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Ibanez (pronounced "eye-ba-nez", IPA:['aɪbænɛz] or [aɪ'bænɛz]) is a well known guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Along with it's rival ESP guitars, Ibanez is one of the only Japanese guitars companies to gain a significant foothold in the United States and Europe. Ibáñez is a common surname of Spanish origin shared by the following people Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867-1928), a Spanish novelist, screenwriter and film director. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Nagoya ) is the fourth largest city in Japan. ... Creator of the Ibanez guitar company, famous for its revolutionary appearances in the world of metal, i. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... IPA may refer to: The International Phonetic Alphabet or India Pale Ale ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Creator of the Ibanez guitar company, famous for its revolutionary appearances in the world of metal, i. ... Nagoya Castle Nagoya (名古屋市; -shi) is the fourth largest (third largest metropolitan region) and the third most prosperous city in Japan. ... ESP Company, Limited ), located in North Hollywood, California, is a prominent manufacturer of electric guitars and basses, originally from Japan. ...

Ibanez production was started in Japan in the 1950s by Hoshino Gakki, but the actual Ibanez name dates back to the Ibanez Salvador brand in 1929. Hoshino Gakki owns the Ibanez (guitars) and Tama (drums) brand names. Ibanez is only a brand name that is owned by Hoshino Gakki and therefore Ibanez does not produce guitars. An Ibanez guitar is not produced by Ibanez. An Ibanez guitar is produced by Hoshino Gakki who contracts guitar factories to make guitars to bear the Ibanez brand name. Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tama Seisakusho(usually refered to as Tama) is a division of Hoshino Gakki MFG. Co. ...

History

The Hoshino Gakki company began in 1908 as a musical instrument sales division of the Hoshino Shoten bookstore company. In 1935 they began manufacturing their own stringed instruments. The company had little presence in the Western world until the mid-1960s. A bookstore. ...

They started importing Spanish guitars from the famous Spanish luthier Salvador Ibáñez (1854 - 1920), but when the Spanish workshop was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939) and the original guitars became unavailable (and very much sought after because of their excellent quality), they bought the rights of the trademark Ibanez and started making Spanish and acoustic guitars on their own, first as "Ibanez Salvador", and later as "Ibanez". Late 1950s and 1960s Ibanez catalogues show guitars with some wild looking designs. Some of the late 1960s Ibanez designs were similar to Teisco guitar designs and Hoshino was using Teisco to make some of the late 1960s Ibanez branded guitars after they stopped manufacturing their own guitars in 1966. In 1969 Teisco closed down and Hoshino used FujiGen Gakki to make most of the Ibanez branded guitars and also the Ibanez headstock logo was changed from a metal logo to a more modern decal logo. Salvador Ibáñez (1854 - † 1920) was a Spanish luthier, born in Valencia. ... Not to be confused with the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823. ... Acoustic guitar can refer to the following musical instruments: Nylon and gut stringed guitars: Renaissance guitar Baroque guitar Romantic guitar Classical guitar, the modern version of the original guitar, with nylon strings Flamenco guitar Steel stringed guitars: Steel-string acoustic guitar, also known as western, folk or country guitar Twelve... Teisco (テイスコ) was a Japanese manufacturer of affordable musical instruments in the 1950s and 1960s. ... FujiGen Gakki is a musical instrument manufacturer in Japan named after the famous Mount Fuji. ...

This was the beginning of the Gibson, Fender and Rickenbacker Ibanez copies. Using somewhat cheaper materials and greater automation in manufacturing, they were able to sell these guitars for a significantly lower price than the originals. The low price combined with the relatively high quality of the guitars made these models very popular. Many guitar aficionados feel that the early- and mid-70s mark a low point in the quality of guitars from the major manufacturers, which helped contribute to the popularity of the Ibanez copies. These guitars have become known as "lawsuit" guitars and have become highly collectible. The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is one of the worlds best-known manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars. ... “Fender” redirects here. ... Rickenbacker 330JG Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (IPA pronunciation: ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ...

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. The so called lawsuit was brought by the Norlin Corporation, the parent company of Gibson guitars against Elger/Hoshino U.S.A. in 1977, and was based on an Ibanez headstock design that had been discontinued by 1976. Hoshino settled out of court, and by 1978 had begun making Ibanez guitars from their own designs. Bensalem Township is a township located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. ... The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is one of the worlds best-known manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ...

Abandoning the strategy of copying "classic" electric guitar designs, the newer models began incorporating more modern elements into their design such as radical body shapes, slimmer necks, flatter fingerboards (which allowed for faster playing), higher-output electronics, and colourful finishes. This led to an increasing popularity with heavy metal musicians. The company also began an extensive program of consulting with well-known guitar players, such as Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Munky, Andy Timmons, George Benson, John Petrucci, Herman Li, and Sam Totman, creating signature models made to the players' specifications. “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... Kevin Noodles Wasserman (born February 4, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is the lead guitarist and backup vocalist for The Offspring. ... Joseph Satch Satriani (born on July 15, 1956, in Westbury, New York, U.S.) is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor. ... Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer, vocalist, and record producer. ... Paul Brandon Gilbert (November 6, 1966) is a guitarist best known for his work with Racer X and Mr. ... James Munky Shaffer James Christian Munky Shaffer (born June 16, 1970 in Rosedale, California) is a guitarist with the band KoЯn. ... Andy Timmons (born 26 July 1963) is a virtuoso guitarist who has played in the bands Danger Danger and Pawn Kings. ... George Benson (b. ... John Petrucci (born July 12, 1967, Kings Park, Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Herman Li (born in Hong Kong, 1976) is the lead and rhythm guitarist and a backing vocalist in the power metal band DragonForce. ... Sam Totman (born 1979) is a guitarist who plays lead and rhythm guitar for the power metal band DragonForce. ...

Hoshino also manufactures Ibanez electro-acoustic and acoustic guitars, both nylon and steel-stringed. The logo used on the headstocks of the acoustic guitars is the original Spanish Ibanez logo. Most Ibanez guitars were made for Hoshino 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. Typical headstock of an electric guitar This article is about part of a stringed instrument. ...

Guitars

Electric guitars

Ibanez RG220

• GIO series is the budget range, with this name assigned to their headstock above the Ibanez logo. The GIO range have the budget copies for RG, RX, SA, SZ, and AX series. The GRGM mikro, the sole 3/4-sized guitar made by Ibanez, also belongs to this category.

• Ibanez RG (previously named Roadstar Guitar, hence the name RG), is Ibanez's superstrat series, all featuring 24-fret slim necks. Most of them are bolt-on-neck guitars with high-performing tremolos, although some are neck-thru or fixed bridge models. The first RG ever was the 550 in 1987, which was the cheaper version of the JEM, Steve Vai's signature model. It featured pretty much the same specs except for the hand-grip, the "Lion's Claw" below the trem, the Vine inlay and the DiMarzio pickups. Shape, colors, pickup configurations, and woods were pretty much the same. From 1987 to present the RG came out in thousand different versions, some having different pickups and pickup configurations (HSH, HH, HSS, HS etc), some lacking the pickguard and some with different woods, trems, and colors. It is not clearly known haw many versions appeared since 1987. In 2003, Japanese-made RGs became the RG Prestige series, which featured an all-new neck construction (much more reliable now), a redesigned tremolo (Edge-Pro) and a 6-steps special treatment to the fretboard for an even more comfortable playing. It has the following sub series: RGT Prestige (neck-Thru) and the RGA Prestige (Arch-top and fixed bridge).

• Ibanez S, also known as the Saber series, is a series of guitars that are famous for having ergonomic and lightweight mahogany bodies. It has the following sub series:
  • S - The S uses the "zero resistance" Floating tremolo, which enables the string to stay even more in tune. Also available as S Prestige, High-end range which are made in Japan/Korea - S2170, S4170 AB.
  • SZ - The SZ have hardtail bridges and thru-bodies. Also available as SZ Prestige, high-end range which are made in Japan/Korea.
  • SA - The SA is basically the features are flatback body (S use curved back), and have synchronized tremolo instead. Also, the basic SA models utlizes hidden plate bolt on neck design. Subseries include SAS, basic SA models with Set-in neck design, and SA Prestige

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• RX/RT series. Superstrat design but with 22 frets instead. Only exist as GRX (budget model of RX/RT series).
• AX series. gibson SG copy; only exist as GAX model
• Axstar (aka Axstar by Ibanez) discontinued
• EDR/EXR - Ergodyne series; discontinued
• Artist Series: Gibson Les Paul copies
• ARC-100/300 (Retro Series)
• ARX-100/300 (Retro Series)
• AR-100/200 (black vintage top)
• Ibanez Artcore Series - Ibanez's Full and semi-hollow guitar line. Subseries are
  • AF (Full hollow)
  • AK (Full Hollow)
  • AFS-75t (Full hollow vintage vibrato)
  • AG (Full hollow)
  • AS (Semi hollow)
  • AM (Semi hollow)
  • AXD (Semi and Full hollow)
  • AWD (Semi and Full hollow)
  • FWD (Semi and Full hollow)
• Jetking - A modern remake of the Ibanez Rhythm maker
• Radius series - discontinued; a modified version is now taken over by the Joe Satriani signature series; features multi-radius neck
• RS - Roadstar - Consists of the Talman, Radius and Saber series
• EX - Manufactured in Korea.
• X series - Star shaped, hardtail guitars
• PL - Pro Line series
• RR - Rocket Roll
• DT - Destroyer
• IC - Iceman
• CN - Concert Series This was a short live series produced in 1978 and 1978 then discontinued. It features an asymmetric double cutaway with two humbuckers, hard tail and bolt on necl. The top end model (the CN250) was one of the earliest guitars to feature the half vine inlay on the finger board
• Maxxas
• Ibanez j.custom Previously Japan exclusive custom range. Now available worldwide.
• U.S.A. custom - USA custom range.
• Cimar

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Signature models

• Stanley Jordan Signature series.
• JS — Joe Satriani Signature
• Universe and JEM — Steve Vai designed guitar
• PGM — Paul Gilbert Signature
• JPM — John Petrucci Signature
• DMM1 - Daron Malakian Signature
• AT — Andy Timmons Signature
• MMM — Mike Mushok Signature
• MFM — Marty Friedman Signature
• MTM — Mick Thomson Signature
• NDM — Noodles Signature
• GB — George Benson Signature
• PM — Pat Metheny Signature
• VV — Vinnie Vincent V Signature (only one made appearing in the Vinnie Vincent Invasion 'Love Kills' video, Vinnie fell on hard times and Ibanez decided not to go into production).
• JSM — John Scofield Signature
• FGM — Frank Gambale Signature
• K7 — Korn Signature
• MBM1 — Matt Bachand Signature
• Xiphos - Muhammed Suicmez Signature (modified version of XPT700)
• Brian 'Head' Welch and James 'Munky' Shaffer of Korn use the Ibanez K7, their own custom made electric 7-stringed guitar. Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu uses a K5 Bass guitar when with Korn. Currently, Munky uses a custom Apex version of the K7 model.

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New Guitars for 2007

• Xiphos - XPT700 (X-Series)
• V-Blade - VBT700 (X-Series)
• RG 8-String - RG2228 (RG Series)

Bass guitars

• ARTCORE Series
• Blazer
• BTB Series
  • BTB Prestige - High-end range which are made in Korea.
• DWB Series
• EDA Series
• EDB Series
• EDC Series
• EWB Series
• GAXB Series
• GSR Series
  • GSR 205 - Nominated for Ibanez's "Best of Model" award
• GWB Series
• ICB Series
• JUMPSTART Series
• K5 Series
• Musician Series
• ROADGEAR Series
• SR Series
  • SR Prestige - High-end range which are made in Korea.

Headstock from an ARTCORE series guitar

• SRX Series
• SDGR Series
• ATK Series
• Ex series
• Roadstar Series
• S series
• TR Series

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Acoustic guitars

• AE Series
• AES Series
• AW Series
• DT Series
• EP9 Series
• EW Series
• GA Series
• JAMPACK Series
• MANDOLIN Series
• MASA Series
• PF Series
• TALMAN Series
• V Series
• Concord
• SAGE Series

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Ibanez endorsers, past and present

Main article: List of Ibanez players

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Effect pedals

Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo 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. Hoshino 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 in 2002. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (900x727, 60 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Delay (audio effect) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (900x727, 60 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Delay (audio effect) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... An effects pedal, or stomp box, is an effects unit housed in a small metal chassis, used by musicians, usually electric guitar players as a guitar effects pedal, but sometimes players of other instruments including keyboards, violin, or cello. ...

Tube Screamers

Main article: Ibanez Tube Screamer

Based on the earlier Overdrive I and II pedals, Hoshino began releasing the first Ibanez Tube Screamer, the TS-808 in the late 1970s. These contained the famed JRC4558D integrated circuit (IC). Many players consider this one of the best solid state pedals to emulate the sound produced by an overdriven vacuum tube guitar amplifier. Ibanez Tube Screamer exterior The Ibanez Tube Screamer is a distortion effects pedal produced by Ibanez. ... Integrated circuit of Atmel Diopsis 740 System on Chip showing memory blocks, logic and input/output pads around the periphery Microchips with a transparent window, showing the integrated circuit inside. ... In electronics, solid state circuits are those that do not contain vacuum tubes. ... Overdrive in the field of rock music, is a term used for an electric guitar amplifier when turned up, usually deliberately, to the point where distortion (clipping) is clearly audible in the output signal. ... Structure of a vacuum tube diode Structure of a vacuum tube triode In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube, or (outside North America) thermionic valve or just valve, is a device used to amplify, switch or modify a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space. ... An instrument amplifier is an electronic amplifier designed for use with an electric or electronic musical instrument, such as an electric guitar. ...

Over the years, Hoshino 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. In 1992, Hoshino began re-issuing the Ibanez TS-9. Then in 1996, Hoshino added a CE mark to the back of the Ibanez pedal, which is required for it to be sold in Europe. It has been suggested that Determining emf of primary cells using potentiometer be merged into this article or section. ... The constructional details of CE mark The CE mark (officially CE marking) is a mandatory conformity mark on many products placed on the single market in the European Economic Area (EEA). ...

In the early 1990s, Hoshino 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. Post-2002 circuit boards say Ibanez instead of Maxon.

Due to popular demand, Hoshino 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)

• F = FujiGen
• YYXXXXX format
• YY = year (98=1998)
• XXXXX = production number

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• F = FujiGen
• H = Terada
• I = Ida Gakki (Iida)
• YXXXXX format
• Y = year (2=1992)
• XXXXX = production number

1975-1986

• FujiGen
• MYYXXXX format
• M = Month (A = Jan to L = Dec)
• YY = year (82=1982)
• XXXX = production number

Korean Ibanez Serial Numbers

C = Cort, S = Samick(1990-1995),S/SQ = Saehan(Sunghan), P = Peerless (Iida), Y = Yoojin, A = Sae-In.

• YYMMXXXX format
• YY = year (03=2003)
• MM = month (01=Jan..12=Dec)
• XXXX = production number

E = Sung Eum

• YMMXXXX format
• Y = year (9=1999)
• MM = month (01=Jan..12=Dec)
• XXXX = production number

W = World

• MYXXXX format
• M=month (1=Jan .. 9=Sep, X=Oct..Z=Dec)
• Y=year (3=2003)
• XXXX = production number

Indonesian Ibanez Serial Numbers

I = Cort Indonesia, K = KWO

• YYMMXXXXX format
• YY = year (03=2003)
• MM = month (01=Jan..12=Dec)
• XXXXX = production number

Chinese Ibanez Serial Numbers

Z = Yeou Chern, J=Sejung

• YYMMXXXXX format
• YY = year (03=2003)
• MM = month (01=Jan..12=Dec)
• XXXXX = production number

Odd Ibanez Serial Numbers

• 2940000 Acoustic
• 2 = Cort Taejan
• YYXXXX format
• YY = year (94=1994)
• XXXX = production number

Older Acoustic

• YYMM (Kato)
• YY = year (82=1982)
• MM = month (01=Jan..12=Dec)

Silver Cadet model

• Z = Woo-sin

References/External links

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• Official site
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