4 KISS Riffs You Must Know How To Play - Black Diamond - Deuce - Firehouse - Cold Gin

[@samright4661]

Paul Stanley doesn’t get enough credit for his riff writing. Paul is a outstanding Rhythm Guitarist

[@kelsawyers3597]

Well said agreed

[@derek9658]

At last someone who knows what they are talking about.

[@lilmike2710]

Ikr? Hundreds of millions in revenue and global fame just doesn't cover it 😏

[@samright4661]

@@lilmike2710 Nobody talks about Paul’s guitar playing. He’s written some awesome riffs

[@lilmike2710]

@@samright4661 No doubt. But they were absolutely talking about him and giving him credit....40 years ago, when his and the bands likeness adorned the cover of every music themed magazines where we used to get all our daily dose of rock and roll info. Countless articles were written about his contributions. "Underrated is overused these days is my point.. Believe me, as a GenX kid that grew up in the 70s, Paul Stanley got the credit that he definitely deserved 👍 The entire band were trailblazers that received due credit for their contributions. Hit Parader, Circus, Creem, Karang, Guitar etc.. every month featured Kiss. They were almost always on the covers with Ozzy, up until Metallica hit the main scenes. We even had trading cards that sang Paul's praise lol. Which had the worst bubble gum ever in the package lol.

[@QVAlfista]

Ace is my fave KISS member! His main riff of "Parasite" is MURDEROUS!

[@davidkimbler4744]

Great Job! Now in my 60's I have always loved KISS and now I want to learn how to play their music. Thanks for helping me learn!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Happy to help!

[@leswadley6792]

Yayyyy, so great! Kiss is my fav band! Ace is the reason I picked up the guitar!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

One of my influences as well man! 🤟🏻😎

[@RokDAWG1]

Awesome stuff! KISS gets written off but the created some timeless music. The counter rhythms that Paul & Ace played made everything sound huge! Gene’s playing back in the early days was more like Paul McCartney’s. He’d be independent of Ace, Paul & Peter. It was really unique. Killer video! 🤘🤘

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man! I totally agree with you. Ace snd Paul played off each other great!

[@luvmuppets]

Another great track from that album which is fun to play is 100,000 Years.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Yeh I agree! I also love how Kissin time starts. With the drums and talking. It pumps me up! Strutter is great of course. Lots of cool tracks and raw stuff.

[@jeffhodge7272]

I've always wanted to learn that song.

[@andrewjbloom]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker I used to think Kissin Time was corny but now I really enjoy it's fun energy

[@chrlz999]

Thanks so much Marty! I love KISS, and always wanted to know how to play these songs!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're welcome Charles! I always think about songs I need to brush up on and design my lessons around stuff I like to riff on. Glad it resonates with others. 😎🎵🎵🤟🏻

[@ronaldmers9029]

Thanks!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Welcome!

[@jimmyz2098]

Killer songs and playing... and that guitar!!! Oh my... You're the best, Marty!

[@randyherbrechtsmeier4796]

That was a time machine. Loved it!!!!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Awesome man. Thanks for stepping aboard the time machine! 😎🎵🎵🎵🤟🏻

[@darthpishflaps9654]

Awesome vid... I have always loved "Black Diamond"..….I always feel the songs power comes from the drums, the relentless rhythm....but without the riff, you have nothing!

[@carrielittlecplaster1620]

yessir!!! listened to that album a few days ago. They were tight and hungry then. I love kiss but like alot of rock stars, the more you know about them, the less you like them!! LOL

[@geoffreylowery9730]

Thanks Marty. Haven't tinkered with these in a long time. Was in a Kiss cover band in junior high.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Hey Geoffrey! It's always nice to revisit this old stuff! It's a lot of fun and sounds great. Kiss cover band huh?? Sounds like that was fun too. We cover a lot of kiss in my metal cover band now. Fun times.

[@geoffreylowery9730]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker yeah, I was totally submerged in KISS at that time and was able to talk my friends into it. I was the drummer (dubious Slingerland and Ludwid combo, but double bass drum) and would ear learn Barre chords on my junk acoustic six string to point everyone else in the right direction. It didn't last long but we Rocked!

[@StratmanDarrell]

I agree. With all the theatrics and flambouyant moves they make, you know as a guitar player it can be very distracting. But yet they sound incredible live. Their moves are all practiced and scripted. Thats what put them on a different level. They've been on my bucket list since 1974 to see. Unfortunately Paul got the flu just before they were supposed to play in Toronto last October 2023. Hope they continue. They're not finished yet. Even RUSH is going on tour again with a new drummer.

[@garychaplin6110]

I saw them at maple leaf gardens in about '75...outstanding show..I was about 15 at the time

[@garychaplin6110]

Kiss that is...

[@Greg-om2hb]

BLACK DIAMOND is their best song. I learned to play the version from ALIVE. In videos Paul is playing the opening arpeggios at the first position.

[@OtherMike5000]

*Let Me Go Rock N Roll* has got to be the greatest longest Ace solo ever IMO

[@GodsTruthMinistries]

Great detail you are pointing out about the nuances of Paul's playing. Good that you were pointing out the details of the creativity he put into the structure of those songs.

[@rvk5150]

I recently learned Firehouse......so fun to play and jam to.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Nice man! I agree, really fun riff! 😎

[@runningfree4606]

Good stuff as usual and a lot fun learning the riffs, Marty! This lesson is greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're welcome! So glad to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for watching. 😎🥂

[@patambrosch7385]

Awesome as always

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thank you Pat! 😎🥂

[@standingvertical3048]

2 Timer, Love her all I can, Ladies n Waiting, Anything for Baby, She, Room Service, Now these are some Great Kiss songs to play.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

True man true!

[@TommySG1]

I loved all three of their first albums, I think Love Gun was their final album that I'd call 'originals'. That's just my take on it though, cool lesson, thank you.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

You're welcome man! 😎🤟🏻🎵

[@lisag18]

I believe you are correct. Alive 2 had one side of new studio songs.

[@MS-yk6kn]

Agree

[@glenaleksis4589]

Love all these riffs!!

[@jamescampbell7605]

Man thats good stuff! Thank you for tabbing it out.

[@me.roderick]

Great old school! Killer custom open coil n grovers. A Hell yeah Marty.💥🔥

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks dude! It's hard to put this one down. 😎🤟🏻

[@demondom2]

Awesome lesson! Way to start a new year.

[@gaytanmtz]

What a great lesson! thanks Marty.

[@chiparooo]

That was/is a great album. All great songs. Strutter is one of the best. Thanks for sharing!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I agree man! The only song I don't like is the theme song. It's kinda corny. But the production and raw guitars just sound so organic and cool. Love the tunes. You can feel the energy and passion in the band too.

[@garybalfour5549]

Top Notch stuff, as always! Thanks.

[@gardnerberry113]

Thanks, Marty! I subbed! 🙂👍

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Awesome thanks man! Glad to have ya!

[@fredgibsonabe]

Very cool! Claddic tunes!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks !! Glad you liked it 😎

[@addickkelders2265]

Very claddic indeed.

[@michaeldematteis9944]

I've learnt some kiss songs recently.was thinking damn pretty easy to learn,but so cool and fun.very creative

[@scottjerard1293]

Still keep my spare patch cords in my ole KISS lunchbox

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

That's cool man! Nice storage compartment!

[@zublacus]

Great video series. On the intro to Black Diamond, live Paul definitely plays the root. Studio is definitely more "fluffy" haha.

[@lzrosenbaum64]

Thanks for lesson!! 🤘🏻

[@edrosenquist6541]

Awesome!

[@ollid.5590]

Very good lesson indeed. Would love to see some Ace solo parts (e.g. Shock Me, She etc.)

[@williamdon3442]

One of my favourite songs from a top 5 favourite bands. I don’t know how I’d be had I not ever heard kiss

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I love KISS too, great memories and a lot of fun times.

[@gardnerberry113]

Damn, I wish we had video guitar lessons like this in 1976! (I got it ALL WRONG, lol!)

[@papablue3015]

I seen KISS 2 or 3 times in the 70s! Still have un-torn tickets! Thanks Marty

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Man that's very cool! I never did.. was too young. I had a couple records however I fell off the KISS wagon when VH got huge. And other metal bands like Def Leppard, Motley, Scorpions etc... but I managed to see the original lineup 3 times during the first few reunion tours 1996-2002. It was a cool experience.

[@standingvertical3048]

So which was it, 2 or 3 x? you have the un - torn tickets. Pretty easy to count.

[@papablue3015]

@@standingvertical3048 2 tickets from same concert! Friends cop dad got us in many different concert times!

[@papablue3015]

@Marty5150 I seen everyone that was good in the 70s and early 80s. Many,many concerts! Ac/DC Styx, eagles, Aerosmith, pat benatar,kiss,can't even remember so many? Fun times! I didn't even smoke in the 70s! Didn't start till I was 21ish. So I should remember! 😆 lol thanks

[@standingvertical3048]

@@papablue3015 You just sounded confused to me is all, when you said 2 or 3 x.

[@leokimvideo]

Any chance you can teach Tommy these riffs, to get him back into classic Kiss style

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

😂😂. I think Tommy plays good actually. But I love Ace. ♠️

[@leokimvideo]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker Tommy cant play 100,000 Years correctly, he just doesn't have the magic Ace vibrato touch.

[@mrcurtis73]

Very cool! Can you play the riff at the end of Let Me Know? That would be cool to see if you do another KISS.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Great riff. Round 2!!

[@williammg9135]

Awesome thanks!!

[@rebelrocker113]

Thanks again for a great lesson,,,Will you Share your Rig It's a very clean system 🎸

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks man I appreciate it. Check out this video at about 20:30. I do a screen share on my fractal stuff. Thanks for watching and for the support!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYi9o2x8pdiEhs0

[@wjewell63]

Groovy.,right on.,killer., awesome.,that's fire.as I progress thru the decades.lol

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks so much. I love old kiss riffs. They may not have been great players but they had a lot of energy and cool songs. First album is a great debut.

[@wjewell63]

I agree ..cool songs cool memories

[@evangaryhirsch]

Love the lesson! But why not play that Tommy Thayer signature back there by the Marshall stack? lol

[@OtherMike5000]

DAAAAAYUMMMM!!!!

[@deepiper6529]

This is great material. All solid gold Kiss oldies!! Love 'em! Great job with the tutorials. Do they tune down to E flat or A flat for all their songs?

[@richstelmach9957]

I believe he meant Eb! LOL!!!

[@tonysalpinoiii5063]

I've thought after playing both that Ace may have got the inspiration for Cold Gin from the chorus of All right now, same shapes

[@HikeandBikeWesternAustralia]

I could listen to that stuff alllll day. They should release all kiss albums that just feature ACE’s playing.

[@Nicholas-dreamlove]

On the studio version of "Deuce" Ace's strumming part seems brilliantly delaying each note (slightly) which makes that song all the more pleasing.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

True man!

[@racook7534]

I love all those tunes. The soundtrack of my youth for sure. Sadly, I never really learned to play the guitar. One of my many regrets in life.

[@jean-francoisgaudreault7441]

Wow great man Do it with TT Electric Blue

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I almost did but figured I hurt some hate! Haha

[@standingvertical3048]

Never seen Paul play Black Diamond like that, or on a 12 string Marty. I have seen him play it many guitars though. In " 75 " I seen him play it on a Gibson L6, I have one of them, that I need to restore, and have yet to do. Some day I will, but not yet.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I think when they produced this song they used a capo and doubled it. On a 12 string. Capo 7th fret d minor shape/12 string doubled. I am just going by how it sounds and the tone of the strings. What strings sound like on the fretboard. I imagine Paul plays it different live since it's live and not the dramatic 12 string studio version. (Just assumptions here!). 😁

[@jeffwagner2707]

My favorite band they are single Handley responsible for me playing guitar oh yes

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Ace was my guy. 8 years old. Ace Frehley solo album. 😎🤟🏻😎. Made a huge impact on me!

[@lrm215]

Ditto

[@DannyGatton94]

Hey marty! Nice channel you got here man

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks so much man!

[@pkizzlebeats]

Ace don’t get enough credit for bridging the gap from ballad and disco songs to rock n roll n that’s why Ace is my favorite he wasn’t afraid to go n do his own thing when they were stifling his creativity, especially when they were “taking a break” from making an album

[@jeffwagner2707]

That stutter step and Duece is very important

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Yes! Very much so. It's the character of the song!

[@hevechvy]

Glad to see you know the key to KISS is 24.75

[@hughsnow830]

My favorite Kiss song & dirtiest riff by them is Unholy. Kudos to Kiss for producing a fantastic song after they were left for dead at the end of the 80s.

[@JamesTracy-zj8fk]

I'm with you best KISS album was the first you da man

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Much appreciated man! 🤟🏻😎🤟🏻

[@drewsmith5099]

Hey Marty , when will you do your amps and affects you use. Would love to know how you get all the different band/artist sounds.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Hey man thanks so much for watching. Check out the end of the video in the link below. Most of my sounds come from this patch. And I add delay and reverb in pro tools. Sometimes chorus. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYi9o2x8pdiEhs0

[@kennymurray1558]

Great lessons, what picks are you using ?

[@jmata4237]

Are those pickups stock? Sounds killer!

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thanks. These are Classic 57's I installed. 🤟🏻

[@ZERO_42069]

You’re really good

[@rayfabris2512]

paul had some cool riffs idk how many times I've listened to ALIVE 1 that was my first album I bought at K-Mart when I was 10 been ROCKIN from then on got my cherry burst Gibson les paul I don't need 3 pick ups because I don't light it on fire 😅 only Ace can do that

[@Gurra88]

Always thought their debut was 1000 times better than Destroyer

[@MichaelHersh-e5r]

This video makes me shake my head at all the KISS haters saying their music sucks. This first album is fantastic!! Holds up very well today. I suppose it's all just BS, like those that bash AC/DC for being easy to play. (Which it absolutely isnt!) Yet, there is only one KISS and one AC/DC! 🤘

[@philheath9854]

Subscribed

[@garychaplin6110]

Hi man,sounds great !...may I ask,other than the LP and Marshall..is that a delay pedal ?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Hey man thanks! I run a Fractal AX8 in stereo for KZbin. I run my audio into pro tools. And just add a stereo delay plugin. 250ms on one side and 500ms on the other. Sometimes. 300/600. Or 385/720

[@81C3Vette]

What settings is your amp on for this sound?

[@ThatOneAgarAgarioThePro]

thank you

[@raymondcorreira847]

Chords Sound like VH. best of both worlds

[@robertnoble6600]

Gene actually wrote the main riff on Black Diamond. Read Paul’s book. Paul say so in it. Paul gets credit for writing the song because Paul wrote all the rest of the tune. Makes sense. But the best part of the song is Gene’s work. Thank you.

[@MichaelTheLibertarian]

If you REALLY want to sound like KISS, you'll need to get a Marshall amplifier!

[@jorgenmartensson8994]

Hat off!

[@dougtull4594]

Eb?

[@GazHogan]

I saw Kiss last night in Manchester at their final UK gig, they played all of these songs except Firehouse

[@johnmcminn9455]

cold gin is upstrokes on the G G/F# alternating with the the open A I saw Slash playing it and went hmmm..that is the way Ace does it

[@kyleleon85]

You sure that Black Diamond intro isn't played in the open position?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

I think it is doubled with a 12 string in open. But it really sounds like they capo's the 7th fret in the studio as well and played it like the dm shape up there. To me the fret and string sound in the recording sounds like it was up in that area??

[@bonejester]

Ace plays the open A with the D and G power chord. He said it "gives it the balls"

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Cool! I agree it does

[@matheusxis4260]

Niceeee

[@rickswindell1964]

Paul plays it lower on the fretboard

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

True! Live is one thing and the Studio version is different.

[@sonnyluka2637]

Any guitar solo please.

[@mooch514]

Like kiss or not ,kiss remains one of the biggest and most influential bands of all time

[@Drumbone71]

Request for Strutter guitar lesson….💀

[@vincentrobinson9325]

🤘🏻🙂

[@JohnDoe-wy7py]

Is that a Friedman up there?

[@adronerbert5987]

Let's take a moment to appreciate your tone.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Thank you!

[@adronerbert5987]

​@@Ranch5150SkinWalkeryou bet. What rig are you running in this vid?

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

@@adronerbert5987 I use a fractal ax8 for KZbin. It's just consistent for content. Friedman BE100 and Friedman IR's. Effects in pro tools. Reverb and delay for post mixing

[@adronerbert5987]

@@Ranch5150SkinWalker it's nuts what the guys at fractal have been doing in the last decade and a half or so. You can't beat a tube amp for live playing, but I'll be damned if there aren't some astonishing things they're doing digital these days

[@ericspears6342]

Paul Frehley is the best Ace Ace Ace

[@SunnymunnyHunnybunny]

I would include Parasite from Hotter Than Hell.

[@robertsmolinski8685]

Ace was my man before Eddie VH.

[@nikoma_]

💯

[@markdavidhizar2655]

Nevermind just the riff dude

[@jasonjuneau2948]

Huh. I knew they tuned down but I didn't think it was a step and a half down

[@ScottDaddyMac]

Great songs to teach, but I don't know why the riffs are never played completely first before breaking them down. It will make the lessons much more comprehensive when shown in correct context.

[@jeffmiller5252]

Why don’t you listen to the song first then refer to the lesson…

[@RedroomStudios]

if it's not on Dynasty I'm not interested.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Dynasty is a solid album man! 😎🎵🎵🎵🤟🏻

[@DMSProduktions]

AWK! \m/

[@johnperkins2174]

So A pentatonic minor would do 90% of kiss tunes?🤔

[@fimeellii988]

Superdi