Thinking About … Space Ace

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Anonymous

“Created the KISS lightening bolt logo”nnAs opposed to the DARKENING bolt logo?
Roegster

Steve Carr, head guitar tech for KISS for eight years took me as an apprentice. While studying with him, I got to meet Ace. He was playing at Fern Park Station in Orlando, and Steve and I attended after Ace came to our shop and invited us both. After the show, we three went to Church Street Station, where Ace produced a large bag of cocaine, which he proceeded to dump on the table. I was freaking out, but figured getting busted with Ace was better than going to jail for something stupid. Anyway, Ace had the waitresses snorting lines and bringing us free drinks. After we closed the bar, we climbed into my van and Ace crawled out and got on top of my van driving down Church Street. After we dragged him back inside, I dropped him off at his motel, and Steve and I laughed till dawn. Mick Roeg…Roeg Custom Guitars
Theguyrocks

Weird Al. he’s the man. “:^ ) What ya see is what ya get. He’s almost makes polka music sound acceptable and not so Nazi. And…he’s not working on another “come back” again. “:^ ) I’d rather have Weird Al.
Chris@TTP

We were waiting for someone to find today’s error. Thanks for playing, you are the winner!
Chris@TTP

Free drinks from the waitresses? Now that is a story! Sounds like Ace was “Snowblind.” Thanks for sharing Mick. I used to play an Kramer ZX30 in high school and had a BC Rich amp. Garbage compared to what you deal with, but as a kid I thought I was the man. Too bad I sucked at playing.
Roegster

What did I win?
Chris@TTP

“Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” – Carl Spackler (Caddyshack)
Dr. Pretentious

When I think of Ace, he’s in mid-air, giving me fantasies of going about my everyday (quotidian, if you will) activities while suspended by wire, which would probably require a sturdy tracking system built into the (reinforced?) ceilings, but then there’s the problem of going outside, which would require a little motorized cherry-picker that I’d operate with hand-held controls. nThank-you, Roegster, for that heart-warming anecdote. I see the feathered hair parted down the middle, the Le Colletiers, and Brut aftershave already. Wow – eightballin with Ace – something you can tell your grandkids one day.nThe coolest guitar I ever saw was seeing the Melvins in ’86 and Buzz’s Sunburst had the “Rock’n Roll Over” 4-face design on its body. Freaking rad.