The History of Ibanez Guitar:

The Modernist Guitars

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Ibanez guitars have built a name and reputation for themselves. Not only does the guitar itself have a rich and varied history but the companies that manufacture them are interesting as well.

The company that manufactures Ibanez guitars, Hoshino Gakki of Japan, went through a period of lawsuits for copying various models of Gibson, Fender and Rickenbacker guitars. Ibanez then settled the matter out of court and began producing their own original guitar designs and vastly improved the quality of their products.

Steve Vai, Pat Metheny, Joe Satriani, Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman from The Offspring all work their magic on Ibanez guitars. Many more artists have discovered Ibanez instruments. In 1964 Harry Rosenbloom, founder of Elger Guitars ended guitar building and became a guitar importer, signed on to be the North American distributors for the Hoshino Gakki Gen Company, the maker of Ibanez guitars.

Today Ibanez produces not only guitars, both electric and acoustic, but amps, effects boxes and assorted other guitar paraphernalia.

Ibanez Guitars

There are a few different types of Ibanez. There are also a couple of low-end models geared towards beginners. An example would be the Ibanez Gio.

the middle class of their guitars mainly the RG series.The RG’s are great second guitars.

The next up from the RG series is the Ibanez S Series with their extremely thin body. It measures ¾ in. to 1 in. thick. They have ZR (Zero Resistance) Tremolo and a Wizard II neck. There is also the SA and SZ series which have 22 frets and no floating tremolos. Their bodies are curved, similar to the S.

The Ibanez guitar flagship series, The RG Prestige,are for the more serious players. The Prestige series guitars usually contain an Edge Pro Tremolo, Prestige neck, and the ever so famous “Prestige” logo on the head stock.

The only higher quality guitars by Ibanez are either custom made guitars, signature model guitars, or limited editions like the Steve Vai JEM 20th Anniversary Edition.

Overall, mostly all of the Ibanez guitars are very versatile guitars that sound great from clean to death metal distortion. Whether you are a beginner or have been playing your whole life, Ibanez is the right choice.

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