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Cracked Mirror Iceman
ca. 1979–1980
Ibanez
Paul Stanley of the band Kiss collaborated with Jeff Hasselberger at the guitar company Ibanez to create this instrument. Stanley, always seeking ways to elevate his showmanship, envisioned a mirror-covered guitar that looked like it was smashed at the pickups and whose shards could reflect stage lighting like a disco ball. To create the effect, Hasselberger cut pieces of mirror glass and inlaid them by hand into the guitar's top at slightly offset angles. Stanley played the instrument in live performances with Kiss in 1979–80 and again in 1996–97. |