Ibanez
A Short History Of A Company With A Long History
In 1908 when a
company named Hoshino began as a sheet music store and later music
products distributor in Nagoya Japan.
By the mid-80´s with the interest in instrumental rock guitar on the rise, Ibanez collaborated with players such as Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Paul Gilbert and brought out the JEM, JS, RG and S models. Today, present day versions such as these models still considered the standard in hard rock and instrumental rock guitars.
As well known for its jazz
guitars as it is for rock, Ibanez has an impressive line of jazz boxes
including the aforementioned George Benson models, two Pat Metheny
models, and most recently, the new John Scofield signature
semi-acoustic.
One final note...Ibanez is also one of the top
selling bass companies in the world (in many places the top selling
bass). Ibanez first drew attention in the 70´s and 80´s with its
neck-thru Musician basses with active electronics. Today, Ibanez offers
the huge number of 4, 5, and 6 basses in the Soundgear as well as the
basses of the future, the luthite-bodied Ergodynes.
