Ibanez
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This article is about the guitar manufacturer. For a list of people named Ibáñez see Ibáñez (disambiguation)
Hoshino Gakki, a musical products distributor from Nagoya, Japan, started distributing Spanish guitars called Ibanez in the 1950s. In the 60s, he purchased the rights to the name Ibanez and started selling guitars under that name in the United States. In the early 1970s, Gakki started distributing his guitars from an office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most of his guitars were plagiarized versions of expensive name-brand products. As many American musical products coincidently were becoming increasingly expensive and experienced a decrease in quality, Hoshino Gakki's copies met a ready market.
Finally, in the mid-1980s, with interest in electric rock guitars on the rise, Ibanez had its breakthrough. The company negotiated deals with many rock stars of the time, such as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Sting, and became a respected and popular supplier.
Today, Ibanez is reputed to be one of the largest and most versatile guitar makers in the world, with products ranging from acoustic Western guitars to electric bass guitars. Guitar amplifiers and other accessories for electric guitars are also part of the company's product line.
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Some Signature Models
JEM7V, JEM77fp, JEM7D, JEM555, JEM555, JEM-JRWM, and UV777 for Steve Vai
PGM301, PGM300WH, PGM30, and PGM3 for Paul Gilbert
JS1000, JS1200, and JS2000 for Joe Satriani
AT300, AT200 for Andy Timmons
GB200BST, GB100BS, GB10BS, GB10NT for George Benson
PM120BK, PM120NT, PM100NT for Pat Metheny
K7FB, K7BG for James Shaffer and Brian Welch from Korn
MMM1 for Mike Mushok, Staind
NDM1 for Noodles, The Offspring
Some Classic Models
RG550 (different from RG1550.)
Some Classic Effect Pedals
TS808 users like Stevie Ray Vaughan
External links
- Ibanez (http://www.ibanez.com/)
- History of Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. (http://www.hoshinogakki.co.jp/hoshino_e/history/history.html)
- Ibanez Products History (http://www.hoshinogakki.co.jp/hoshino_e/history/history01.html)
- Origins of Ibanez and the Lawsuit Models (http://www.guitarattack.com/destroyer/lawsuit.htm)
- Ibanez Register (http://www.ibanezregister.com/) - gallery of past and present Ibanez guitars and basses.de:Ibanez