I love a good guitar-shop story, and this is a great one if you’re a fan of KISS.
Derringers is an Adelaide institution (it’s also where my main guitar, an EVH Wolfgang, came from), and recently they posted some pics on their social media of a brand new Ibanez Paul Stanley PS4CM Cracked Mirror guitar on their Facebook page with the following:
Kiss are in the country and it’s the prefect time to show off this shiny guitar fitting for the most dazzling front man on stage!
Introducing the Ibanez Iceman Paul Stanley PS40 Cracked Mirror Electric guitar.
Dreamed up by the Starchild in the late 70’s, his one-of-a-kind cracked mirror signature guitar came to fame during the KISS “Dynasty” era when it appeared with Paul on every stage he played around the globe.
For many, this is and will always be the ultimate rock and roll guitar. In 2015, Ibanez emulated the iconic guitar Stanley first took on the road in 1979 and reissued the cracked mirror Paul Stanley signature guitar. With the PS4CM, Ibanez has created a new gold version of it.
Hand-made in Japan. The PS4CM comes with a quality hard shell case and a certificate of authenticity.
And the photos are stunning (scroll to the bottom of the post to see more).
And then yesterday, August 30, they posted this:
Great to have the KISS team drop into Derringers! Picked up this little beauty for Paul to play in tonight’s show!! Blessed! Our Ibanez PS40CM gold cracked mirror, we thought a kiss fan would purchase it for sure but THE BAND did!! Enjoy the show fans! Our guys will for sure.
Argh! How cool! Sure, ’Band purchases instrument’ is something that happens every day, but that’s the kind of thing that will make your day, your week, your month and even your year when you’re working in a music store, right?
And then the next post:
Fair tipping of the hat for one of Derringers’ guitars to be seen in the hands of its rightful owner I’d suggest! Thanks to the Derringers crew for making this happen, great to be a part of one of history’s greatest bands! Cheers to Andrew, Theo and crew whom attended at the pleasure of the band!
What fun! Congratulations to the Derringers team. It’s always fun to see an instrument you sold up on stage in the hands of its happy new owner, and it’s gotta be even more fun to see it about 30 metres wide on the jumbo screen!
Oh and PS: I reviewed the first night of KISS’s End Of The Road tour in Melbourne for The Age. Read it here!
