The guitar pictured is the actual guitar you will receive! At The Farm, we take actual pictures of each instrument and make sure they are fully set-up and ready to play before we ship them. Each instrument goes through a multi-point inspection, followed by a set-up process by our in-house tech staff. We then photograph each instrument with high-quality equipment in our on-site photography studio. We know that details like wood grain and color finishes can vary, so we want you to be able to see, to the best of our ability, exactly what you will be receiving. This process takes over an hour for each instrument - from inspection to pictures. We care about the instrument we put into your hands! Rest assured your guitar was not just plucked off of a shelf and drop-shipped to you from a warehouse without the care that it, and you, deserve.   Ace’s original “Budokan” Les Paul made its stage debut in 1977 during KISS’s Rock and Roll Over world tour, which helped establish KISS as the #1 live act on the planet. Ace made the “Budokan” Les Paul his main axe at the very time KISS’s fame was exploding around the world thanks to prime-time television appearances, a sold-out debut at Madison Square Garden and the release of their classic album, Love Gun, which included Ace’s signature hit, “Shock Me,” which ranked #50 in Guitar World’s 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.But 1977 is most remembered as the year KISS sold out four nights at the Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan, breaking the record previously held by The Beatles since 1966. Ace returned to Japan with his “Budokan” Les Paul the following year for the Alive II tour where KISS broke the record again with a sold out five-night stand. Recreating a Historic Classic KISS’s Budokan appearances helped make Ace’s “Budokan” Les Paul Custom his trademark guitar. And, Epiphone’s signature luthiers who helped create collectable artist models for Slash, Tak Matsumoto and Joe Bonamassa, present perhaps the most talked about signature model yet, the Epiphone Limited Edition Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom Outfit.Epiphone worked closely with Ace and his original “Budokan” Les Paul to create a faithful reproduction of his favorite Les Paul, including a period correct 3-piece hard Maple top, 3-piece Mah neck with volute, and Grover tuners with Pearloid buttons. Unlike Ace’s original, however, all three humbuckers on Epiphone’s Limited Edition “Budokan” Les Paul are wired and ready to go. This Limited Edition “Budokan” features a Mah body with the same classic lines of the original with Les Paul Custom-style 7-ply white and black binding on both the top and back. And like Ace’s original, this Epiphone Limited Edition “Budokan” is made with a 3-piece hard Maple cap. Epiphone also stayed true to the Kalamazoo factory’s ’70s-era 3-piece Mah neck with a SlimTaper  “C” profile and a volute at the zero fret. The neck is glued-in and hand set with a deep-set neck joint. The 24.75” scale length is also exact to the original’s specifications. The bound Ebony fretboard has 22 medium jumbo frets, a 12” radius and a 1.68” bone-style nut. The beautiful faded Cherry Sunburst color finish will make you think you’ve found a vintage classic. This Limited Edition “Budokan” Les Paul Custom also 5-ply white/black binding on the headstock.This Epiphone Limited Edition “Budokan” Les Paul also features the same inlay found on Ace’s vintage “Budokan” Les Paul with the classic pearloid LP Custom split diamond inlay on the headstock, pearloid LP Custom blocks on frets 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19 and 21 and to top it all off, a pearloid Epiphone logo on a classic clipped dovewing headstock. The iconic bell-shaped truss rod cover found on all Les Pauls has “Ace Frehley Budokan” printed in white silkscreen. As you would expect, Epiphone and Ace took great care to recreate the power of Ace’s original Budokan Les Paul. Though Ace’s original had only the bridge pickup connected, this Epiphone Limited Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom is all wired up and ready to rock with three DiMarzio pickups; a DiMarzio PAF style humbucker in the neck and middle positions and a DiMarzio “Super Distortion” humbucker in the bridge position to draw out the stage rattling tone of the Mah body. Also recreated are the “Budokan” vintage controls featuring gold SpeedKnob controls for bridge/middle volume, bridge/middle tone, neck volume, and neck tone. Epiphone’s solid hardware is built to last a lifetime and this Limited Edition “Budokan” is no different, featuring the best including Epiphone’s LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge, a LockTone Stopbar tailpiece, Epiphone’s exclusive non-rotating heavy duty output jack, and an Epiphone all-metal 3-way pickup selector. And like Ace’s original, this  Limited Edition “Budokan” comes with vintage-style Grover machine heads with a 14:1 ratio and pearloid buttons. This Limited  Edition Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom Outfit comes with a custom hard case with “Budokan” in white stencil, a numbered certificate, and presentation binder, which also includes a photograph of Ace with his Epiphone “Budokan” Les Paul. Features: Historically accurate to Ace Frehley’s original DiMarzio PAF style humbuckers Limited to 1,000 guitars - and this one is #618! Custom hard case with “Budokan” in white stencil, numbered certificate (#618 of 1000) photo of Ace with Epiphone Limited Edition Ace Frehley “Budokan” Les Paul Custom Outfit, and presentation binder.   At The Music Farm, we take quality seriously! That is why we have our in-house technicians do a multi-point inspection on each product, ensuring that it'll be ready to play when it hits your hands! Included in your shipment will be instructions on care and maintenance.  We want to help you Grow Your Passion®