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Lower labor rates at the time, plus efficient manufacturing meant that Ibanez guitars could be sold for almost half (or less) of the cost of a Gibson Les Paul or Fender Stratocaster. In the mid-1970s Hoshino Gakki wanted to make a distinctly Japanese guitar and to start breaking away from the Ibanez replicas of Fender and Gibson models.
Ibanez (アイバニーズ, Aibanīzu) is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. [1] 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 well as the first brand of guitars to mass-produce seven-string and eight-string guitars.
Gambale had a signature range of Ibanez FGM series guitars, but has since left Ibanez and signed a deal with Yamaha. [15] Rocky George (born 1964) is the former lead guitarist for the California-based hardcore punk/thrash metal outfit Suicidal Tendencies, and current lead guitarist for Fishbone. He played Ibanez RG series guitars. [16]
The Ibanez GIO Series is an affordable guitar series produced by Hoshino Gakki , replacing the Cimar line. The GIO line is intended as beginner models, similar to Fender 's Squier guitars, and Gibson 's Epiphone line.
1969: Hoshino Gakki Ten starts to use the FujiGen Gakki guitar factory to make most of the Ibanez branded guitars. The headstock logo on Ibanez guitars is changed from a metal logo to a more modern decal logo. 1971: Hoshino Gakki Ten starts a U.S. distribution channel named Elger, in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia; 1972 ...
The Ibanez Musician Bass was a line of electric bass guitars produced by the Ibanez Corporation from 1979 until 1987.
The Ibanez Jet King is the term for a family of electric guitars sold by Ibanez.The family includes: Jet King 1 (JTK1) — resembles EJ-2 by FujiGen [1] and Teisco MJ-2. [2]Jet King 2 (JTK2) — resembles Ibanez Rhythm Maker by Guyatone in 1960s.
The Ibanez RG was originally designed in 1987, the same year as Steve Vai's signature guitar, the Ibanez JEM. It was created as a successor to the company's previous Roadstar and Roadstar II series guitars produced from 1979 to 1986. The name is an abbreviation of "Roadstar Guitar".