Guitar Story #7: Ibanez Iceman
Details
- Guitar: 1978 Ibanez Iceman
- Year Purchased: 1984
- Price Paid: $300.00-ish ($747.29-ish in 2021 dollars)
- Notes: Tasty Sunburst
The dude who ran sound in my band special ordered this from Watermelon Sugar Music in Saginaw, MI in 1978. He kept bugging me to buy it from him. I don’t think he needed the money. He was just really into the idea of me owning it for some reason. I was pretty happy with my Gibson (The Paul) but he kept on me. The other guitar player in the band had a really sweet Ibanez Explorer that may have influenced my decision to buy the Iceman.
I sold my Gibson to our light person and bought the sound guy’s Iceman. Talk about keeping things in the family. The Iceman was a great guitar and very well made but It really wasn’t my thing. I kept trying to get the other guitar player to trade me for his Explorer but no joy.
I played it for a year or year and a half at the tail end of my cover band career. This guitar, like the ST-55, had great attention to detail like a 50/50 bone/brass nut and super intricate quality tuners. Plus those knobs with the rubber rings around them!
