Gene Simmons Has a Hotline for His New Bass, So We Referred to as It

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KISS rocker Gene Simmons and Gibson introduced on Tuesday (April 19) a partnership that begins with the musician’s new signature mannequin Gibson instrument, the Gene Simmons G2 Thunderbird Bass.

Has there actually not been a Gibson Simmons bass but?

Guess not. Anyway, Simmons made a vintage-style infomercial for the axe, full with a hotline for the Bass Guitar Options Hotline. It is a working quantity — 1-430-BASS-GOD (1-430-227-7463) — so we referred to as it, and all we acquired was insulted by a “Physician D. D’Mone” of the “Institute for Bass Guitar Options.”

Watch the video under.

The Gene Simmons G2 (pronounced “G-squared”) Thunderbird Bass guitar options the basic Gibson Reverse Thunderbird physique and headstock fashion with a pair of T-Chook pickups, a sure ebony fretboard with Pearloid inlays, and a Mirror Plex pickguard with a laser-engraved customized Gene Simmons emblem.

Simmons says, “Gibson is an impressive firm and has earned its place as a number one guitar model with followers world wide. The brand new G2 Thunderbird basses are all handmade within the USA, with a sound that’s off the charts. The design is so lovely and collectible, they’re merely artworks.”

Gibson president Cesar Gueikian provides, “We’re excited to launch the primary of many tasks along with Gene Simmons! The Gibson Gene Simmons G2 Thunderbird Bass guitar has been greater than a 12 months within the making. It appears and sounds epic, and it’s unmistakably Gene.”

He continues, “Working with [Simmons] is such a privilege for all of us at Gibson; he’s deeply concerned in each facet of creating the guitars and planning our launch. A legendary musician who has touched the lives of generations of music followers, Gene can also be a inventive and profitable entrepreneur. That is the primary of some ways wherein the G2 partnership might be paying tribute to Gene, his iconic standing, and proceed to encourage new generations of Gibson and Gene Simmons followers.”

Simmons’ cope with Gibson will finally carry extra G2 merchandise throughout different Gibson Manufacturers, together with Epiphone and Kramer, a press launch says. It sounds just like what Dave Mustaine just lately hatched with the corporate for his signature mannequin guitars.

The Simmons bass is on sale at gibsonguitars.com for $2,799.00 — a drop within the bucket for somebody just like the KISS bassist, a “Rock is Lifeless” proselytizer who makes cash at what he calls an “Olympic” stage.