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I've been playing for over 30 years, mostly these days at Church, but still play bluesy stuff and whatever I feel like on my own.

In 1980 I was going to go home, but my friend convinced me to go to a music store instead. When I walked in the first thing I noticed was a 1979 Ibanez Iceman on sale. (I believe it's an IC-200. I picked it up & spent over an hour playing it in the store. I put a hold on it & went baack for it the next day. (No Interac in 1980)

Just a few of the things I like-
The shape-when I first saw a picture of one I wanted one.

The balance of the body--I saw other reviewers call it unbalanced--and I must say I am confused by that--it is perfectly balanced between body and neck. This balance makes it easy to hold and play sitting or standing.

The sound.

The big frets (although I have no fret preference--I also love my fretless wonder Les Paul custom.) They make vibrato and string bending easy.

The slotted tailpiece makes for easier string changing.

Not much to not like. It's not as veratile as my Les Paul and has less sustain. But that's not a serious complaint.

Well made, there are a few chips from bumping it into things, but it's held up well.

It's a glued in neck.

The feel, sound, and look of this guitar are incredible. I'm not sure how it matches up against the newer Iceman models as I haven't tried them, but most of the ones I've seen have bolt on necks. While I don't have anything against bolt-ons (I own and enjoy a Fender Mustang) that does affect the tone and sustain.

When I started playing it, there weren't a lot around, and I got a lot of great comments on it, and made a lot of guitarists jealous.

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I played it in a store.

Nothing at all. I play B.C. Rich guitars. I was not impressed at all. Im not even being Buyest. I just didn't like it.

The fret wire was to big. I tried soloing and i coundn't play near as fast as I could on a BC rich or jackson. There is this guy at school named Wes who owned an iceman, he kept putting down my bc rich and said his iceman had way better tone. I decided to test this for my self only to be very disappointed. The tone was horrable. I like a guitar that has a well rounded tone fore lead rythem and sometimes downtuned riffs. You pay to much for this thing. It is more of a begginers guitar. If you like to solo, I suggest a Jackson, BC rich or gibson.

It seemed to be constructed well. No problems here.

I don't wan't to knock Ibanez because I have not played to many. Only the Iceman and an other. I Still prefer my Bc rich to an Ibanez. I will have to try out more ibanezes to get a better feel for them. I know John Petrucci of dream theater used an Ibanez, so they must have some damn good guitars as well. I just can't say the iceman is all that special. Sorry Wes!

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