Ralphie's Ramblings

Ace Frehley When I read that had a new cd coming out at about the same time as a new KISS CD I was  intrigued.  I had just read an interview with Ace in a popular Guitar magazine and the bitter feelings between them were evident.  Also, with Ace's famed substance abuse problems and his inability to even play during part of it, I wondered how good it could be. Well, the Starman has done it again.  Much like his first solo release in the Kiss solo releases way back when, Ace has trumped any solo release the band hs made.  It totally blows Paul Stanley's recent solo cd out of the water (and I thought Paul's was pretty good).  In fact, it blows the most recent Kiss CD, Sonic Boom, out of the water.  Tommy Thayer does his best Ace impression on Sonic Boom, but just does not have the same power or feeling.  In fact, he often copies Ace too much. Bruce Kulick and Vinnie Vincent each brought something a little different and unique to Kiss, where Tommy seems content to be an Ace imp

  One of my best finds in guitars as this VG Strat. I got rid of my Carvin CT3 to get it. Fender has discontinued these and I do not know why? No sales? Was it misunderstood? It the root it is an American Strat with all the great feel and sound off an Amrican Strat. But inside it is so mucch more. With the Roland picckup it is a Strat, Tele, Humbucker guitar and an acoustic. It has a varieety of alternate tunings and doe each well. It can also be a 12 string in all but the first mode where it is a sanddard American Strat. I love the feel and vversatility of this. The only downsie is the batterry usae which is about 4 hours with standard double A's or 6 to 8 with decent rechargeables. So I just keep a spare set charged at all times. I hope they bring these back out in the future. I love mine.