Ibanez guitars in the 1960s

Through the 1960s, Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc. controlled the Ibanez name, and 3 plants built it: FujiGen, Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified) and Teisco (Ibanez; city unverified).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

3 eras touch the 1960s across 2 lines. The version changed in 1966 and 1969. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Ibanez.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
1960	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1961	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1962	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1963	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1964	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1965	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1966	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Teisco (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}	yes
1967	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Teisco (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1968	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Teisco (Ibanez; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
1969	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Teisco (Ibanez; city unverified), FujiGen^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}	yes

Eras in the 1960s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige)	1969–1981	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	FujiGen	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
Ibanez Japan early (Tama, Teisco)	1935–1966	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Tama Seisakusho (Ibanez; city unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
Ibanez Japan early (Tama, Teisco)	1966–1970	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	Teisco (Ibanez; city unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

Other brands in the 1960s

Ibanez, year by year

1930s

1940s

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Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

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Wikipedia: wiki/Hoshino Gakkigraded community
- "1929: The Hoshino company starts Hoshino Gakki Ten Inc."Ibanez in the 1960s: owners and plants
- "1969: Hoshino Gakki Ten starts to use the FujiGen… factory"Ibanez in the 1960s: owners and plants
2
特集！Ibanezインタビュー！～歴史編～ (Ibanez interview: history)graded community
- 昭和4年（1929年）には別会社として星野書店から独立したのですがIbanez in the 1960s: owners and plants
3
Ibanez (Ibanez Wiki)graded community
- The Ibanez brand name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador Ibáñez é Hijos guitars from Spain.Ibanez in the 1960s: owners and plants
4
Hoshino Gakki Co. Ltd. Company Historygraded secondary
- By 1929, Hoshino established its own musical instruments company, Hoshino Gakki Ten,Ibanez in the 1960s: owners and plants
5
Wikipedia: wiki/Ibanezgraded community
- "After the Tama factory stopped manufacturing guitars in 1966"Ibanez in the 1960s: owners and plants
- "After the Teisco String Instrument factory closed in 1970"Ibanez in the 1960s: owners and plants

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