“This is unforgettable. This guitar will stay in my private collection”: Paul Stanley played this Gibson Flying V at the final Kiss concerts – now he’s gifted it to a high-profile vintage guitar dealer

Paul Stanley with Matt's Guitar Shop holding his Gibson Flying V.

For the final time in his Kiss career, Paul Stanley donned the face paint, picked up a suite of his prized electric guitars and took to the stage at Madison Square Garden last weekend for the band’s final-ever performance.

It was notable for numerous reasons – Ace Frehley and Peter Criss weren’t there, for one, and Kiss were digitally immortalized via state-of-the-art avatar technology at the end – but when the band closed the set with Rock and Roll All Nite on Saturday, they also closed the final chapter of Kiss' live journey.