ACE FREHLEY - AceFrehleyLesPaul.com - Parasite - Ep. 21 / 12Nov13

[@SuperTexasBlues]

most accurate (to MY ears) lesson yet... VERY well done, sir!

[@churchmouse2146]

My favorite KISS song out of all em. Still. After 4 1/2 decades !

[@pauldunlea6745]

One of his best for sure !

[@donellmuniz590]

For me, it's Parasite, Deuce, and 100,000 Years.

[@applejacks971]

6:00 That part of the riff played at the slower tempo sounds like the basis of 'Strange Ways'. Its really amazing how you can hear different part of their other songs incorporated in to their other tunes, and subtlely!

[@bobbylowery363]

That was definitely one of the best .

[@pedraw]

One of my favorite Kiss tunes. Thank you John so much for every second of your time. You break these songs down beautifully and explain things in plain English. I hope it's not April 2014 before we see another....thanks again!

[@bobcummins2813]

Love your videos...and that guitar !!!

[@philhudson...5017]

John thank you....👍🇦🇨

[@shelbytc16v]

Excellent job John, as usual. I look forward to more. Keep up the great work.

[@BigJman3000]

You effin' Rock!!! Nice to see a great player like Space-Ace being honored and appreciated by a great player like yourself! Beautiful Gibson Tobacco Burst btw! Ack!!!

[@AceFrehleyLesPaul]

Thanks very much !

[@cromchew7897]

ACE FOREVER !!!!

[@jaybre15]

this is great! looking forward to the next one already!

[@terryobrien7040]

Thanks for doing this. You are a good teacher and a real good player.

[@johntate3750]

Thanks very much, Terry !! I'm glad you enjoyed the video(s).

[@wickedcrypto6004]

love it bud

[@pony65kgt]

Mate, I love your lessons and obvious enthusiasm for KISS's music. Great playing!!!

[@lukejous]

Thanks John, always look forward to your videos!

[@rolandogarcia506]

Really amazing..thanks.

[@nowaydice]

Rocket Ride lesson would be fine to have - your lessons are great!

[@spiritualcramp8000]

yeah! i sub! Ace used that to piss Gene live 'cos he never gave it a try LoL

[@UkeDudeZero]

Excellent! Been wanting to learn this one for while. I really appreciate the time you put into these vids. Thanks!

[@2024Shoesmith]

Well presented and well done, bro. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@kyjsw1974]

Thanks for another great lesson, always enjoy your vids! Wish you could do one a week or month even. I know many of us would be grateful but life doesn't allow us to have too much fun. Hope to see another one soon. Take care

[@mjpugh123]

YES!!! A new episode!!

[@JohnnyGuitarRocks]

Terrific lesson and channel!

[@tyeedwrds]

The one I've been waitin on! Had most of it down, just needed to polish the parts I was guessing on. Thanks, as always your vids are worth the wait!

[@TommySG1]

Another awesome Kiss song 🎶!

[@TommySG1]

That white Les Paul in the background is my favorite, if it sounds half as good as it looks it,would be nothing short of amazing, beautiful collection man.

[@jamesjzelaznyjr910]

Excellent tutorial !

[@thenewyorkpauls]

Love the Ace tribute Deluxe, even missing the top side of the neck pickup ring! Legit!

[@couthon]

thenewyorkpauls I noticed that too!

[@dawnamallow9925]

Cool instructions! Thank you!

[@RafaZututu]

Hello!!! I'm brazilian and I love your channel haha. Your lesson are great, I've learned all the musics ;). I just you to cover ONE music, just ONE, Ozone by Ace, PLEAAASEEEE!!!!

[@alar1967]

Great lesson thanks!

[@Paul_Warren_Wolfe]

Thanks John, your lessons are always so helpful. Hadn't considered Parasite, but now it's next on the list! I've been working on a number of KISS songs lately... Jakob and I got God of Thunder down (thanks for that) and then I went on to Firehouse, Detroit Rock City, Christine Sixteen, Love Gun & Rocket Ride. I'm working up to taking a shot at Black Diamond if you would be interested in a lesson on that beast..

[@vstags]

hi John, come back please..we need you! hope you and family are safe. cheers

[@pedraw]

Kiss certainly came up with some unique riffs. "She" is another one that has this type killer riff.

[@cwwsheepy94]

Where did you go ?

[@sheldonscott4298]

Hi. Ace is also my main influence as a lead guitarist. I own an Epiphone Les Paul standard Plustop Pro and a Line 6 Spider Classic 15 amp. I wouls like to knoq what guitar and amp settings to tweak in order to have Ace's sound and tone? Thanks Sheldon.

[@glenaleksis4589]

Sheldon Scott I have the same guitar in blood orange, what color do you have?

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

thanks so much. I know 2 of the 3 main riffs. the riff that starts it I couldn't figure out. now I got it. thanks bro. I watch wlphantom for my kiss videos. they are not tutorials but I have figured out about 15 or so kiss songs or parts of them. only a few songs I can do all the way. thanks a ton. been 1.5 years playing. I don't play a ton and learn mainly from wlphantoms videos. but I just learned this from you. thanks

[@7ravenwolf]

thanks for this. awesome. made what I thought a hard song, easy

[@elfhermie]

John! Where ya been? Summer's here and we need more of your Ace lessons! I just finished learning "Shout It Out Loud" from you mere minutes ago. What a blast! Thank you so much and don't stay away too long, Mary Poppins! Oh, and don't forget August 19th, Ace's new album Space Invader lands on a planet near you!

[@traviswheeler2798]

Sorry I was late to this one. Very awesome. You broke it down easily for a wanna be like me lol. Thanks so much.

[@drogers541]

Hi john when will you be doing more kiss song vids i would love you to teach more songs!!

[@RnRDS]

Great playing and sound. It'd be great if you could cover the whole Alive! in following episodes.

[@spaceace5522]

It's been long time, Nice White les Paul behind you!!

[@pauldunlea6745]

Strange ways - Rocketride !

[@zd351]

Welcome back. Where have you been? Please tell me it's not gonna be another six months until the next video.

[@paulspandl3381]

Great lesson! Which amp settings did you use here?

[@flashboy2020]

Great lesson, John, as always. But I think you're mistaking with the 1st part of the solo. At 7:33 or so you say it's 5, 3, 0 (on the D-string) and 5, 3, 1 on the A-string, but it's 5, 3 (on the D-string) then 5 on the A-string (same note of course as open D-string like you play it) and THEN 3, 1 on the A-string and 3 on the E-string (according to me and all the TABs I've consulted, including a KISS guitar tab book I bought). Let me know what you think and can't wait for the next video!

[@kylehammond8345]

Hey John great to see something new from you. You were gone quite a while. As I listening to your playing I got to wondering what kind of amp your using. Just such a great sound. I've been looking for something a lot better than what I currently have which is just a little modeling modeling amp.

[@AceFrehleyLesPaul]

Hi Kyle !I use a Traynor YCS50, 1x12 combo amp. Made in Canada ... so it's one of the only North American made amps that ISN'T in the boutique-type amp category. Not that a boutique amp is a bad thing ... they're just damn expensive. Lol !! My Ace setting are pretty simple ... Treble = 7, Mid = 10, Bass = 8, Gain = 4 - 6, Reverb = 4 - 5, Presence = 4. These are the settings I've always used in the videos and even back when I was doing the Kiss tribute stuff.

[@adidas331]

I'm looking to possibly buy a '97 Ace LP. Would totally like to speak with you by way of private messaging if possible. Please reply a.s.a.p.

[@samuelcf97]

Hey John, do you got any info on how did Ace set the action on strings back in the seventies?

[@AceFrehleyLesPaul]

Hi Sam ! To be honest, I have no idea how Ace set up his guitars in the '70s. I know that the Budokans and The 300 were pretty much set to Gibson factory standards, which is 2/32" for the pickup heights on both strings as well as at the 12th fret for the high E string and 3/32" string height for the low E string, at the 12th fret. Obviously, the middle pickup was always dropped way down, to get it out of the way.

[@thenewyorkpauls]

Have read interviews with Ace where he says he doesn't like super-low action for lead playing, but that was probably in the late 90s?

[@donellmuniz590]

I'm not a musician. What does Pentatonic mean?

[@jpb962]

A five-note scale.

[@johnqpublic2013]

where the hell did you get that tobacco LP??? The star on the headstock and everything! What year is that?

[@petera.michaelsen4657]

johnqpublic2013 its just a 1973 Les Paul deluxe, loaded with vintage Dimarzio’s Super Distorions and a star decal stacked on it

[@ddactar]

are you billy squire?

[@johndiaz1024]

Is that THE star deluxe les paul Ace owned??

[@markanthony976]

It ain't as easy as he says,it's easy to say when you have been playing for years, it would take at least 12 months of playing that everyday to get it perfect.

[@FlashBastard1964]

Only if you're brain dead.

[@pauldunlea6745]

Great video however nobody can '' Replicate The Master ''

[@curtisprice9806]

Your vibrato is way, way off! Listen, listen, listen to how Ace has fast and even faster vibrato! Sounds dead without that key technique of his.

[@jeffhodge7272]

Ok critic.