IC520

IC520 Vintage Brown Sunburst (more images)

The IC520 is an Iceman series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in late 2014 as part of the X series. It was produced in China.

The IC520 features a mahogany body with binding mated to a mahogany set-in neck with a 24-fret fingerboard with binding and parallelogram inlays. Components include a fixed bridge and tailpiece and dual DiMarzio humbucking pickups with individual volume and tone controls.

In mid-2017 a new fretboard material, treated New Zealand pine, replaced rosewood.^[1] For 2018 the fretboard was changed to jatoba. For 2019 the mahogany body and neck were replaced with okoume.

The IC500 which this model essentially replaced is similar except it had a different neck construction, bridge and pickups. The IC520SM is a similar model with a spalted maple top.

The IC520 was discontinued after 2019.

Specifications[]

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Specifications for IC520

Year(s) offered: 2014–2019

Sold in: Asia & Africa / China / Japan / Europe / USA

Made in: China

Finish(es): Black (BK) 2014–2016 / Vintage Brown Sunburst (VBS)

Body

Body type:
Solid body

Body material:
2014–2018: Mahogany w/ binding
2019: Okoume w/ binding

Neck joint:
Set-in

Bridge:
Tight Tune fixed

Tailpiece:
Tight Tune

Hardware color:
Chrome

Neck

Neck type:
Iceman

Neck material:
2014–2018: 1-piece mahogany
2019: 1-piece okoume

Scale length:
628mm/ 24¾"

Fingerboard material:
2014–2017: Rosewood w/ cream binding
2017: Treated New Zealand pine w/ cream binding
2018–2019: Jatoba w/ cream binding

Fingerboard inlays:
Acrylic parallelogram

Frets:
22 / jumbo

Nut:
Ivory plastic

Electronics/ Strings

Pickup configuration:
HH

Bridge pickup:
DiMarzio The Tone Zone (H)

Neck pickup:
DiMarzio Air Norton (H)

Controls:
Two volumes / two tones / 3-way toggle pickup selector

String gauge (factory):
.010/.013/.017/.026/.036/.046

Factory tuning:
1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E (E Std.)

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