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Very few people have the opportunity to pick the great guitarists they want to play with.  But, us fans do get opportunities to obtain a pick that has been played with by a great guitarist. This reference guide of guitar picks is dedicated to one of those great guitarists, Bruce Kulick and his fans.

I'm interested in obtaining the picks I do not have.  Basically, if it has a blue background, it is mine.  If the background is any other color, I do not have it. Simple, right?

Official Tour Picks
 

1984-1996

 
1984-1985 Animalize Tour

When guitarist Mark St. John came down with Reitter's Syndrome just before the Animalize tour, KISS called upon Bruce Kulick to fill in.  Not knowing which guitarist would appear on stage, and since Bruce was not a full-time member of the band at the time, his signature did not appear on the picks. As we all know, Bruce fit in so well he became the guitarist for KISS for the next 12 years.

 


1985-1986 Asylum Tour

Bruce is now an official member of KISS.  The brown version of this pick was only used for a few limited dates on the tour.

 


1987-88 Crazy Nights Tour

 

This same design would later be resurrected for the Hot In The Shade tour.

A rare silver version used on some of the last shows of the tour in the UK.

1990 Hot In The Shade Tour

Carried over from Crazy Nights tour.


1992 Revenge Club Tour

In support for the album, KISS played 20 specially selected club gigs in various cities around the US and UK prior to embarking on their world tour.


1992-94 Revenge Tour

Also known as the "arena" tour.


1995 Conventions & MTV Unplugged

In reaction to the successful fan-based expos, KISS decided to stage their own conventions, where they stripped down and played their songs purely acoustic.  This of course culminated in the now famous MTV Unplugged special which led to the reunion of the original members of KISS and allowed Bruce to pursue other musical avenues. 

 


 

Link to KISSONLINE Picks-N-Sticks

 


 

1997-2001

After leaving KISS, Bruce teamed up with frontman John Corabi to form Union. Together with Brent Fitz on drums and James Hunting on bass, they formed something powerful, magical and unique.

 

Union toured sporadically, but did not really have tour names or tie their schedule to specific album releases. As far as I can tell, Bruce started with black print and went to silver print. Note that his first picks did not have the Union diamonds in the logo.

 

Union's first tour kicked off in 1998 and has been on hiatus since playing Sweden in 2000.  The band played a few one-off appearances in the last few years, but no new picks were made for those limited shows.

 


 

 

2002-04 Tours              

 

Although Bruce joined Grand Funk Railroad at the end of 2000, he did not have custom picks until the beginning of 2002.


2005-2006              

 

Notice Bruce had a different variation on his signature with these picks compared to his first GFRR picks.


2006-present              

 

Go see Bruce on tour with Grand Funk Railroad and you just may catch one of these!


 

 The Holy Grail !

If you've made it this far down the page, you must be a serious pick collector! I wouldn't want you to be disappointed. Although Bruce certainly has used many of the picks shown above, THIS is what Bruce plays with most...a generic .73MM Dunlop nylon pick.


Novelty and Promotional Picks
 
Musicade

These picks were sold through magazines in the mid-1980's. The signatures are upside down from the logos on the other side.

 


Fan Club picks

This pick is from a Dutch fan club in the mid to late 1980's called Kiss Army Explorer.


Bruce's wedding pick

Given out as table favors at Bruce's reception.


ESP Guitars

These picks were made for handouts at the annual NAMM conventions (with the exception of the green one which started off as an accident. The pick company used the ESP Guitars logo instead of the Eric Singer Project logo. Since Bruce endorses ESP guitars, they just let him have the picks). There are different plastics, different size picks and different size logos used over the years. Also, the E in ESP is different on the Japanese versions from the American versions due to a copyright in Japan on the speaker in the E by Electrovoice. 


Return of the Comet

Promotional pick for the 1997 tribute album to Ace Frehley.


Eric Singer Project

Promotional pick for the 1998 "Lost and Spaced" album. Incidentally, this is the pick they were supposed to be making when the green ESP Guitars pick mentioned above was made.


I Walk Alone

Oversized promotional picks (5" x 3") from 1998 to commemorate the release of the Carnival of Souls album featuring Bruce on vocals on "I Walk Alone".


Audio Dog

Promotional pick for Bruce's 2001 solo album. The dog reference is to Bruce's dog, Joe.

 


Transformer

Promotional picks for Bruce's 2003 solo album. 


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