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From 1982, Ibanez guitars have also been sold in Japan as well as being sold outside of Japan 6.

The company had little presence in the Western world until the mid-1960s.

The Ibanez name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki started importing Salvador Ibanez acoustic guitars into Japan from the famous Spanish luthier Salvador Ibez (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), 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.

Some of the late 1960s Ibanez designs were similar to Hagstrm and Eko guitar designs and Hoshino Gakki used the Teisco and FujiGen Gakki guitar factories to manufacture Ibanez branded guitars after they stopped manufacturing their own guitars in 1966.

After the Teisco guitar factory closed down in 19691970 Hoshino Gakki used the FujiGen Gakki guitar factory to make most of the Ibanez branded guitars and the Ibanez headstock logo also changed from a metal logo to a more modern decal logo.

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 1970s mark a low point in the quality of guitars from the major manufacturers, which helped contribute to the popularity of the Ibanez copies.

The company has produced its own unique guitar designs ever since.

The late 1980s and early 1990s were an important period for Hoshino Gakkis Ibanez brand.

Ibanez Rg Series Which Were

Hoshino Gakkis relationship with Frank Zappas former guitarist Steve Vai resulted in the introduction of the Ibanez JEM and the Ibanez Universe models and after the earlier successes of the Ibanez Roadstar and Ibanez Iceman models in the late 1970searly 1980s, Hoshino Gakki entered the superstrat market with the Ibanez RG series which were a low priced version of the Ibanez JEM model 4.

Tama acoustic guitars were made from 1974-1979 at the Tama Drum factory.

In 1979 the Tama acoustic guitars were renamed to the Ibanez 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.

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, but by Hoshino Gakki, who contracts guitar factories to make Ibanez branded guitars.

There were many Japanese guitar distributors in the 1970s1980s operating in Japan and cooperating with overseas guitar distributors that used their own brand names and sometimes had their guitars built in the same FujiGen guitar factory that Hoshino was using.

Some of the brand names associated with Jack Westheimer were Cortez, Pearl, Kingston, Teisco, Silvertone and many others.

There were also guitar brand names owned by the Japanese guitar making factories such as Westone by the Matsumoku guitar factory and Kasuga by the Kasuga guitar factory.

Cimar guitars were not produced by Hoshino Gakki but Cimar by Ibanez guitars were produced for Hoshino Gakki by Cimar 5.

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.

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