of tune before I did a double because the frequencies would make a rub with each other. And it really worked!"

Ace Frehley used a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe, modified from mini to regular humbucker pickups, during the 1970s. This is evidenced by the user-uploaded photo on Gstatic.

The Veleno guitars were built in St. Petersburgh, Florida beginning in 1974. Their claim to fame was an "Almag 35" neck that "was not subject to change due to humidity or temperature" and a body "machined from 2 solid aircraft structural aluminum blocks". The theory of the aluminum body was that it was shielded from any/all outside, electrical interference.

Visible in this June 1978 photo of Frehley in his home studio (as annotated in the May 1996 issue of Guitar), in addition to this companion photo.

Ace used a Fender Telecaster Deluxe to record most of the solos for the 1st KISS Album

A picture of Ace Frehley with Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and Ernie Ball Rainbow straps on it

As reported on guitargeek.com Ace uses Marshall 1960 Vintage Speaker Cabinets for live work.

A picture of Ace and Jeanette Frehley with Gibson 74' Ripper L9-S Bass

From Laney Amplification's Facebook page:

"Ace Frehley was one of our biggest artists in the 1980's. After time with KISS, he set out on his own adventure with the pun-centric and all round amazing name 'Frehley's Comet' which really deserves more credit from a pun/banter point of view but anyway we digress. Here is his video for 'Rock Soldiers'.

Notice the custom amp display with all his white AOR Pro Tube Lead heads and cabs. We need more diamond shaped amp displays!"

Ace Frehley uses Dunlop Ace Frehley Signature 1.00mm Nylon Guitar Picks, as highlighted in a birthday post by Jim Dunlop USA on Instagram.

As listed on Ace's guitar rig on guitargeek.com, Ace uses the Shure UR4D Wireless units live.

Ace is seen during the 2018 Winter Classic with multiple Marshall DSL100H's behind him. Can be confirmed by the small block logo as well as the number of knobs.

As seen on this Marshall ad found on Pinterest.

Three “reverse” Firebirds are visible in this June 1978 photo of Frehley in his home studio (as annotated in the May 1996 issue of Guitar), in addition to this companion photo.