You've gotta give Herr Sixx some credit ...

[uwe]

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.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.

[JimmyBond8]

Nice, me like. =)

Always enjoyed the Iceman basses. Not particularly found of the inlays, but other than that... Very nice!

[Dave W]

Sharlee D'Angelo? Never heard of him, but with drop-C tuning he must be a sludge metal guy.

[TBird1958]

 " A neck thru Iceman ... I think I need one!!! "

And some black spandex........     They'll look good on you Uwe 

[eb2]

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.

[doombass]

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

Live with an Iceman:

[nofi]

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.

[uwe]

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:



Holy Óðinn and Wodinaz!

[Chris P.]

Ruhnen! Long time ago I saw them used! Especially the double S. Like 70 years ago?

[lowendgenerator]

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

[doombass]

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.