Ibanez ( ?????? , Aiban? zu ) is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki is one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in sales of imported guitars in the United States and Europe, as well as the first guitar brand to produce seven in bulk. string guitar and eight string guitar. Ibanez produces effects, accessories, amps, and instruments in Japan, China, Indonesia, and in the United States (at a Los Angeles-based custom store). Currently, there are nearly 165 bass guitar models, 130 acoustic guitars, and over 300 electric guitars.
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History
The Hoshino Gakki Company started in 1908 as a musical instrument sales division of Hoshino Shoten , a chain of bookstores. The Ibanez brand name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador IbÃÆ'¡ÃÆ' Â ± ez guitars from Spain. After TelÃÆ' © sforo Julve bought the company in 1933, Hoshino Gakki decided in 1935 to make a Spanish-style acoustic guitar, originally using the brand name "Ibanez Salvador", and then only "Ibanez."
The modern era of Ibanez guitars began in 1957, and the 1950s and 1960s catalogs Ibanez showed guitars with some wild-looking designs, produced by Kiso Suzuki Violin, Guyatone, and their own Tama factory which was founded in 1962. After the Tama factory stopped producing guitars in 1966, Hoshino Gakki used the Teisco guitar factory and FujiGen Gakki to produce Ibanez guitars, and after the Teisco String Instrument Company was closed in 1969/1970, Hoshino Gakki used the FujiGen Gakki guitar factory to make the most of Ibanez guitar.
In the 1960s, Japanese guitar makers began primarily copying American guitar designs, and Ibanez branded copies of the Gibson, Fender and Rickenbacker models began to emerge. This results in a so-called period of lawsuit. During this period, Ibanez produced guitars under the name Mann to avoid authority in the United States and Canada.
Hoshino Gakki introduced the Ibanez model which is definitely not a clone of Gibson or Fender designs, like the Iceman and the Roadstar series. The company has produced its own guitar design ever since. The late 1980s and early 1990s were an important period for the Ibanez brand. Hoshino Gakki's relationship with guitarist Steve Vai resulted in the introduction of Ibanez JEM and Ibanez Universe models; after the success of previous Roadstar and Iceman models in the late 1970s/early 1980s, Hoshino Gakki entered the superstrat market with the RG series, a cheaper version of their JEM series.
Hoshino Gakki also has a semi-acoustic acoustic guitar, nylon, and steel strings made under the name Ibanez. Most Ibanez guitars were made by the FujiGen guitar factory in Japan until the mid to late 1980s, and since then Ibanez guitars have also been made in other Asian countries such as Korea, China, and Indonesia. During the early 1980s, the FujiGen guitar factory also produced most of Roland's guitar synthesizers, including the Roland G-505 Stratocaster style, Roland G-202 twin-humbucker (supported by Adrian Belew, Eric Clapton, Dean Brown, Jeff Baxter, Yannis Spathas, Christoforos Krokidis, Steve Howe, Mike Rutherford, Andy Summers, Neal Schon and Steve Hackett) and Ibanez X-ING IMG-2010.
Cimar and Starfield are the guitar and bass brands owned by Hoshino Gakki. In the 1970s, Hoshino Gakki and Kanda Shokai shared several guitar designs, so some Ibanez and Greco guitars have the same features. The Greco version is sold in Japan and the Ibanez version is sold outside of Japan. From 1982, Ibanez guitars have also been sold in Japan.
Guitar brands like Antoria and Mann share some Ibanez guitar designs. Antoria guitar brand is managed by JT Coppock Leeds Ltd UK. CSL is a brand name managed by Charles Summerfield Ltd UK. Maurice Summerfield of Charles Summerfield Ltd contributed some design ideas to Hoshino Gakki and also imported Ibanez and CSL guitars to the UK from 1964 to 1987. The Maxxas brand name came about because Hoshino Gakki thought that guitars did not fit the Ibanez range of models and therefore named Maxxas by Rich Lasner of Hoshino USA.
The guitar "lawsuit"
Harry Rosenbloom, founder of Medley Music (now-closed) from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, produces handmade guitars under the name "Elger." In 1965, Rosenbloom decided to stop producing guitars and choose to become the exclusive distributor of North America for Ibanez guitars. In September 1972, Hoshino started a partnership with Elger Guitars to import guitars from Japan. In September 1981, Elger was renamed "Hoshino U.S.A.", maintaining its corporate headquarters in Bensalem, Pennsylvania as a distribution and quality control center.
On June 28, 1977, in the Philadelphia Federal District Court, the lawsuit was filed by Norlin Corporation, the parent company of Gibson Guitars, against the use of Elger/Hoshino U.S.A. from Gibson headstock design and logo. Hoshino left the court in early 1978 and his case was officially closed on 2 February 1978.
In the 1970s, the company Nisshin Onpa which has the brand name Maxon, developed and started selling a series of pedal effects in Japan. Hoshino Gakki grants this license for sale under the name Ibanez outside of Japan. The two companies finally started to do less business together until Nisshin Onpa halted the remake of TS-9 for Hoshino Gakki in 2002.
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References
- Models
- References
- "Ibanez Catalogs". (catalog archive), Ibanez.co.jp . 2015.
Catalog Search: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
- Paul Specht; Michael Wright; Jim Donahue (2005). Ibanez: The Untold Story . Hoshino (USA) Inc. ISBN: 0-9764277-0-2.
External links
- Official website
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