ibanez iceman

[umph]

anyone have much experience? with these i'm kinda gassing for one atm, would it be able to fit dark stars in without routing the body if not what kinda size / shape picks ups would wanna try out some nordstrands if darks stars dont.

[Pedro1020]

I've had a go on one (courtesy of my heavy rocking bass player friend ) they're not bad, give off a good sound, tbh I didnt like the shape tho he adored it so who's complaining

errm, I dont think Dark Stars would fit..*ponders*

overall its an ok from me.

[minty fresh death]

It's a case of "looks better than it plays" from my experience with them, but if you were to have it professionally set up, shielded and some hi spec electronics of your choice to replace the original stuff... i'm sure you would have a very nice bass.

[umph]

haha i think they look quite cool minus the headstocks, and to the o/p sounds alrate i can do all the stuff myself! would want to set it up in c# f# b e

Edited January 26, 2008 by umph

[minty fresh death]

Nice looking basses, shame they don't do higher spec models.

Darkstars would require routing, so if you are up to the task, sounds cool to me, but make sure you replace everything else electronic wise.

A full leveling, crowning, detail nutwork treatment will do more for the bass than anything imo.

[umph]

[quote name='minty fresh death' post='128375' date='Jan 26 2008, 06:54 PM']

Nice looking basses, shame they don't do higher spec models.

Darkstars would require routing, so if you are up to the task, sounds cool to me, but make sure you replace everything else electronic wise.

A full leveling, crowning, detail nutwork treatment will do more for the bass than anything imo.[/quote]
ahh aye i couldn't work out what picks ups would fit in them if there were just humbuckers or not :/ i prefer the ones with the sunburst finish

[minty fresh death]

Despite their huge size and humbucker-like look, Dark Stars are single-coil pickups. They have individually adjustable polepieces (the row of flat-head screws are the adjusters), an enormous steel core, and two big Alnico V bar magnets. According to frequency-response tests performed by Alembic’s Ron Wickersham in the late ’60s, the Hagstrom design has exceptionally broad frequency response. This wide and even response was one of Fred Hammon’s primary design goals.

[Buzz]

I rather like the look of them actually, the guitars version of icemans look nice as well.