what kind of guitar does Daron Malakian play the guitarist from system of a down?

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Daron is well known for playing his Ibanez Iceman IC300, with custom graphics done by his father, Vartan Malakian. His father also did custom graphics on the 1978 Iceman, as well as making the horned bridge replacing the stopbar. The guitar was popular in the 1970s and 1980s, and he is fronting its comeback. All of the guitars that he plays on stage have a one-of-a-kind finish and cannot be found in retail, although there was a limited edition Iceman with graphics by 'Vartan Malakian' sold on eBay. He plays through Marshall Amplifiers, uses Jim Dunlop Delrin 2.0mm plectrums and Ernie Ball "Skinny Top Heavy Bottom" guitar strings. Daron now uses a Gibson SG onstage in most of System of a Down's recent live shows. He can be seen with his Gibson SG 61' Reissue in the music videos for System of a Down's "B.Y.O.B," with tailpiece in Question!, and he is seen playing his cream-colored SG in the video for "Hypnotize." When they started out, he played a black hardtail Stratocaster which can be seen in the video War?.(Now Serj plays it.) From System of a Down's formation, up until their third album, Steal This Album!, Daron used Drop C Tuning on his guitars. On the band's double album "Mezmerize/Hypnotize", Daron changed to Drop Db Tuning (except for the tracks "Dreaming" and "Question!"), a half step up from Drop C. He gave the reason for the change in tuning as to give the new songs "more kick". While in the studio Daron relies on a baritone guitar, a Jackson Randy Rhoads flying V, and a slew of other guitars.

Ibanez Iceman IC300
Jackson Randy Rhoads flying V
Gibson SG
black hardtail Stratocaster

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Daron Malakian Guitar

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He gets his own signature model at NAMM, the Ibanez DMM1. The DMM1 is based on the Ibanez Iceman ICX shape and features a special graphic design painted by Daron's father, Vartan Malakian. Pretty awesome, right?