Unbelievable Ace Frehley Guitar Solo in Tokyo 1977 - Watch the Magic Unfold!

[@justinmeyersguitarist]

Hey everybody! I'm just now realizing there is an issue with the audio ace's solo. I've been able to figure out the issue and will re upload with corrected audio. This is my first time making a video like this. Sorry about that! LOL

[@jamessator5564]

@@justinmeyersguitarist that’s not a problem, we all learn from our mistakes 🤘🏼👊🏼

[@Steven-v7o]

Come on huh. The guy's always been a nor very good player. He was nowhere near the level of the other guitar players of that era. Page, Blackmore, Collins, Van Halen etc....🙄

[@britneyspears1932]

ACE IS A TRUE GUITAR GOD 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@donnyswanson6186]

I bought a guitar after I saw then on the KISS ALIVE tour!!! After i saw how cool Ace Frehley looked i wanted to play. So i Bought the guitar that May. I went on to play in 2 80's metal bands which included a KISS set!! Graduated from USC have accomplished many genres of music. But my roots are old KISS Songs!!! I still like listening to those old songs once in s while!!! Thanks Ace for planting the seed in me!!! You are honored on my wall in my lesson studio. Your #1 bud love ya Ace!!!!

[@vivaldoferreira42]

Ace Frehley is so underrated for his influence on the rock guitar genre. There was not a kid in the 70s who didn't want to be Ace, including myself. He was a master at soloing and creating riffs. Respect.

[@verbotenco]

Good thing it was the 70s. If he had started today he would've been living on the street with guitar skills like his, given the tremendous amount of talent of young players today.

[@SGED392]

Yes he tasteful and has great phrasing

[@imanalien2222]

@@verbotenco​​⁠I have to respectfully disagree. There are still many people…including the young…that put a great tone and soul over technique all day long. Talent will thankfully always be subjective.

[@cornfusedatbest3980]

​@@verbotenco I must agree, I bought my 13 year old son a guitar expecting nothing but a thank you, but Intern, I was greeted with an amazing talent. The kid has no interest in pursuing this talent which boggles the mind. Whatever, he's the master of his own domain and I couldn't be more proud.

[@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn]

I wanted to play bass, much heavier!

[@thebluesrockers]

Ace, one of the top 100 greatest, guitar players in rock history. Ace has never had a lot of unusual Technics. But his solo's always fit the songs perfectly. When Ace writes a solo it becomes part of the song.

[@jjmag3107]

I was the dude that posted that Ace Frehley Solo Tokyo Japan 1977, WAY back when. And yeah, I absolutely agree with your take on it. While I appreciate a player’s speed and dexterity, this particular solo just sounds like the Marshalls are on the verge of going super nova, due to the anti gravitational feedback, black hole time dilation delays, and the Jendelian nebula pouring out of his LP. Cool you reposted it, and great commentary. RAWK!

[@johnriley8314]

DAMN RIGHT MAN.....o'l "SPACE" ACE FREHLEY...was one of my MAIN INSPIRATIONS TO even wanna LEARN how to play the guitar......and I was an ABSOLUTE KISS FANATIC......Saw the KISS ALIVE II TOUR.(young-ticket for Christmas present) i wasn't but about 10-12 yrs old or so.....Parents took me...LMAO...ANYWAYS....WHAT A INNOVATOR ALL THE KISS BAND MEMBERS WERE...MAKE-UP--COSTUMES--FIRE--SMOKE--BREATHING FIRE--SPITTING BLOOD--AND ACE'S SHOCK ME SOLO--AND THE "smoker baby" guitar also..... JUST AN INCREDIBLE,ASTOUNDING LIVE STAGE SHOW AND PRESENCE THEY HAD ...... IT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE--THE INSIDE ALBUM COVERS when ya opened up the KISS ALIVE II ALBUM.....amazing for sure.....the lifts bringing em -AND THE DRUMS UP-during PETER's solo...just a CRAZZZY CRAZZZZY NIGHT IT WAS.... Then,when ACE LEFT KISS, AND STARTED UP the band Frehley's Comet...he came to my hometown,had an autograph signing session....and i took my ol acoustic Yamaha 410 i had...and got to meet ...MY GUITAR HERO...ACE FREHLEY....He signed my guitar,and was just so damned FUNNY,DOWN TO EARTH,AND A COOL ASS GUY with everyone there man.....what an experience it was....I'll see if can find a pic for ya..... but yeah ...ACE WAS A TOTAL HAM BRO....HILARIOUS AS HELL, AND THAT ALL SO CONTAGIOUS ASS LAUGH OF HIS WAS RIPPIN IT UP DA WHOLE TIME.....Thanks for ALL THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES KISS-AND ACE FREHLEY.....AN INSPIRATION TO ME...AND MANY, MANY OTHERS AS WELL..... PEACE.....#Musicmaker69 JRiley

[@SquierBulletBass-sj5bg]

Ace! Made me want to play when I was a kid in the 70’s.

[@hkguitar1984]

Same here, I got my first guitar when I was 12 years old in 1974. I worked three Summer jobs to save up for a Twin Reverb, and then in 1977 I purchased a new Les Paul Deluxe. I miss the 1970s, I miss having almost unlimited time to play guitar......sigh That Twin Reverb was such a good amp I've used it all these years and still own it. I finally purchased an early Marshall 50W Plexi reissue to fulfill my Ace Frehley Les Paul/Marshall amp combination. Only regret, I should have purchased the Marshall amplifier 4 decades ago instead of waiting for it like a bucket list item.

[@ReggieRouby]

Great vid, glad I saw that. Very haunting guitar tone. I'm a Bass Player. What many non-musicians, and some supposed musicians, fail to realize is how important guitar tone or sound really is. They think Flea just picks up a Bass and makes it sound funky. No. Flea is using amp/Bass settings + effects such as Q-Tron to create a great sound/tone and then playing. It's not just the finger skill or even musical knowledge of a player of any instrument, it's also that musician's ability to create a great sound. Hendrix for example was a master at creating great sounds. This performance by Ace was astounding.

[@realasadoughnut]

Ace was quoted in an interview saying, "If I knew I was going to go on to inspire so many future guitarists, I would have practiced more. "...ha!

[@dirtyburd71]

Ace was KEY to what KISS was in their stellar past!!! Truly a cornerstone of the band. Too bad it didn't work out for the long haul. ACE 💥💥💥

[@theeclecticguitaristjaydia6894]

I applaud you for posting this. Yes Ace is a great player that plays with a lot of feel ! I have noticed that a lot of guitar players look down and even shun players like Ace once they’ve crossed over to other styles of music ,country , jazz, classical, or whatever. Yet players like Ace are the ones who inspired them to pick up the guitar in the first place! Lol ! It’s like they’re embarrassed to admit it !..as if they have a certain aesthetic they have to adhere to or they themselves be shunned from their little cliquish community ..haha Ace’s solo album is a work of art from start to finish prove me wrong! Thanks again for posting this!

[@justinmeyersguitarist]

thank you buddy! i totally agree with you.. so ridiculous

[@teriakamoto]

That kinda Shocked me. ⚡️

[@teamflanneloutdoors5631]

I was SO into KISS in 77'!I All these years later still listen to the early stuff occasionally👍👍 Thanks for sharing, made me feel young again for a hot minute.

[@ericsherman4181]

Alive 2 was my first album ever, As a kid Ace was a hero, then Eddie LOL, still love the Shock Me solo….it’s amazing.

[@johnmarshall3903]

Ace is why I started to play the guitar and develop my vibrato and guitar sound. Totally responsible for my love of Marshall amps.

[@hkguitar1984]

Same here. 👍

[@theleviathan89]

Epic!!! My first concert

[@johnmarshall3903]

Ditto

[@DonMoore2023]

That is one of his best sounding and performance of a solo as is the one in Shock Me off ALIVE 2!!! This is the reason he's one of my top 5 guitar heroes! Thanks!

[@Scottmb-x2p]

Spot on, thank you for your critique....SPACE WITH ACE!!!!

[@naturalbornscorpio929]

Many guitar greats have been copied but nobody to this day sounds like Ace. Ace is in a class all by himself🎸⚡🎸⚡

[@JosephCompton66]

That was the first band I fell in love with. Had all the albums growing up. Detroit rock city baby.

[@allstopblue5717]

I’m 39 and it took me until my mid 30s to finally get into KISS. I hated them for so long. One day it all just clicked for me and I’ve loved them ever since

[@Tipisbored]

That tobacco sunburst Les Paul Deluxe sounded better in a live setting than any of the guitars he used after.

[@juliusbishop3629]

Saw Ace in 78 couldn’t hear for days. Have all the Kiss albums up to Unmasked besides the solo albums, Ace’s is the best. King of the bends! Got my first drum kit in 75, all I wanted to do was play drums with Ace. Peter was good but Ace was the reason I learned all those Kiss albums.

[@gdavew63]

I saw the Destroyer tour in Nashville at the Municiple Auditorium 7/21/76. As an almost 13-year-old kid who had been playing for about 2 years at the time, that concert sealed the deal. Ace was always my favorite KISS member, and a hero for a short time. As KISS crested in fame a few years later it took its toll on him. I last saw him play 3 years ago opening for Alice Cooper. Glad he's able to play still but he's a shadow of his former self...

[@angryshoebox]

I wouldn't consider ol' "Space Ace" Frehley a guitar "master", but he could really work those '70s rawk solo licks. And he did inspire a ton of kids to play guitar (including a certain Darrell Abbott, from the Metroplex).

[@tenlittleindians]

I seen them live several times in that era. The flaming smoking guitar was always a nice touch. I'm wondering if he might have used a tape echo effect which would not have been a floor pedal? Tommy Bolin was playing with the James Gang earlier than this and used a tape echo on a stand on stage so he could twist the knobs himself live. Tommy Bolin's Standing In The Rain song from the James Gang Bang album features this classic tape echo effect at the opening of that track. On the album version they pan the opening left and right in your headphones and it took me years to figure out how he made that sound. There's also a live version of Tommy with the James Gang on The Midnight Special show and you can see his echo stand and watch him twist it's knobs. That video is now on KZbin. Ace has a very similar tape echo sound in this video.

[@justinmeyersguitarist]

yeah im sure it was a tape echo for 1977.. i was just saying if you wanted to get that sound now, you can use a delay pedal and mess with delay time/feedback

[@tenlittleindians]

@justinmeyersguitarist I bought a Electro Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man delay pedal in the 70's and it sounds similar to my Roland Space Echo tape delay so I can't say what Ace was using back then. I do know it was either pre-recorded or the echo effect was done from the mixer board back then when I seen them live. Being a guitar player I was always watching the guitar players and checking out what I could see of their gear from the crowd view. Ace was not doing the knob twisting for sure.

[@KeithStLouis-yv3bd]

Ace is just as influential in the 70s as Page and Edward. That great tone you hear? Ace has said in interviews that he wasn't plugged into the Marshall stacks, but was plugged into Fender Twins that were miked into the PA underneath the stage.

[@MrDoneboy]

The incredible Ace Frehley!

[@jamessator5564]

Ace was my first guitar hero! Then Gary Richrath and Gary Rossington!! Justin, can I still benefit with ear training with tinnitus in my ears ? 😂🤷🏼‍♂️

[@thebluesrockers]

Gary was the best musician in REO. Gary, Allen, Steve and Ed were all great. I can't choose between Gary & Allen though. Both are tied in my heart. But Ed sure kicked ass on "Swamp Music" didn't he? You're list is only lacking 2 of my hero's. Gilmour & Page..

[@jamessator5564]

@ yes Sir !!

[@JanPanCygan]

How do you know what is Ace heairng in his head

[@thebluesrockers]

ack!

[@grahamcollins2350]

Cryptic symbolism in his dreams

[@thebluesrockers]

@@grahamcollins2350 I thought he was "Lost In Limbo"

[@aaronhenson1214]

His head is "fractured "!​@@thebluesrockers

[@thebluesrockers]

@@aaronhenson1214 Are you trying to "Shock Me?" I know Ace, was a "Bronx Boy" who has went through some "Hard Times" That's probably why there's some "Strange Ways" about him. Now I don't know if his head is "Fractured" or not. However, in Ace's defense , he' has been "Wiped out" on "Cold Gin" & been "Snow Blind" many times throughout his lifetime, but I believe "The Acorn Is Still Spinning"

[@leehanson1416]

I get controlled feedback from a modeler every night. I use a monitor wedge pointed back at me. The guitar is a modeler, too. As far as this solo, it's very Page influenced- and so was everybody else in 1977 that wasn't Clapton influenced.

[@bjorntannberg1581]

You're absolutely right. Passion, energy, excitement and emotion is almost forgotten among guitar players. This was the 1970s at it's maximum. They knew how to put on a show. That said; I think you are a way cooler guitarist than Ace ever where Justin.

[@stringlocker]

The youngins are scared of loud 😂

[@mitchpalmer5116]

Ace was more influential than great. He's the reason I started playing guitar...until I discovered Joe Perry. 😁

[@douglasgugel2752]

Are you related to Ryan Reynolds because you are like his twin brother for real !!!

[@oliverchapman51177]

Just subbed. Refreshing and objective

[@ImYourOverlord]

His soloing here sounds better and is more interesting than anything he played on their recordings.

[@DanielRettberg]

Man, Ace is killer! Always loved this ending solo from 3:52 onward.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jV6wmXuMm9RmZ9Usi=EbDUjeEK5NQrqWgM

[@michaelsicowitz362]

You have heard of Jeff Beck right, maybe Clapton was done by 77, but 60s Eric pretty good. Then there's about 800 others, but Ace had his nights. It's entertainment, as long as people are happy. It's the entertainment business, just happens to also be music.

[@BryanFink1]

To me a far better example of a Guitarist who didn't know a lot of theory, had an advanced ear for music and the ability to execute technical solos was Edward Van Halen. Talk about a naturally gifted musician with an incredible ear.

[@teriakamoto]

EVH actually had a rather strong knowledge of music theory as his pops was a traveling musician and brought the family along his travels. EVH was winning piano contest very young. He’s known for his leads, but was a masterful rhythm player and his technical knowledge of wiring and amplifiers led to the development of some of today’s gear. ⚙️. Just thought I’d share.

[@oaeoeaoRust]

Quality content! No neck pickup.

[@nimitz1739]

You are right. The best musicians know when not to play.

[@jalapainyo]

He burned his hand but he did it for rock and roll

[@gregoaks4413]

who ever decided to call Kiss Bubble Gumish needs heir head examined his tone is so sought after in the guitar world

[@KennyHenrick]

i really thought he had 3 pickup banks

[@ImYourOverlord]

I can't do better, myself, so I find this plenty worthy 😁

[@satanbane]

Funny how it sounds like bridge pickup, yet the switch is in neck position... Oh, OK, it's definitely not neck pickup!

[@aubreymcmaster47]

Feedback is a function of speaker to instrument proximity, and any form amplification will do it as long as there is a speaker in the loop. As for Ace's tone, I'll agree it's pretty cool; but there is absolutely no musicality in this solo, just a mish mash of basic pentatonic riffs.

[@danzemacabre8899]

I like Ace but too much effects! His shock me solo from Alive 11 is very memorable but this is a little too heavy on space. Less space more Ace

[@RonaldMallory-c1g]

There is so much distortion you can barely hear what notes he is playing. Not my style.

[@harmono8766]

Too distorted and too much echo. Can't hear what he's playing cool solo though 😊

[@Freeontheland2030]

Gene must have had to go for a dump or something, lol just razzin' y'all, I was 14 back then and mostly out of my KISS phase by this time.

[@RayTalan]

I was 12 when he did that. I grew out of Kiss very quickly and started listening to Schenker, Blackmore, Van Halen etc... Ace is not that good. I was better at 16 yrs old. I like those Marshalls you have. Ok, it was cool in 77.

[@TheBladepolisher]

He must've been trippin'. Sloppy as hell, but luckily in a 70's way.

[@jamesrusso2523]

Was neat? It's rock not jazz or classical. Just saying

[@thecentralscrutinizerr]

Sounds like my 11 year old brother that don't know what he's playing he's just throwing shit out there. This is not a good solo. This >>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5_MaoSrbJuIr6Msi=vYP-0FwBkUHLk9dH is a good solo.

[@jsmachine519]

😂 seriously

[@djraven6864]

Amazing? Its good but not great and im a fan of Space Ace.

[@spunk49]

Ace is a hack

[@derekpierkowski7641]

🤣 🥲 😵‍💫 😖

[@rockdanger]

Lame AF!!

[@midlifemotox]

Kiss are musical hacks... They invented a great show. They tapped into the vibe of the time... They connected with the kids of the day,..But they are awful musicians... They were just good enough to play the part. That it.. Unbelievable solo? Not really.

[@justinmeyersguitarist]

Where’s your solo + what music have you created? At least they created music that connected and influenced millions around the world

[@midlifemotox]

@@justinmeyersguitarist I've created more than most. I've worked with 2 of the biggest bands of all time and I've been in this business for over 45 years, I'm not dogging the band Kiss, because they have achieved what few bands have. I'm dogging their musicianship. Just saying that they are hack musicians. I could go to any club in LA and see far better players on any given night..And they influenced millions? I just don;t get it. Rock and roll every night..? haha

[@1wickedgroove]

​@@midlifemotox Ace wasn't out there giving guitar lessons. He was putting on a rock and roll show.

[@midlifemotox]

@@1wickedgroove HaHa,,,,, A very sloppy one. If you like the vibe, fine. Guitar players of his caliber are a dime a dozen. He was just in the right place at the right time.

[@1wickedgroove]

@midlifemotox well, you could say being at the right place at the right time fits a lot of players. Except for the ones who auditioned before Ace.

[@teerexness]

Yeah, you actually can get that feedback off of a modeler. It's a model of a pedal called a Digitech FreqOut. And it's far more predictable and dependable than amp feedback. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqa7haZsr8ifipYsi=AKEqnut7pm6yh6t9

[@justinmeyersguitarist]

na not the same experience at all

[@teerexness]

@@justinmeyersguitarist True, it's much easier to control. Also more family and neighbor friendly. It's not the '70s any longer.

[@greatwhite3676]

gay

[@James-r5d4z]

Your nuts

[@James-r5d4z]

Sounds like noise

[@frederickplude254]

Bud your a Dutch bag 😮