The Ibanez DMM1 was an electric guitar model manufactured by

Ibanez is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as ...

. The guitar was designed in a partnership with

System of a Down System of a Down (also known as SoaD or simply System) is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994. Since 1997, the band has consisted of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, voc ...

's guitarist,

Daron Malakian Daron Malakian (born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of metal band System of a Down, and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwrit ...

. The DMM1 signature model was based on the

Ibanez Iceman The Ibanez Iceman is a guitar produced by Hoshino Gakki under Ibanez brand. Background Hoshino Gakki exported copies of American electric and acoustic guitars in the 1950s, and by the mid-1970s the Ibanez guitars had reached a level of quality co ...

ICX models, used by Malakian in the past. All DMM1 guitars have graphics done by Daron's father,

Vartan Malakian Vartan Malakian (Armenian: Վարդան Մալաքյան, born February 14, 1947) is an Iraqi-Armenian-American artist and painter. He is the father of Daron Malakian, the guitarist and co-founder of System of a Down and Scars on Broadway.

, who also designed the cover-art for System of a Down's double album Mezmerize/ Hypnotize. This guitar was a limited-run-model, with only 300 issues made available worldwide.

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