Guitar Kisstory: Paul Stanley

I played in the Kiss tribute band Alive (from Canada) and we did some shows opening for Kiss on the convention tour. We also helped load in and set up the displays in couple of the cities on that tour, when local hired loaders failed to show etc. In doing so, I got to unload and play Paul’s mirrored Iceman and black Flying V…as well as wear his fireman’s helmet (used during Firehouse) from the 70’s. A huge thrill, to be sure.

Your research and delivery is impeccable.

Now that was concise ! Love it. The small stints here and there .

Excellent video. So many guitars I'd forgotten. Great job.

Wow, Well done. Clean, simple and well researched. Too many Youtubers try to add unnecessary sound and visual fx that are so distracting from the content. I would like to know more about the bridge choices. Paul seemed set on fixed bridges for years - then suddenly around the BC Rich period I see floating/locking whammy bars - which would have effected Paul's rhythm playing.

The Fireman is a one-of-a-kind custom-made guitar that he played during 2019 to 2021 for God of Thunder, Psycho Circus and Let me go Rock'n'Roll and it was gifted to Edge's and Bob Ezrins Music-Rising charity and then auctioned.

Wow man...this is a true jewel in the rough of a video. Thank you for making it!

I touched and strummed one of the mirror Ibanez backstage at KISS in London's Wembley Arena. I had an original Ibanez PS10 I bought around 1979 and live to regret selling it 😳

Wow! The level of detail here is stunning! Thanks for making this, I really enjoyed it.. and safe to say, I will re-watch it countless times.

About what Hasselberger said on the creation of the Mirror ball iceman and the sanding smooth of the sharp edges, Paul himself said that Hasselberger missed a few spots and that he ripped his arm open a couple of times during the first times he used that guitar live. He bled for his art for real.

Great job on breaking that down. I've always been curious what he used for Heaven's On Fire!

Great video man!! I absolutely LOVE the Washburn "Preacher", one of the three most beautiful guitars Paul ever played.

This is so fucken awesome! I seriously didn't think I'd be this interested and entranced with this kisstory of guitars played by Paul. You've done an amazing research job!

Exceptionally good video, Sean! Thanks for sharing your research!

Fantastic that you did this. Fantastic I could have sworn Paul and Ace played the intro to Rock Bottom on one of Paul's double necks

Awesome, man! I remember that cracked mirror guitar was one of the first guitars of his that really made a huge impression on me as a kid. They were showing some kind of live footage, must’ve been around 1980, probably when HBO was just getting started. They played some great old KISS stuff. I should know the years by now, but I got the records out of order when I was so young, I lump them all together. Ha ha. Really enjoying this video, looking forward to finishing it. I got to get into work right now. 🤘🏻🎸🇺🇸

I can trace my love of hard rock/heavy metal to Paul's rhythm guitar on the S/T album. That crushing guitar is my baseline.

Great video! Very informative and can't wait to watch the rest!

SUCH an awesome video thank you for this series

Can’t believe you made me watch the whole video from start to finish. Great job!