Part five of my series in which I look at the touring guitars of the members of Kiss. This episode focuses on Bruce Kulick. Support the channel on Patreon; / seanblumenshine #brucekulick #kiss #guitars
Bruce was awesome in Kiss, he was smart and didn't try to emulate Ace's solo style. He brought to Kiss his own style of playing and carefully added his own touches to the classic songs that Ace had set on record. Bruce was in Kiss for their most difficult period, but as history now tells it was a time of some of the best albums and new songs. Songs that sadly today in the live Kiss shows are all but ignored.
Bruce is such a cool, awesome, kind, amazing person. I'm sure he'd be glad to watch this video and help answer some questions about it. You should definitely try interviewing him. He's so responsive to fans and open to interacting. I can't stress how awesome Bruce is, I've met him 3 times, all 3 times are highlights of my life.
Well, my post from earlier seems to have disappeared. The photo of BK with the blue Ironbird is mine; he autographed it for me in June of 2009 after a Grand Funk show. He said that it developed neck issues, and gave it to a roadie. I've got one of the ESP signature models, too; he sold them through a KISS website & said that I bought the first one. It's also got one of his own cases, because the factory was out of new ones at the time.
The BC Rich Eagle has been use by Bruce when he was briefly in the NY band The Good Rats! Late 70's early 80's. Probably 1981. There's a RU-vid video call WLIR Block party very rare! Live in the park. Hempstead Long Island.
Bruce Kulick must have nerves of steel. He jumped into a world famous band with weeks' notice, where he replaced not only an iconic 70's guitar hero but also covered Vinnie's shred parts and the new stuff featuring a virtuoso who was too ill to play. Quite a tall order.
Great info as usual. This is going to be my all time favorite video from you due to the fact that I'm a Guitarist whose obsessed with learning as much as possible about my Heroes Guitar collections. Well done , dude.
Bruce also had a rare ESP purple Les Paul. I saw him use it during the Hot in the Shade or Crazy Nights tour. in NY. I can't remember which one but it was one of those tours.
You're wrong about the guitar that got stolen... the one that got stolen is the one with the custom graphic on it. I know this for sure because Bruce has a series in his channel where I left him a message asking about that guitar, he replied it had been stolen.
