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1945: The Hoshino Gakki Ten factory was destroyed by World War II bombing. 1955: Hoshino Gakki Ten builds new headquarters in Nagoya, Japan and becomes an export only business. 1957: Hoshino Gakki Ten starts making the first modern era Ibanez branded guitars. 1962: Hoshino Gakki Ten opens the Tama Seisakusho factory.
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.
A meeting between Hoshino (Ibanez), Kanda Shokai and one of the main guitar factories in Japan resulted in the Iceman/Mirage design. Each distribution company had distribution rights to it in different global markets. Hoshino Gakki (Ibanez) had the rights outside of Japan and Kanda Shokai (Greco) had the rights for Japan.
Chushin Gakki 1948 Nagano: Chushin Gakki was established by K. Miyazawa in 1948. [2] They have made electric guitars since 1961. They produced guitars sold by Charvel, Jackson, Fresher and Robin from the early 1980s, [2] as well as Ibanez's Axstar line in the late 1980s. [3] They also sold original designs under names such as Bambu, Cobran, and ...
The Ibanez S Series (also known as the Ibanez Saber Series) is a guitar series produced by Hoshino Gakki. Introduced in the late 1980s, the S Series is notable for being a streamlined mahogany-bodied guitar with a maple neck that plays comfortably while retaining the resonance of mahogany. Like the RG series, it also has prestige models, as ...
Penco was a brand of guitars owned by the Hoshino Gakki Co., also the maker of Ibanez guitars. Penco guitars were manufactured in Hoshino Gakki's factory in Nagoya, Japan, and distributed in the U.S. by the Philadelphia Music Company.
Just before or just after the Second World War, the Japanese firm Hoshino Gakki began production of its own acoustic guitars for the home market. Although it did not have a business relationship with either Ibáñez or Julve, Hoshino Gakki marketed their acoustic guitars first under the brand name "Ibanez Salvador" and later simply as "Ibanez".
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. This series of guitars are produced in either China or Indonesia, depending on model.