Ben.Last
Formerly Lern2Swim
For the longest time, I've wanted an Iceman. I'm lefty (as you'll soon see, if you didn't know already), so there's pretty much zero options out there for me to get one. So, I went without, slumming it in the land of superstrats and such. Then I started playing 8s. Ohhhh boy, does that every narrow down the selection even more. Then I started paying more and more attention to custom shop possibilities, but, in the US, there's not a whole lot of affordable options that will build you exactly what you want.
Sometime around the end of last year, I head about Acacia Guitars. They're located in San Diego, and the builds that I'd seen on here looked awesome. So, I got in touch with Scott from Acacia to ask if he could build me, not only a lefty Iceman, but a lefty Iceman 8. Well, it just so happens, Scott IS that awesome.
8ish weeks later (and for a killer price), I have my guitar. I'm going to have my girlfriend take some actual professional looking pictures (with an actual camera, rather than the cell phone I'm using now) of the thing next time she's over, but, since I don't want to leave you guys hanging any longer. Here's it is:
Mahogany body
Maple neck
Ebony FB
BKP Warpig
Hipshot bridge and tuners
Volume and tone knobs
I specifically wanted a classic look to it, hence the black with white binding.
It plays great. I need a lot more time dialing in new tones with it; it's vastly different, tonally, from the 8s I've been playing. But, so far, I'm loving it and I'd absolutely do a build with Acacia again. Scott was really good about staying in touch the whole time and really taking my input at every turn. Even when there was a hiccup or 2 with Hipshot and BKP, he took care of it, and, as I wrote, still got me the guitar in 8 weeks.
The only problem now is that I'm way too shitty of a player to do the guitar justice.
Sometime around the end of last year, I head about Acacia Guitars. They're located in San Diego, and the builds that I'd seen on here looked awesome. So, I got in touch with Scott from Acacia to ask if he could build me, not only a lefty Iceman, but a lefty Iceman 8. Well, it just so happens, Scott IS that awesome.
8ish weeks later (and for a killer price), I have my guitar. I'm going to have my girlfriend take some actual professional looking pictures (with an actual camera, rather than the cell phone I'm using now) of the thing next time she's over, but, since I don't want to leave you guys hanging any longer. Here's it is:
Mahogany body
Maple neck
Ebony FB
BKP Warpig
Hipshot bridge and tuners
Volume and tone knobs
I specifically wanted a classic look to it, hence the black with white binding.
It plays great. I need a lot more time dialing in new tones with it; it's vastly different, tonally, from the 8s I've been playing. But, so far, I'm loving it and I'd absolutely do a build with Acacia again. Scott was really good about staying in touch the whole time and really taking my input at every turn. Even when there was a hiccup or 2 with Hipshot and BKP, he took care of it, and, as I wrote, still got me the guitar in 8 weeks.
The only problem now is that I'm way too shitty of a player to do the guitar justice.
Congrats man.
