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Ibanez Iceman IC520 Guitar | Review


“The IC520 is very easy to recommend on its playability, tone and build quality.”

Ibanez Iceman IC520 Guitar Review by Guitar Interactive Magazine. Reviewed in Issue 37 of Guitar Interactive Magazine by Tom Quayle.

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26 thoughts on “Ibanez Iceman IC520 Guitar | Review

  • Should ANYONE read this comment: can anybody tell me the difference in character (sound wise) between this guitar and the new IC420..?

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  • Was in Japan in the 80s. Had an Iceman 2 and a Phil Collen Destroyer. Both were fantastic.????????

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  • it sounds like crap. I just ordered an Iceman Kit. I'm going to finish the top in transparent red nitro finish, and back in natural. I'm putting a set of Bare Knuckle Black dog hand wound pick ups, CTS Pots, Emerson Oil & Paper capacitors, speed knobs, and Grover locking tuners. Topped of with a Bone nut , Tone pros bridge and tail piece, and a set of 9 gauge Elixir Nano Web strings. Should be pretty sweet, and at least light years ahead of this thing.

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  • Does anyone know where I can find a 6 string version that is not a signature model? I have looked online and have only seen 7 string models.

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  • wasn't this exact model, but the ibanez iceman was my first guitar. I really wish I would have played more.

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  • Captain Sensible of punk band The Damned played an Ibanez Iceman in the early 1980s.

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  • Very nice review ! I would like to buy one of these, and would like to know if it is possible to know the serial numbers of this IC520, because looks like there is some counterfeit ones that are on sale on internet. How to know if it a genuine one ? Thanks !

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  • i hate people who knock on Chinese models. if you had a stratocaster made in Mexico or made in the USA, does it make it any different? NO! Mexicans Americans and Asians can swing a hammer and use tools just like any of us can. credits should go to Asia because with out them we wouldn't have rosewood. to them is their highest populated tree, and what do we get, pine trees. so stop being brand chasers or brand bunny's. your being fooled by the guitar companies like les Paul. they've been using mahogany for the longest time and the same o pickups and why is that, cause no one complains, they should using ebony or Korina would by now. it's just like Harleys. they all stay the same cause no one needs complains.

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