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Ibanez
Type Private
Founded Nagoya, Japan 1957
Headquarters Japan
Key people Hoshino Gakki, founder
Industry Musical instruments
Products Ibanez Guitars and Basses, Amplifiers, Effects
Website www.ibanez.com

Ibanez (pronounced /ˈaɪbænɛz/ or /aɪˈbænɛz/) is a guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki and based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) History Hoshino Gakki is the owner of the Ibanez guitar and Tama drums brand names (Gakki means musical instrument company For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles History Hoshino Gakki is the owner of the Ibanez guitar and Tama drums brand names (Gakki means musical instrument company is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in the United States and Europe.

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History

The Hoshino Gakki company began in 1908 as the musical instrument sales division of the Hoshino Shoten bookstore company. In 1935, they began manufacturing their own stringed instruments. While the company had little presence in the Western world until the mid-1960s, the Ibanez name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador Ibáñez. Salvador Ibáñez (1854-1920 was a Spanish Luthier. He made Guitars Ukuleles Mandolins and other stringed instruments When the Spanish workshop was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War and the original guitars became unavailable (and very much sought after because of their excellent quality), Hoshino Gakki bought the Ibanez brand name rights and started making Spanish and acoustic guitars on their own, first as "Ibanez Salvador", and later as "Ibanez" [1]. The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of See also Acoustic Guitar (magazine An acoustic guitar is a Guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings

The modern era of Ibanez guitars began in 1957 [2] and the late 1950s and 1960s Ibanez catalogues [1] show guitars with some wild looking designs [2]. Japanese guitar makers in the 1960s were mostly copying European guitar designs and some of the late 1960s Ibanez designs were similar to Hagström and EKO guitar designs. Hagström, or Hagstrom as the name is sometimes spelled was a Musical instrument manufacturer in Älvdalen, Dalecarlia, Sweden Eko is an Italian manufacturer of electric guitars acoustic guitars and similar instruments catering to professional level and manufacturing largely for export Hoshino Gakki used the Teisco and FujiGen Gakki guitar factories to manufacture Ibanez guitars after they stopped manufacturing their own guitars in 1966 and after the Teisco guitar factory closed down in 1969/1970 Hoshino Gakki used the FujiGen Gakki guitar factory to make most Ibanez guitars. Teisco (テイスコ was a Japanese manufacturer of affordable Musical instruments from 1948 until 1969. FujiGen Gakki フジゲン 楽器 is a musical instrument manufacturer based at Matsumoto in Japan and is named after the famous Mount Fuji.

In the 1970s Japanese guitar makers started to mainly copy American guitar designs and Ibanez branded copies of Gibson, Fender, Dan Armstrong and Rickenbacker models started to appear. The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the Dan Armstrong was an expert Guitar Luthier and recording session musician For the American WWI fighter pilot see Eddie Rickenbacker. For the airport see Rickenbacker International Airport. This resulted in the so called Ibanez lawsuit period. After the lawsuit period Hoshino Gakki introduced Ibanez models that were not copies of the Gibson or Fender designs such as the Iceman and Ibanez Roadstar. The Iceman is an electric guitar model produced by Ibanez. History The Iceman is an Ibanez guitar produced by Hoshino Gakki. The company has produced its own guitar designs ever since. The late 1980s and early 1990s were an important period for the Ibanez brand. Hoshino Gakki's relationship with Frank Zappa's former guitarist Steve Vai resulted in the introduction of the Ibanez JEM and the Ibanez Universe models and after the earlier successes of the Roadstar and Iceman models in the late 1970s/early 1980s, Hoshino Gakki entered the superstrat market with the RG series which were a lower priced version of the Ibanez JEM model [3]. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Steven "Steve" Siro Vai (born June 6 1960 in Carle Place New York) is an American Instrumental rock Guitarist Ibanez JEM is an Electric guitar manufactured by Ibanez and first produced in 1987 The Ibanez Universe is the world's first modern commercial seven-string Electric guitar, developed by Steve Vai and manufactured by Ibanez. Superstrat (sometimes spelled as super strat or super-strat) is a name for an Electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but The Ibanez RG series are the most numerous guitars made in the whole world (in terms of various models and arguably the most popular series of Ibanez electric guitars

Hoshino Gakki also had semi acoustic, nylon and steel stringed acoustic guitars manufactured under the Ibanez name. Tama acoustic guitars were made from 1974-1979 at the Tama Drum factory. In 1979 the Tama acoustic guitars were renamed as the Artwood Series and were also made at the Tama Drum factory. Most Ibanez guitars were made for Hoshino Gakki by the FujiGen guitar factory in Japan up until the mid to late 1980s and from then on 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 the Roland guitar synthesizers, including the Stratocaster-style Roland GR-505, the twin humbucker Roland GR-202 and the Ibanez X-ING IMG-2010. is a Japanese manufacturer of Electronic musical instruments electronic equipment and Software. This is about synthesizers which can be played like guitars for the portable keyboard synthesizers that are held like guitars see Keytar.

Sometimes stencil (template) guitar designs were shared by Japanese guitar companies and distributors so an early Hoshino Ibanez branded guitar might look the same as another brand name guitar produced by a different Japanese distributor but only Ibanez, Cimar by Ibanez and Maxxas branded guitars were made for Hoshino Gakki and are the only guitar brand names that have appeared in Hoshino Gakki catalogues. Cimar guitars were sometimes associated with Hoshino Gakki. Hoshino Gakki own the Ibanez brand name but do not own the Cimar brand name Cimar guitars were not produced by Hoshino Gakki but "Cimar by Ibanez" guitars were produced for Hoshino Gakki by Cimar [3].

The Starfield guitar brand was also owned by Hoshino Gakki. In the 1970s, Hoshino Gakki and Kanda Shokai shared some guitar designs and so some Ibanez and Greco guitars have the same features. The Kanda Shokai Greco guitars were sold in Japan and the Hoshino Gakki Ibanez guitars were sold outside of Japan. Greco ( Japanese: グレコ Gurekou) are a brand of Electric guitars produced by Kanda Shokai 神田商会 From 1982, Ibanez guitars have also been sold in Japan as well as being sold outside of Japan [4].

Guitar brands such as Antoria shared some Ibanez guitar designs. Antoria was a UK guitar brand that was owned by JT Coppock Leeds Ltd The Antoria guitar brand was managed by JT Coppock Leeds Ltd England. CSL was a brand name managed by Charles Summerfield Ltd England. Maurice Summerfield of the Charles Summerfield Ltd company contributed some design ideas to Hoshino Gakki and also imported Ibanez and CSL guitars into the UK with Hoshino Gakki cooperation from 1964-1987. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Maxxas brand name came about because Hoshino Gakki thought that the guitar did not fit in with the Ibanez model range and was therefore named Maxxas by Rich Lasner from Hoshino USA. [5].

Lawsuit

Harry's Rosenbloom, of Medley Music, based in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, was manufacturing handmade guitars under the name "Elger. " By 1965 Rosenbloom had decided to stop manufacturing guitars and chose to become the exclusive North American distributor for Ibanez guitars. In 1971 Hoshino purchased Elger Guitars, renaming the company "Hoshino U. S. A. " and retaining the company headquarters in Bensalem, Pennsylvania as a distribution and quality-control center. Bensalem Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

The so called lawsuit was brought by the "Norlin Corporation", the parent company of Gibson guitars against Elger/Hoshino U. The Gibson Guitar Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, USA is a manufacturer of acoustic and Electric guitars The company's most popular guitar S. A. in 1977, and was based on an Ibanez headstock design that had been discontinued by 1976. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Hoshino settled out of court, and by 1978 had begun making Ibanez guitars from their own designs [6].

After the so called lawsuit Hoshino Gakki abandoned the strategy of copying "classic" USA electric guitar designs and moved to the popular superstrat era in the mid-1980s. Superstrat (sometimes spelled as super strat or super-strat) is a name for an Electric guitar design that resembles a Fender Stratocaster but Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The newer Ibanez models began incorporating more modern elements into their design such as radical body shapes, slimmer necks, flatter 2-octave fingerboards (which allowed for faster playing), slim pointed headstocks, higher-output electronics, humbucker/single-coil/humbucker pickups, locking tremolo bridges and more colourful finishes.

Guitars

Electric guitars

Ibanez RG220
Ibanez RG220

Production Signature Models (Past & Present)

Ibanez JEM 555BK
Ibanez JEM 555BK

New Guitars for 2008

Bass guitars

Headstock from an ARTCORE series guitar
Headstock from an ARTCORE series guitar

Acoustic guitars

Ibanez endorsers, past and present

Main article: List of Ibanez players

Effect pedals

Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo Pedal
Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo Pedal
Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer Pedal
Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer Pedal

In the 1970s, the Nisshin Onpa company who own the Maxon brand name developed and began selling a series of effect pedals in Japan. The Ibanez Artwood (AW series refers to a series of acoustic guitars highlighted by the use of unusual woods such as quilted and flamed maple walnut and bubinga This is an alphabetized list by surname of musicians who have made notable use of the Ibanez guitars An effects pedal (or a " Stomp Box " is an electronic Effects unit housed in a small metal or plastic chassis used by musicians usually Electric Hoshino Gakki licensed these for sale using the name Ibanez outside of Japan. These two companies eventually began doing less and less business together until Nisshin Onpa ceased manufacting the TS-9 reissue for Hoshino Gakki in 2002.

Tube Screamers

Main article: Ibanez Tube Screamer

Based on the earlier Overdrive I and II pedals, Hoshino Gakki began releasing the first Ibanez Tube Screamer, the TS-808 in the late 1970s. The Ibanez Tube Screamer is an overdrive Effect pedal produced by Ibanez which is named for the fact that its light Distortion is similar to These contained the famed JRC4558D integrated circuit (IC). Microchipsjpg|right|thumb|200px|Microchips ( EPROM memory with a transparent window showing the integrated circuit inside Many players consider this one of the best solid state pedals to emulate the sound produced by an overdriven vacuum tube guitar amplifier. Solid-state Electronic components devices and systems are based entirely on the Semiconductor, such as Transistors Microprocessor chips and This article is about the electronic device not an evacuated pipe used for experiments in Free-fall. An instrument amplifier is an Electronic amplifier that converts the inaudible electric or electronic signal from musical instruments such as an Electric guitar

Over the years, Hoshino Gakki released many different kinds of pedals bearing the Ibanez Tube Screamer name. The first was the TS-9 Tube Screamer, which included only a few component changes and often, but not always, different ICs. In 1985 the Master or L series were introduced and sold only for a year. Many claim that in this series, there's no Tubescreamer. Looking closer circuitwise shows that there is one but in the disguise of the Metal Screamer with slightly changed component values. The name change was most likely for marketing reasons.

Based on the Master series but with slight changes in housing in 1986, the Power Series were introduced, which included the TS-10. Like many of the Master and Power Series pedals, there were not many differences in the circuitry between these and their 9-series counterparts. To make production cheaper, these pedals used circuit board-mounted potentiometers (pots) and jacks. A potentiometer is a three-terminal Resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable Voltage divider. In 1992, Hoshino Gakki began re-issuing the Ibanez TS-9. Then in 1996, Hoshino Gakki added a CE mark to the back of the Ibanez pedal, which is required for it to be sold in Europe. For other uses see CE. The CE marking (also known as CE mark) is a mandatory Conformity mark on many products placed on the single market

In the early 1990s, Hoshino Gakki released the Ibanez Soundtank series, which, except for the first run which was metal, had cheap plastic enclosures and like the Power Series before it, used less expensive parts. Around 2000 came the Tone Lok series, and the TS-7, which included a switch for added gain. In 1998, the new TS-9DX was introduced, which included a 4-way switch for capacitor changes and changes in the clipping section. Then in 2002, Nisshin Onpa stopped production of the TS-9 for Hoshino Gakki. Post-2002 circuit boards say Ibanez instead of Maxon.

Due to popular demand, Hoshino Gakki reissued the Ibanez TS-808 in 2004, complete with the JRC4558D chip. Original TS-808's, and to a lesser extent, TS-9s, have become highly collectible. Many overdrive pedals in production, especially those by "boutique" manufacturers, are a modified version of the Tube Screamer circuit.

Serial Numbers

Approximate Ibanez Serial Numbers (non Acoustic)

Japanese Ibanez Serial Numbers

1997 and after (CE logo designation)

1987-1997

1975-1986

Most Ibanez models with this serial number format were made by FujiGen Gakki. FujiGen Gakki フジゲン 楽器 is a musical instrument manufacturer based at Matsumoto in Japan and is named after the famous Mount Fuji. Exceptions are the Ibanez Blazer models which were made by Dyna Gakki and the Axstar by Ibanez models AX40, AX45, AX48, AXB50, AXB60, AXB65, AX70, AX75 which were made by Chushin Gakki. The Ibanez Axstar AXB1000 model was made by FujiGen Gakki.

Korean Ibanez Serial Numbers

C = Cor-Tek (Cort), S = Samick(1990-1995), S/SQ = Saehan(Sunghan), P = Peerless (Iida), Y = Yoojin, A = Sae-In. Cort Guitars is a Guitar manufacturer centered in South Korea. Samick is the name of a Korea -based musical instrument manufacturer one of the largest in the world Vester was a music instrument manufacturer specializing in guitars and guitar amplifiers

E = Sung-Eum

W = World

Indonesian Ibanez Serial Numbers

I = Cor-Tek (Cort) Indonesia, K = KWO

Chinese Ibanez Serial Numbers

Z = Yeou Chern, J=Sejung

Odd Ibanez Serial Numbers

Older Acoustic

Silver Cadet model

Pickup Serial Numbers

Ibanez and Greco Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) pickup serial number format consisting of 5 numbers up to and including 1977. Ibanez Super 70 pickups have the same serial number format.

Ibanez and Greco Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) pickup serial number format consisting of 6 numbers from 1977 to 1982.

Ibanez "Super 70" pickups made by Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) had a alnico 8 magnet. Alnico is an acronym referring to alloys which are composed primarily of Aluminium (symbol Al) Nickel (symbol Ni) and Cobalt (symbol Ibanez "Super 58" pickups made by Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) had a alnico 3 magnet. Ibanez "Super 80" pickups made by Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) had a ceramic magnet. Ferrites are a class of Chemical compounds with the formula AB2O4 where A and B represent various metal Cations usually including All of the above pickups DC resistance is approximately 7. Direct current ( DC) is the unidirectional flow of Electric charge. Electrical resistance is a ratio of the degree to which an object opposes an Electric current through it measured in Ohms Its reciprocal quantity is 5-8. 0 kilohms.

References

  1. ^ Hoshino Gakki History
  2. ^ Ibanez, The Untold Story by Paul Specht (Michael Wright, Jim Donahue) ISBN 0-9764277-0-2
  3. ^ New Page 0

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