In 1981, Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. controlled the Ibanez name. Its one line on record was built at FujiGen (Japan).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
A Ibanez guitar from 1981 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Ibanez you have. The name dates from 1935no source, 46 years before.
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.
The Ibanez brand name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador Ibáñez é Hijos guitars from Spain.Era ends: Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige), 1981