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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.
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Official
Tour Picks
1984-1996
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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.
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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.
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1987-88
Crazy Nights Tour
This
same design would later be resurrected for the Hot In The Shade tour. |
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A rare silver version used on some
of the last shows of the tour in the UK. |
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1990 Hot
In The Shade Tour
Carried over
from Crazy Nights tour. |
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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. |
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1992-94
Revenge Tour
Also known as
the "arena" tour. |
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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. |
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1997-2001
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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. |
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2002
Prototype
The first attempt to use the Grand
Funk logo was a little too busy, resulting in the modified, simpler version he
commissioned below. |
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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. |
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2005-2006
The initial artwork Bruce initially
hoped to use back in 2002 was perfected, making these look very sharp! If you notice, Bruce
also used a different variation of his signature with these picks compared to his first GFRR picks. |
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2006-2008
New colors and the block print logo
in white print this time around. |
2008-present
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Go see Bruce on tour with Grand
Funk Railroad and you just may catch one of these handsome gold print picks! |
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The
Holy Grail !
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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. |
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Novelty
and Promotional Picks
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Musicade
These picks were
sold through magazines in the mid-1980's. The signatures are upside down
from the logos on the other side.
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Fan Club
picks
This pick is
from a Dutch fan club in the mid to late 1980's called Kiss Army Explorer. |
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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. |
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Return of
the Comet
Promotional pick
for the 1997 tribute album to Ace Frehley. |
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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. |
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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". |
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Audio Dog
Promotional pick
for Bruce's 2001 solo album, Audio Dog. The dog reference is to Bruce's dog, Joe.
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Transformer
 Promotional picks
for Bruce's 2003 solo album, Transformer. |
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KKB 1974
 Promotional picks
for Bruce's 2008 release of KKB 1974 featuring music recorded back in 1974!
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BK3
Promotional picks
for Bruce's 2009 solo album, BK3. |
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