Tim Smith and his Guitar
– IC (set-in) neck
– 3pc. Maple Neck Material
– Mahogany Body
– 22/Medium frets
– Bound Rosewood Finger Board
– BR-EG bridge
– IBZ AH1 (H) Neck PU
– IBZ AH2 (H) Bridge PU
– Iceman parallelogram Inlay
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Although it’s hard to be exact from a pic and videos (“Visiting Hours” from The Shed), I believe Tim was playing a 1994 Japanese Ibanez Iceman IC500. This I can tell from the dot fretboard inlays, white pickguard and machine heads, chrome Ibanez logo and black truss rod cover. MIJ Pre 2000 IC500s are very rare with only 200 ever made and are broadly regarded as excellent, connoisseurs guitars.
In contrast, the guitar currently pictured appears to be a later IC400 from the early to mid 2000s. Still a good guitar – but what Tim has here is a special, practically unique instrument.
Iceman IC500 specifications.
ICEMAN set-in neck
Mahogany body
Medium frets
Bound Rosewood fretboard
Pearl block inlay
Gibraltar Standard bridge
DiMarzio D Activator neck pickup
DiMarzio D Activator bridge pickup
Master Volume, Tone and 3-way switch
More information:
https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/IC500
Here’s a guy with a walk through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8l2Zp1omzQ