Ibanez IC400

[mbrinton138]

I have to Review this, for me, its my dream guitar.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/mbrinton/myIC400topbottom.jpg

Specs:
I peice set in neck
AH1 & AH2 pickups
Parallelogram inlays
Mahogany body
23 frets
Iceman series

Feel:
The body of the guitar has a very crazy, weird, yet cool, shape to it; which is always a plus! Its a very light guitar, so crazy stage tricks arent difficult. The way the fret board plays is smooth and flows well. 9/10

Sound:
For this guitar being the best in Ibanez's IC series, it sounds the best, too. Though this guitar sounds amazing, there are others that do sound better. I noticed a much better sound after a year of playing with my Epiphone G-310 (which sounded lower, flat, and bland). Clear and beautiful sounds come out of this baby, thats for sure! 8.5/10

Down Sides:
If you dont have a guitar stand, you will damage the notch-like peice on the bottom of the guitar. The pickup switch is in a very bad spot (for me, anyways) and I end up hitting it from Treble to Rythme on picking up on big chords.

Is It In Your Price Range?:
This guitar costed me $660 brand new in Canadian dollars. If that is something you can afford, I sugest this is soemthing to look at.

Overall:
Being my dream guitar, I am of course, favoring it. Though there are better sounding guitars (though thats a given) This one is sure amazing. The style is something eles that won me over. Its crazy, cool, yet not uncomfortable to hold while sitting or standing (such like playing a Flying - V sitting down). 9/10

[KillemAllforOne83]

I'm not a big fan of this guitar I played one and i didn't like the feel of it. As for saying playing a flying sitting down, it is not difficult at all if you sit in classical position.

[mbrinton138]

are you sure it was the IC400? I dont like the feel of the other ones (IC200, ICX120) but this one really gets to me. I love the shape, too.

[Casade]

its a sweet giutar isnt it..well l hope you get it someday..

[mbrinton138]

I do have it...that pic is taken from my bedroom

[KillemAllforOne83]

It has 22 frets.. not 23.

[MattyBlade]

It has 22 frets.. not 23.

Truth, and also if it's a solid mahogony body..it's not that light.

[BurdenInOurHands]

Truth, and also if it's a solid mahogony body..it's not that light.

Could be basswood.

Either TS is strong/big enough to think 8-9 pounds is light, or it's basswood.

[MattyBlade]

Could be basswood.

Either TS is strong/big enough to think 8-9 pounds is light, or it's basswood.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking or alder.

edit: Checked the ibanez site, the ic400 is definitely mahogony. Maybe TS smokes a little bit of crack though ?

[Akeh]

That fretboard looks kinda dry...

[crunchmeister]

The IC-400 is all mahogany. Contrary to pupular belief, mahogany doesn't necessarily mean heavy. Most lower end mahogany guitars are actually made of low grade mahogany, which comes from the bottom thrid of the tree. It's usually heavy and dense from the weight of the entire tree compressing the wood.

The most desirable mahogany usually comes from the middle part of the tree, where the mahogany is lighter, spongier, and not so compressed. If you can get a nice mid-weight mahogany guitar, you've got a winner.

[Irish_Scorpion]

it has a 3 piece neck doofus

i have this guitar, all in all, a very very very good guitar for the price, but it has some obvious downsides:

The glossy finish gets dirty VERY easily

The microphonic pickups, tuning machines, and tunomatic type bridge aren't up to par, but that is about it

I think its a middle weight mahogony guitar, has a nice nice mellow warm tone in the bridge, with a very heavy dark assed tone in the neck, but all that can be changed to an extent with a pickup change

All in all, put in some locking tuners, a new bridge, and some Dim's or SD's, and you'll have a $1000+ instrument

i bought mine for 500 USD

[KillemAllforOne83]

The IC-400 is all mahogany. Contrary to pupular belief, mahogany doesn't necessarily mean heavy. Most lower end mahogany guitars are actually made of low grade mahogany, which comes from the bottom thrid of the tree. It's usually heavy and dense from the weight of the entire tree compressing the wood.

The most desirable mahogany usually comes from the middle part of the tree, where the mahogany is lighter, spongier, and not so compressed. If you can get a nice mid-weight mahogany guitar, you've got a winner.
123, my LTD MH-1000 Deluxe is Mahogany and its super light

[BLS_Infernus]

I think that body wood is basswood buddy.

[User Name]

I have a IC-300 from the early 90's I think. mine has a basswood body. its the cheesiest looking guitar ive ever had (mines purple with the creme binding,wtf?) but it feels so nice.

[Antroid]

ive got one, its a good metal guitar but dont buy it if you play lots of different genres, i use it for playing gigs in my band and we're metal. I fyou try to play like Eric Clapton stuff it sound crap so dont get it you liek to play differnent kinds of music like me....i use my les paul for that kind of stuff lol.

[BLS_Infernus]

The body is mahogany.

Someone else has one with EMG 81/60 and that kind looks so sexy.

[National chaos sam]

My freind rajesh bought the same model and a week later found that the pickups hadnt been put in properly?!? they jjust fell out mid playing apparently!