Ibanez ICWH727 Wes Hauch signature 7 string Iceman

[Kagami]

4mm top is a total joke.

 

[Shask]

Hahaha - I once bought a Jim Root Chender of Ali.
The guitar ended up being my #1 after I replaced the electronics on it and gave it a refret.
The bridge pickup cavitiy was routed closer to the bridge which just gives my Black Winter a very tight, percussive yet massive sound and the scale length turned out to be somewhere between 25.5 and 26.5. I only realized it when I wanted to level the frets and my fret spacer wouldn't fit on any side.

I have one of those Harley Benton JR look-a-likes, and I love that guitar! I did a fret level and locking tuners, and it is a fun guitar to play!

 

[RaceU4her]

That's what makes the price even more silly; I don't think he's that well known, killer guitar player though, so doubt these will sell big numbers.

probably not, but i cant hate on a dude getting a sig guitar from a company the size of ibanez, good for him

 

[chumbucket]

I'll wait until Chibson starts putting $200 knockoffs on AliExpress.

Shit I missed the obvious joke here. I should have said Chibanez.

 

[CrystalSky]

This guitar is sweet but am I seeing $10,000?

Ibanez turned real fucked up in the head recently I see. For 10k I’d expect 51% of the company shares given what their guitars are

 

[Toneboner]

i honestly dont even know who he is, cool guitar though

He's death metal Marty Friedman

 

[Zado]

I'm honestly pleased to see we have no forum members related to Axe Palace here, trying to convince everyone that price is more than reasonable and the guitar possibly a good investment. Other places are not that peaceful, apparently.

 

[2dor]

I'm honestly pleased to see we have no forum members related to Axe Palace here, trying to convince everyone that price is more than reasonable and the guitar possibly a good investment. Other places are not that peaceful, apparently.

You can pretty much buy a car for that money in some places. Heck, that $ can get me a nice set of used wheels over here.

 

[Music&Chaos]

Iceman shape is cool but that price is wild.

Doesn’t help that flat transparent grey on flame maple, to me, is like the signature look of every $500 metal guitar, to signify it isn’t the low end model.

As soon as I saw it I thought it looked like a cheap Indo model.

 

[dooredge]

Wes' work with Alluvial, The Faceless, Black Crown Initiate, and The Black Dahlia Murder is stellar. He's seriously a great player.

No matter how great a player though, I can't see paying $9,999.99 for a guitar. Signature model or not.

I'd much rather see a Vogg sig model that the common man can afford!

 

[2dor]

I'd much rather see a Vogg sig model that the common man can afford!

It'd probably be the same thing with a reverse headstock and maybe fixed bridge I guess.

 

[Devin]

I think it looks incredible but the price is crazy


However, that's a proper fucking guitar promo vid right there

 

[CrystalSky]

Is it me or does this heel look ass?

 

[Shask]

He's death metal Marty Friedman

In more ways than one. Great player, can never stand his tone. Always so quacky.

 

[Zado]

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Is it me or does this heel look ass?

It's a no compromise heel.

Also, like fuck you're screwing your strap right into my 4000-5000 $ neck.

 

[Holy-diver]

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Is it me or does this heel look ass?

For me it’s not so much the heel but the strap button looks fucking terrible

 

[CrystalSky]

It's a no compromise heel.

Also, like fuck you're screwing your strap right into my 4000-5000 $ neck.

No compromise heel?

For me it’s not so much the heel but the strap button looks fucking terrible

Doesn’t look like the most comfortable heel for a set neck tbh

 

[Zado]

No compromise heel?

That the heel you get on a no compromise guitar.

 

[thegame]

Good player but seriously, has there ever been a wider gap between the price of a signature guitar and the relative obscurity of the artist?

 

[vultures]

For real; I have 2 of them - a Chender and a Chibson. With all the fretwork I had to do on these 2 to get them feeling good, I feel like I could open up a nail salon for a living haha.

Yea.. Guitars priced at $10k are just asking to be ripped off on Aliexpress. I grabbed 2 Chibson Explorer customs.. After a fret level, Gibson Tune-o-Matic & Tailpieces, new electronics and tuners you've got absolute workhorse guitars for under $600. Bringing a $4k+ guitar out is a hard pill to swallow, bringing a Chibson or Chender out is easy.

I'd buy the shit out of a Chinese copy of this guitar