Gene $immons: his old-school basses part 2
 

Continued from here:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/gen...3/index51.html

The link on the last page of the previous thread leads to the previous thread in stead of here.

It's a cyclical thing- like when you write "how do you keep an idiot entertained? turn the page for the answer" on both sides of a sheet of paper......:D

Or I just messed up. One or the other....

Just checking in ;)

Just saw some more pics from the Perth show and the standard Punisher was used as well as the chrome one.

Or both...

I did open the link a couple of times and thought, hmmmmmmmmmm :D

Yep, same here did it once then went searching

heres a pic of gene with custom painted axes and punishers

I've read through just about every gene thread & its an amazing amount of info on his bass's. One thing though, my tour book ( love gun/alive II ) has photos with gene playing a "vester". I don't recall any threads mentioning one. Its been years since I've seen the tour book but i do remember the logo is on the bass body & not the head stock. Any thoughts or additional info? ( I apologize if i missed it in any of the threads )

They have a new promotion going, they were charging to do a meet and greet after their shows.... Well now they are selling their stage used instruments (each around $5,000 each)... and here is the kicker.. Paul stanley is selling his stage used SM58 for $3,000 each night...

Eric Singer is selling his snare drums autographed...

The money machine is on a roll..

(Washburn guitar $5,000, Ephiphone les paul $5,000)

Wow. I'm not a Communist, but ... wow. I read that Gene was worth $300 million in 2010 and Paul something like $225 mil. I guess milking it for all it's worth is how they got there, why stop now? I won't make any Jewish jokes - both are members of the tribe (I am, too, so I'm allowed). :p

I was a huge Kiss fan as a kid and learned guitar listening to Ace Frehley. At 16yo I could play every part of every song on the first five studio albums. KISS is the reason I was a Gibson man (Les Pauls, Flying Vs, and Explorers) for so many years. Kinda outgrew them in my teens and moved on to Nugent, Skynyrd, Aerosmith, but still respect the songwriting and musical hooks. And they were all decent players, too. I saw a video from the early 70s where Ace was tapping a la EVH, way before VH I was recorded. And have seen vids of Paul getting his Stevie Ray Vaughn on, he's a very good guitarist. And playing bass for a short stint in the mid-2000s we covered Rock and Roll All Nite and Hotter Than Hell, and I could appreciate Gene as a decent rock bassist, too. Dunno how he played some of those riffs while singing. I wasn't able to. :D

Love 'em or hate 'em, one must admit they were all pretty good musicians in a Rock context and great songwriters and showmen. My hat's off to them.

Loved the first thread, lots of killer photos I'd never seen before.

That's not in a tour book. It's in a book called "KISS Live". The picture of "Gene" is actually from a tribute band. There's also a pic of "Ace" from some tribute band in the book as well.