Ibanez guitars in the 1980s

Through the 1980s, Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc. and Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. controlled the Ibanez name, and 2 plants built it: FujiGen and Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

3 eras touch the 1980s across 2 lines. The version changed in 1981 and 1985. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Ibanez.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
1980	Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc.	FujiGen^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1981	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7]}	yes
1982	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7]}
1983	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7]}
1984	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7]}
1985	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified)^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8]}	yes
1986	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified)^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8]}
1987	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified)^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8]}
1988	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified)^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8]}
1989	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified)^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8]}

Eras in the 1980s

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 (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige)	1981–now	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen	community^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7]}
Ibanez Korea	1985–now	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified)	community^{[1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8]}

Other brands in the 1980s

Ibanez, year by year

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1940s

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1970s

1980s

1990s

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2010s

2020s

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.

1
Wikipedia: wiki/Hoshino Gakkigraded community
- "1929: The Hoshino company starts Hoshino Gakki Ten Inc."Ibanez in the 1980s: owners and plants
- "1969: Hoshino Gakki Ten starts to use the FujiGen… factory"Ibanez in the 1980s: owners and plants
- "1981: Hoshino changes company name… to Hoshino Gakki"Ibanez in the 1980s: 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 1980s: 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 1980s: 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 1980s: owners and plants
- The following year, the company changed its own name to Hoshino Gakki Co.Ibanez in the 1980s: owners and plants
5
Wikipedia: wiki/Ibanez Icemangraded community
6
Hoshino Gakki (Wikipedia)graded community
- Hoshino changes company name from Hoshino Gakki Ten to Hoshino GakkiIbanez in the 1980s: owners and plants
7
星野楽器(株) インターネットエラベル企業情報graded secondary
- 設立 1981年11月Ibanez in the 1980s: owners and plants
8
Wikipedia: wiki/Ibanezgraded community
- "also been made in other Asian countries such as Korea, China, and Indonesia"Ibanez in the 1980s: owners and plants

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