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i put the graphite saddles on myself. i was a bit of a pain, but it didn't take too long. maybe half an hour including setting the intonation. maybe the tailpiece is a schaller!! i don't remember..it has been in the parts drawer forever!! hahahaha
i played it at rehearsal tonight. WHOA!!!! it OWNS!!! the sounds were thick and creamy, but i could still get a GREAT clean sound.
the upper fret access is BETTER than on my soloists. i usually don't play way up high on the neck, but i have this one lead where i am up in 19th -22nd fret area. i usually play my holoflake SL-1 on that song and i struggle to play fast in that area. NOT on the iceman. it was effort-less.
i was happy. the band was happy. i have found a new stage guitar!!!
Nice. I'll have to seek out a set of those saddles.
And, yes, it is a Schaller tailpiece on there.
Here's the Gibson TP6.
I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.
Damn that thing rules.
There is one hanging on the wall at one of the music stores I hit every week.
Guess I have to play it.
Come to think of it, I think they have two.
One looks larger than the other.
Did they make a 7/8ths' scale Iceman at one point?
"Wow,... that was some of the hardest rockin ever. Hardest to listen too."
--floydkramer
they made these "mini" iceman and destroyer guitars for a while. i always thought the smaller ones looked kinda corny. mine is the full-sized iceman. it is a bit big compared to a dinky (which is what i am used to playing), it is also MUCH larger than the jackson firebirds i used to have, but it is not cumbersome. i have a hamer vector flying V and the iceman reminds me of playing that....if that makes sense.
GEAR:
some guitars...WITH STRINGS!!!! most of them have those sticks like on guitar hero....AWESOME!!!!
some amps...they have some glowing bottle like things in them...i think my amps do that modelling thing....COOL, huh?!?!?!
and finally....
i have those little plastic "chips" used to hit the strings...WHOA!!!!
At one time, I owned 6 Iceman guitars, but never had a bolt-on IC300. Had 2 1978 "korina" ash IC300s, a 1978 IC400, 1994 IC500, 1996 ICJ1000WZ, and a 1995 (I believe it was a 1995) PS10-2.
The IC500 was and still is my favorite. I sold all of the others. An SD Custom works great in the bridge of an Iceman.......that's what I have in the IC500.
I don't care about Sam Totman, but do like his Iceman sig....especially cool in that it is 25.5" scale length (as far as I know).
I love those shcaller bridges ever since I got my KBRR I got rid of all my guitars with Floyds. it's opened a new area of guitars I liked before but hated the bridge, that I can get into now like an LP or a Firebird, & some BC Rich models as well. Great score also Mark.
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