KISS rocker Gene Simmons and Gibson announced Tuesday (April 19) a new partnership that begins with the musician’s new signature model Gibson instrument, the Gene Simmons G2 Thunderbird Bass. Has there really not been a Gibson Simmons bass yet? Guess not. Anyway, Simmons made a vintage-style infomercial for the axe, complete with a hotline for the Bass Guitar Solutions Hotline. It’s a working number — 1-430-BASS-GOD (1-430-227-7463) — so we called it, and all we got was insulted by a “Doctor D. D’Mone” of the “Institute for Bass Guitar Solutions.” Watch the video below. The Gene Simmons G2 (pr…