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05-29-2011, 08:13 PM
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FS: HR Giger Iceman
ok so, I need to sell off most of my things to make a car purchase possible.
This and my "Machine" (the rust LP I built myself) are my number 1s. This was my first real guitar purchase and I always thought I would keep it for my lifetime or as long as I could. im a big Giger fan (the artist that made the alien from the movie "Alien") and I love Iceman guitars so this was a natural fit for me. I loved the artwork and the one on the guitar is New York City VI. i thought it was really good in pictures but wow is it at another level when you see it in person. I never had more people turn their heads to look at my guitar then when holding this one. This was a limited run with all the info that ive seen saying only 150 were made. which i can believe seeing it took me a loooong time to track one down. I have all the receipts, case candy, the included silk poster, and the special case itself. Some of the plastics still were never taken off. sorry about the low light but ill get better pictures, and ill do a final set up and buff of everything. I really want this one to go off to the best place possible and really be a gem in someone collection. I also never played it out and always took my belt off before playing. some pictures:      This is the ONLY wear on the guitar, its from me resting my hand on there.  this is the artwork that is on the guitar, one of my favorite HR Giger prints.  more on giger himself: http://hrgiger.com/ I wish he still had a museum in NYC but now its only in sweden. specs and pricing below. |
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05-29-2011, 08:18 PM
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Re: FS: HR Giger Iceman
SPecs and pricing below...where?
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05-29-2011, 08:34 PM
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Re: FS: HR Giger Iceman
ok down to the nitty gritty.
from the listing when I bought it: Quote:
This guitar is extremely versatile. i used it fro everything from clean acoustic sounding stuff to real heavy metal and it handled everything between. The neck is very comfy too and I feel as if it makes me play better. I will probably have my next guitar's neck carved to these specs. Also to be noted this is a set neck when at the time most of the ibanez's were bolt ons. it really helps the guitar and the guitar itself is probably the tops they made. I cant say they used better wood or anything but comparing it to even other high end icemans (icemen?) it just has something extra to it. A few years ago I saw this rising in price but I never took a serious note since I didnt want to sell. I just looked around today and I only found very few and They were around $2000 for a mint model, most likely NOS (new old stock) so price. Im going to set it at $2000 OBO now I know it has some wear on that one pup ring, but it does have the original special case, all the case candy, and all the other items that were included with the guitar or had to paid extra to complete the set. once again it is $2000 OBO |
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05-29-2011, 08:35 PM
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Great price, considering
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05-29-2011, 08:39 PM
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but whenever HR Giger passes (he is old but hopefully not soon) the price of this will also rise quite bit. originally i figured if it went up enough I would sell it then, but I just love it a lot and couldnt think about it that way after the "mojo" started. |
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05-29-2011, 09:14 PM
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pics of rusty lp....
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05-30-2011, 12:21 AM
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Re: FS: HR Giger Iceman
     The build thread is also around here somewhere. This guitar has exceeded all my expectations and I have gotten a lot of complements by players and BUILDERS on how nice it sounds and resonates. This one could be on sale too but I would need extensive pictures of it before it goes (its like my flagship so far) and I dont know if people will be willing to pay the $1000ish I would need for it. not that its not worth it, its probably worth twice as much, just when you dont have the big name its not so easy. but anyway more GIGER! |
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05-30-2011, 06:08 AM
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that is killer.... the shotgun shells are a cool touch...
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05-30-2011, 06:56 AM
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Re: FS: HR Giger Iceman
That Steampunk type lp is cool
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05-30-2011, 04:30 PM
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Re: FS: HR Giger Iceman
This is getting a bit more attention on this site than I thought an iceman would.
Memorial Day bump $50 off for today only. please also check out: FS: the BeerCaster AGAIN & FS: Phaez Head! |
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06-01-2011, 08:46 PM
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Greatiece of artwork here. May be better posting it at Ultimate Guitar forums too
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06-01-2011, 10:21 PM
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Re: FS: HR Giger Iceman
yeah i was putting it off due to needing to pay for a premium membership and i want to give my MLPers a chance first.
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06-05-2011, 11:55 AM
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Re: FS: HR Giger Iceman
Free bump because that's an awesome looking guitar. A friend of mine has a Giger RG thing, but the icemans just look better.
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06-05-2011, 08:25 PM
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Re: FS: HR Giger Iceman
the artwork on it is just better. im hoping to find a huge print of it one day.
they also did one more giger where they took a prestige and gave it a carved metal front. and a special gold foil inlay. but that is a whole different guitar. |
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