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Mortished
Username: Mortished

Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 12:16 pm:   

Hi !

A friend of mine just find an Iceman from september 79 (serial : I79....), it's black and as i'm mostly into archtops i can't really say more about it ... i think the reference is IC400 but i'm not sure ??? He bought the guitar (in France)with its original case for 650€ (= 835 US$) the condition is ok (few scratches on the back) do you think the price is ok ???
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Ibnzplyr
Username: Ibnzplyr

Registered: 03-2004
Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 2:06 pm:   

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7314401718&rd=1&sspagename=ST RK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

This one might be in the ballpark to give you at least a general idea.

Scott
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Skybone
Username: Skybone

Registered: 03-2001
Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 3:24 pm:   

Any late 70's Iceman is a good find in my book! ;)
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Johns
Username: Johns

Registered: 02-2001
Posted on Saturday, April 16, 2005 - 3:32 pm:   

If the Iceman is black and a bolt-on neck, it's an IC100BK. They made them in white (IC100WH). All others were setneck and they were Brown Sunburst (IC200 & IC210), Korina (IC300) and Midnight Olive or Antique Violin (IC400).

The one in the ebay auction is an IC100BK.
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Mortished
Username: Mortished

Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 1:11 pm:   

Hi !

Thank you all for answering ! it's black with a bolt on neck so it's just like the one on ebay : IC100BK
the pickups look like di marzio but they could also be from Ibanez
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Skybone
Username: Skybone

Registered: 03-2001
Posted on Monday, April 18, 2005 - 2:57 pm:   

The standard pickups in a '79 would have been Super80's. I don't think that Ibanez had that kind of relationship with DiMarzio at that time (I could be wrong though!).

When I bought my '78, it had been fitted with DiMarzio's, and they looked as though they'd been on there for quite sometime, however, if they are Distortion's or similar, they could well have been an early/mid 80's fitting, as the DiMarzio Distortions were popular at that time.
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Mortished
Username: Mortished

Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 9:14 am:   

Thank you Skybone !

there is something a bit surprising at the back of the guitar : the plastic cover behind the 3 way selector is white, the other one is black; is this normal ???
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Skybone
Username: Skybone

Registered: 03-2001
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 10:33 pm:   

I think so, both my IC200 & my '80 IC50 both have 2 ply electrics covers (pots & switch), though the IC200 has shielding "tape" on the inside of the "pot" cover where the IC50 doesn't.
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Mortished
Username: Mortished

Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 3:59 pm:   

ok ! thank you for the info !

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