This is the 2024 Ibanez Iceman IC420 – a brand new affordable take on the cult Iceman model in a stunning Antique Blue Metallic finish!

Get the Iceman IC420-ABM at Thomann: https://thmn.to/thoprod/576908?offid=...
At Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/m5qVqM

If you love rock guitar, chances are you’re an Iceman fan. Guitar legends like Paul Stanley of Kiss, Paul Gilbert and Daron Malakian of System Of A Down have made these unique beasts a much-loved staple of the scene over the years, even though they seem to be fairly rare out in the wild.

Until now. These 2024, China-made Iceman guitars are a great way to get that Iceman cool on a budget! And the specs - on paper - look amazing. Firstly, you get a nice gig bag with the guitar, which is a great touch.

You also get an Okoume body and neck, with a jatoba fingerboard, and a pair of Ibanez's iconic Super 80 humbuckers (with the awesome Flying Fingers decal!). The neck is a standard C shape - not too thin, not too chunky - with 22 medium frets, and the massive headstock is also an Iceman must.

As this is my first real time with an Iceman, though, I also want to see how versatile it can be, and so in this video, I test the guitar in as many different genres and styles as I can. That means everything from country, folk and indie, to pop, rock, punk - and of course some downtuned heavy stuff too!

Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:

00:00 Hello!
00:22 Introduction to the Iceman
01:57 Specs and info
04:42 Today’s rig and plan

Clean Sounds
05:47 Clean tone reference chords on all pickup settings
06:03 Ringing open indie pop chords
06:16 Funky riff
06:30 Blues progression
06:40 Country ballad arpeggios
06:53 Country lead sound
07:00 Country strummed chords
07:19 Grungey droning chords
07:36 Neo soul riff
07:47 Soul pop riff (all pickups)
08:04 Poppy barre chords
08:20 Cowboy chords/tone control test
09:13 Ascending droning indie chords

Overdriven Sounds
09:26 Fat indie rock rhythm chords
09:44 Southern rock picked arpeggios
09:55 Indie octave chords
10:24 Kings Of Leon inspired riff
10:30 Foo Fighters inspired rock balled arpeggios
11:05 Garage rock riff
11:21 Choppy barre chords
11:30 Upbeat indie barre chords
11:54 Volume control roll off test
12:15 Edgy indie barre chords
12:29 AC/DC inspired riff
12:44 Driving rock riff
12:58 Classic rock riff
13:16 Airbourne inspired rock riff
13:27 Hendrix inspired riff
13:45 Groovy classic rock riff
14:00 Quacky rock riff

Higher gain drive sounds
14:09 80s rock riff
14:29 Paul Stanley/Kiss inspired riff
15:00 Van Halen inspired rock riff
15:19 Melodic hard rock lead
15:40 Classic hard rock riff
15:58 ZZ Top inspired riff
16:08 NWOBHM riff
16:30 Glam rock riff
16:45 Alternative rock riff
17:09 Green Day inspired punk rock riff
17:22 Pop punk melodic lead riff
17:38 Pop punk riff
17:51 Less Than Jake inspired punk riff
18:02 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning)
18:18 Modern rock palm-muted chords (Drop D)
18:43 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D)
18:59 Slayer inspired thrash riff

Heavy Distortion sounds (all in Drop D)
19:08 Metalcore riff
19:19 Metal chugging riff
19:36 Mastodon inspired metal riff with country twang
19:48 Hardcore punk riff
20:03 Heavy metal lead sound
20:19 Rammstein inspired industrial metal riff
20:33 Hardcore punk breakdown
20:49 Pop metal riff
21:00 More hardcore punk
21:12 Classic heavy metal/sludge riff

21:53 My thoughts
22:49 First impressions and looks
24:24 Build quality and hardware
25:11 Playability and neck
25:59 Weight and balance
26:35 Sounds and pickups discussion
28:46 Can it do SOAD/Daron Malakian riffs? (Using the Digitech Drop)
29:27 What other similar guitars are out there?
30:28 My conclusions on the Iceman and why you should buy it

My setup was as follows: I ran the Iceman into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, also using my Greer Lightspeed and my Revv G3 pedals for overdrive and heavy distortion sounds. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.

Get all this gear at Thomann: https://thmn.to/thocf/jkhog8l06m
Get all this gear at Sweetwater: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LXqdE0

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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.

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