Ibanez Iceman Bass Review and Preview

[AIBETTSYIA75]

How do you hold these while standing cuz there just so neck heavy?

[n0possibility]

@AIBETTSYIA75 luckily the strap i use is leather so that kind of catches on my shirt and it doesn't dive, but if i'm using a pick, i use my right arm to hold it against my body to keep it under control

[BizarroStu]

@AIBETTSYIA75 I use one of these live, I usually play in a low stance with my left leg forward and rest the lower center of the body over my leg and it stays right there.

[n0possibility]

@BizarroStu thanks for the tip, i've stopped playing this one live because i now have a gibson vic artist bass and fender jazz bass special which i hope to make videos for soon, i'm actually thinking of selling this to buy a new amp head

[AIBETTSYIA75]

@BizarroStu ah thanks but i think im getting an ESP now :P What Iceman you play i got a ICB250EX-BKF

[n0possibility]

@AIBETTSYIA75 oh cool, what esp? this is the original iceman bass, the ICB300 form the 90's that's passive

[AIBETTSYIA75]

@n0possibility The Esp im hoping to get is an LTD EX 104 but i really dont want another top heavy bass so im still lookingg around! My Iceman as a graphic on it of a skull, and i did some looking and aparently its only avalible in Europe :)

[BizarroStu]

@AIBETTSYIA75 I use an ICB300. ESP basses are nice. I had an LTD F-255 and loved it to pieces.

[PINGPONGDYNASTY]

its not tht they r neck heavy, any body shape tht doesnt extend out to the 12th fret area will not balance right.

[sathan503]

Nice body shape and all but just not my thing.

[matttik]

these basses are extremely neck heavy

[n0possibility]

@matttik yeees, thats one of my main problems with it

[PINGPONGDYNASTY]

i plan on getting a sunburst one. i agree the 200 series looks and sounds much cooler than the 300 series. Do they make strap locks for tht strap position?

[blazin1307]

how bad is the neck dive in comparison to a p-bass which is what i normally play.

[n0possibility]

honestly, i've never played a p-bass with a strap so i'm not sure, neck dive can be bad so if you get one make sure your strap won't slide around and can "stick" to your shirt

[blazin1307]

well i've never had a problem with it on my p-bass but ive heard people moan about it so i thought i'd ask

[712nickfilm]

@n0possibility i play a p bass

and it has erfect balance but with this you will probably only feel it a little more but not enough to make you not want to buy this sick bass!

[mockerfuther666]

I want one of those soo bad!

[NationalPatriot18]

I am used to the neck dive since the only Basses I play are gibson thuderbirds and the icemans. though I havent had the heart to full customize either of my thunderbirds i have 3 icemans 1 standard and black, 1 white customed to a 5 string, and the 3rd also white but heavily customized it white with med an large flake metallic blood drip, upgraded the pick-ups to delanos, kahler bass trem, defretted, and finally tone shifters. took my $500 to a final cost of $2800 but looks an sounds killer

[n0possibility]

dude, sounds epic, if i could change anything it would definetly be the neck dive

[NationalPatriot18]

@n0possibility there is a way i have been thinking of to balance it out if the neck dive is an issue. if you have access to a router bore out a 3/4" x maybe a 1 3/4" spot on the bottom right hand side of the bass on the back. dont go very deep maybe a 1/2" line it with a thin piece of foam to the contour of the routed area and set in a piece of lead an cover top with the foam also. get a small electronics cover plate and seal it in. it wont kill the tone and will add more balance.

[n0possibility]

wo, can definetly tell you have just a little bit of experience with this stuff, i'm just scared to death to take a router to the slick black body, just curious, do happen to be a luthier or something?

[NationalPatriot18]

Lay out some masking tape around the area u want to route leaving the section that you are to be working on without ant tape then on the finish where you are going to route used a heavy grit sand paper to scuff an groove so the there sould be little slip fron the router..

an moving on not quite sure what you mean by a luthier??

[n0possibility]

person who specializes on working on guitars and basses

[Matthewmullins212]

KISS and SYSTEM OF A DOWN made Ibanez Iceman's what they are today.

[12389blah]

what a piece of art

[diamonddust22]

My problem with this bass, which I own is the freaking neck dive and the badly designed placement of the strap bolt. I moved my strap bolt closer the the center, and I am putting something cool on the back that will weigh down the body. You shouldn't have to do that and you shouldn't have to hold your damn bass up with you are playing. The pickups and look of the bass sold it for me, but the neck dive on this bass is inexcusable.

[D4V35PR1NG]

awesome vid d00d i really want 1 but kinda can't find 1 where i live

[bamsizzle019]

dude awesome bass!!!

[n0possibility]

dude thanks!!!

[diamonddust22]

doomdude66 I agree, I just bought the new Ibanez Iceman bass, with active pickups and it's got a bass boost and it's sound incredible.

[redFUNblanket]

this bass is beast i must get one

[Blackvent1]

its because its in Dropped C, G, C, F, so it sounds like crap. and he doesn't play a bass right, he plain sucks. He's just doodling around, and i have one, and it sounds really awesome, but he doesn't play his right

[n0possibility]

i don't play it right? that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard, if i was playing it wrong i'd be hitting against a wall. what IS the "right way" to play this bass? and please, this is for the bass, not how i choose to play, so chill out

[Blackvent1]

dood, im sorry, i had some asshole friend get on my youtube and badmouth some people. I have the same bass and i think its a awesome bass guitar.

[n0possibility]

it's cool, at least you said something about it

[seaponk]

i have a question, the neck is bolt on?

[n0possibility]

yes, yes it is

[seaponk]

thanks man. helped a lot

[n0possibility]

if you watch my other videos, you will see that i DO use my fingers and i think that the best bass players are the ones that dare to search the dark waters, meaning that it makes you better if you expand your playing from just fingers to picks as well

[isomikieee]

Chill dude,u can use fingers,it's your choice,he can use pick if he wants.

[soprais]

I used to play the guitar for five years and i was playing with pick. I started bass 2 months ago. what amplifier do you have

[n0possibility]

i use an Ampeg SVT-1540 cabinet with a Hartke 3500 Mosfet head

[soprais]

i dont like playing bass with pick. I prefer my fingers.:P I love this bass. I have an Ibanez gsr 200

[n0possibility]

i have the gsr 190, it was my first bass and i still play it, the main reason i didn't play with fingers is because it gets really muddied playing on the Dropped C

[n0possibility]

i've never played the Washburn that you have so i can't really say which one sounds better, you can get these "cheap" on ebay, usually $300-$400

[n0possibility]

hahahaha, i've actually never listened to Static-X so i couldn't tell you