NOG - '81 Iceman IC-50

[Wattage]

New Old Guitar!
Got this from an old friend of mine a little over a week ago. Needed a deep cleaning, a little attention to detail and a bit of re-wiring to get it up to speed but it is in excellent, all original condition, even has it's original case. My friend Paul had owned it since new, we both had these (mine was Regal Blue) when we were in school and we'd get together and jam every now and then. He doesn't play anymore and he wanted it to have a good home so it ended up in my care, I'll make sure it gets plenty of use

I have a '79 as well, not quite so original or clean but still a pretty great guitar

 

[Securb]

Very clean does it have the V4 pickups?

 

[Wattage]

Very clean does it have the V4 pickups?

No it has the stock Super 70's

Not familiar with V4's, did you mean V2's?

 

[Adieu]

Looks like cheap tuners though, judging by the knobs. Otherwise very cool.

Recommend replacing if they're the trapezoids they look to be

 

[Ascension]

No it has the stock Super 70's

Not familiar with V4's, did you mean V2's?

Aren't the Super 70's A 8 mags?

 

[Chris Pile]

V4's were from the late 80's. Love an Iceman. Wish I had one....

 

[Wattage]

Looks like cheap tuners though, judging by the knobs. Otherwise very cool.

Recommend replacing if they're the trapezoids they look to be

No these are Ibanez VelveTune's, not a cheapo tuner at all

 

[Wattage]

Aren't the Super 70's A 8 mags?

They were in the 70's, they switched to Ceramic right around 1980.

Not normally a fan of lower output and Ceramic mags but these sound pretty good so far. The '79 has an early 80's Super D in the bridge and a '59 neck with an A8 mag. When I had my original '80 IC50 I had pulled the stock pickups out and put in L500's, more because of Joe Perry worship than anything else I am sure

 

[Bogner]

Nice!

 

[Hsb]

Congrats on the new Iceman. Love them, had an old IC-50 years ago and have my 94 IC-500

 

[PFDarkside]

Cool!

 

[Artie]

Iceman's are cool. Even though they have a somewhat radical body shape, they still sit nicely in your lap if you just want to sit and play at home.

 

[ErikH]

That’s sweet. Love the story behind it.

 

[Wattage]

Congrats on the new Iceman. Love them, had an old IC-50 years ago and have my 94 IC-500

Nice the 500's are beauties!

 

[Hsb]

Nice the 500's are beauties!

And a rarity, supposedly there were only 500 made, but that hasnt been confirmed. Honestly its my fave of my three guitars. Designed for the Japanese market as a test run before they started reissuing them in 95 in conjunction with the Paul Stanley models

 

[Aceman]

I do not own an Iceman....came close a couple of times. One day....

 

[Wattage]

And a rarity, supposedly there were only 500 made, but that hasnt been confirmed. Honestly its my fave of my three guitars. Designed for the Japanese market as a test run before they started reissuing them in 95 in conjunction with the Paul Stanley models

yup very familiar with them, owned one for a little while about 10-11 years ago.

 

[Wattage]

I do not own an Iceman....came close a couple of times. One day....

It hardly seems possible that you haven't owned one, I'll make you a deal on the '79 if you want

 

[Securb]

No it has the stock Super 70's Not familiar with V4's, did you mean V2's?

My 80 Iceman came with V4's they are amazing.

https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/Vintage_(V_&_S)_pickups

 

[Wattage]

My 80 Iceman came with V4's they are amazing.

https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/Vintage_(V_&_S)_pickups

not in 1980 it didn't lol

cool Ill have to check them out. V2's are pretty smoking so I imagine the V4's are too