ACE FREHLEY-Painted Guitar Fetches $7500 At Six-String Masterpieces Art Guitar Auction
May 18, 2007, 17 years ago
An ACE FREHLEY-painted guitar sold for $7500 at the Six-String Masterpieces Art Guitar Auction held yesterday (May 17th) at the House Of Blues Sunset Strip in W. Hollywood, CA.
"Ace Frehley, former guitarist for KISS, is recognized as the single most influential musician to inspire the career of Dimebag Darrell Abbott," says the eBay item description. "Ace was definitely one of the first guitar heroes and was a major influence to many of the other musicians in this exhibit. This extremely valuable addition to the collection features a highly psychedelic, fractalized space theme that has a great photo of Dime and Ace integrated into the spiraling design. The design was created by Ace and then printed on thick photo paper that was template cut to the shape of the guitar and applied to the body. The backside of the guitar includes a heartfelt note and an actual print of the photo that Ace integrated into the front side design, as well as it is signed by the Spaceman himself in silver paint pen. One May 3 the hardware was applied, electronics installed and the lot photos were updated. This is a one-of-a-kind full playable and displayable Instrument of Art. Complete with electronics, pick-ups, strings and hardware installed at Dean USA. It is hand-painted or otherwise decorated by the artist who?s name is associated with the guitar. Proceeds from the auction of this guitar go to supportLittle Kids Rock, one of the most exciting music education programs available to public schools in America. This guitar is one of over sixty pieces created for Six-String Masterpieces: The Dimebag Darrell Art Tribute."
