He's obviously inspirational. And fashion-setting, yet ahead of the times. While his new Gibson Signature TBird in black cherry does not sport the "Maltese"/Iron Crosses of yore, other people are not quite as current:
(http://www.musik-schmidt.de/osc-schmidt/catalog/images/Ibanez-SDB-1-BFK-Black-Flat-OG9049.jpg)
http://www.ibanez.com/bass/series.aspx?s=sdb
http://www.ibanez.com/bass/guitar.aspx?m=SDB1
A neck thru Iceman ... I think I need one!!! There must certainly be an alternative to Herr Sharlee D'Angelo's preferred tuning (drop-C tuning: C-F-A#-D# ::) ) too. You can probably even call him Charly or some other name for grown-ups and he'll respond.
Nice, me like. =)
Always enjoyed the Iceman basses. Not particularly found of the inlays, but other than that... Very nice!
Sharlee D'Angelo? Never heard of him, but with drop-C tuning he must be a sludge metal guy.
" A neck thru Iceman ... I think I need one!!! "
And some black spandex........ They'll look good on you Uwe ;)
The short-lived 70's Ibanez Korina guitar always looked very nice to me. It was the classic combo of Gibson V/Explorer/Moderne vibe with the nice wood, and built very well to boot. I always wished they had built a bass version. This thing is a little too doofus-rock for me. I like the solo bridge saddles though.
Charles Petter Andreason is the bassplayer in Arch Enemy, fellow countrymen to me along with Uwes fellow contrywoman Angela Gossow. Arch Enemy is I think the only Metal act containing Cookie Monster/Orch vocals that I actually enjoy listening to.
Charles uses/used a Rickenbacker a lot previously:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PZjiE4Xwus&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PZjiE4Xwus&feature=related)
Live with an Iceman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxD4Ruf68bU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxD4Ruf68bU)
if metal bands can ever get over that cartoonish evilness, cliche' rock moves, pentagrams and synchronised hair twirling it may be watchable. i listen to alot of these bands but feel almost embaressed to watch them. ::)
So he's Swedish and used to play with Merciful Fate and King Diamond, who'd have thought? I now remember an interview where he said that he always had a penchant for Iceman and Destroyer basses.
Given his origins, shouldn't the inlays have looked something like this:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Wikipedia_in_rune.png)
Holy Óðinn and Wodinaz!
Ruhnen! Long time ago I saw them used! Especially the double S. Like 70 years ago?
Factory tuned to Sharlee D'Angelo's preference of drop-C tuning (C-F-A#-D#)
That strikes me as odd. I tune drop-C and it's C-F-C-G. Does A#-D# make any sense?
Nice bass though, I've always GAS'd for an Iceman
Quote from: lowendgenerator on April 01, 2008, 02:14:49 PM
Factory tuned to Sharlee D'Angelo's preference of drop-C tuning (C-F-A#-D#)
That strikes me as odd. I tune drop-C and it's C-F-C-G. Does A#-D# make any sense?
Sharlee's preference is a dropped E-A-D-G tuning (same interval). Makes sense to me.