1977 Ibanez Iceman How many were made?

[cruzerjd]

I have a 1977 Ibanez Iceman IC200 that carries the serial number K7777451. Tobacco sunburst with white binding, neck through construction. Gotoh tuners also. It has the original super 70 in the neck position and has a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge position. I have tried to keep it in good nick, but time and gigs have taken their toll. It has personal value to me and my wife as our best friend played it at our wedding. What we were wondering is just how many were made back in the day? I am assuming that at least 7451 were made as that is the last 4 digits of the serial number. Great site, i love old japanese guitars and bass'. cruzerjd

[Bassassin]

Hi - I don't know if specific numbers of Icemen made are likely to be available but try here:

http://www.ibanezcollectors.com/forum/index.php?www

The Vintage & Custom Electrics board will be your best bet.

You might also like this site, might be useful for info as well as Iceman-porn:

http://vintageibanez.tripod.com/main.html

Your serial number, K777541 tells us your guitar was the7541st made in October 1977, the letter K representing the 10th month. The number's the total factory output, not just that model.

Your guitar was built by Fujigen Gakki, the Iceman model appears to be a Fujigen factory design, as they were also sold under the Greco brand. Greco & Ibanez weren't connected apart from using the same factory, and therefore some models being the same.

Jon.

[cruzerjd]

Cool, so total production instead of model production. I know in '78 there were only 277 produced. I do not know if '77 would have been similar. I do know that '77 was when Paul Stanley started using the iceman. I bought this one at a second hand shop for $200 about 15 years ago with a flight case. It has a bit of dings and chips, but the major flaw is that due to the design of the jack, the cord was stepped on at some point which tore the jack out of the body and caused some considerable damage. I also have been unable to locate a stock truss rod cover, but used a replacement PS10 cover in its place. I know the Dimarzio is not original (also it is a Super 80 in the front) but it sounds good. I don't plan on ever getting ris of this guitar. I also have a new Ibanez RD300 bass which i just purchased and bought my daughter a Washburn Lyon guitar with the built in effects package. Still jonesing for a Univox Hi Flyer bass, but cash is short.