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| Guitars: | 4,374 |
| Basses: | 1,093 |
| Ukuleles: | 31 |
| Mandolins: | 9 |
| Banjoes: | 5 |
Ibanez (アイバニーズ, Aibanīzu) is a Japanese guitar brand which is owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki was one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe.
Ibanez sells electric and acoustic guitars and basses and other stringed instruments such as ukuleles, mandolins and banjos. In addition, they offer guitar and bass amplifiers and a range of other related accessories.
While production and distribution of guitars under the Ibanez brand began much earlier, the company gained notoriety outside its native Japan when it started importing Ibanez guitars to the United States in the mid-1960s. These first efforts were funky-looking creations which sold at the low end of the guitar market, primarily in department stores. But the company's products continued to move up the quality ladder until the company was perceived as a legitimate market force, selling what were essentially copies of other companies' designs in the mid-1970s. A patent lawsuit from Gibson ended the sales of those copies, but Ibanez had by then gained a foothold in the guitar market globally. (more...)
Guitars by year[]
2020s: 2025 (613 models) / 2024 (624) / 2023 (624) / 2022 (676) / 2021 (608) / 2020 (639)
2010s: 2019 (633 models) / 2018 (622) / 2017 (749) / 2016 (729) / 2015 (692) / 2014 (623) / 2013 (516) / 2012 (477) / 2011 (451) / 2010 (424)
2000s: 2009 (400 models) / 2008 (355) / 2007 (310) / 2006 (275) / 2005 (238) / 2004 (259) / 2003 (250) / 2002 (235) / 2001 (219) / 2000 (205)
1990s: 1999 (202 models) / 1998 (259) / 1997 (242) / 1996 (202) / 1995 (198) / 1994 (168) / 1993 (161) / 1992 (200) / 1991 (169) / 1990 (149)
1980s: 1989 (148 models) / 1988 (80) / 1987 (86) / 1986 (108) / 1985 (98) / 1984 (99) / 1983 (107) / 1982 (116) / 1981 (111) / 1980 (143)
1970s: 1979 (145 models) / 1978 (171) / 1977 (150) / 1976 (238) / 1975 (197) / 1974 (165) / 1973 (91) / 1972 (68) / 1971 (64) / 1970 (4)
Guitars by type/series[]
Guitars by quality line[]
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- ↑ The numbers in this infobox are based on the number of models indluded in the correct categories. The more models are added, the more accurate the numbers.