Ibanez guitars in the 2020s

Through the 2020s, Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. controlled the Ibanez name, and 4 plants built it: Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified), FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified) and Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

5 eras touch the 2020s across 5 lines. Nothing changed inside the decade, so every Ibanez from these years is the same version on its line.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at
2020	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified), Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified), Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8]}
2021	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified), Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified), Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8]}
2022	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified), Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified), Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8]}
2023	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified), Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified), Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8]}
2024	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified), Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified), Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8]}
2025	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified), Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified), Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8]}
2026	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen, Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified), Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified), Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8]}

Eras in the 2020s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Ibanez GIO	1997–now	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	Chinese contractors for Ibanez GIO (unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}
Ibanez Indonesia Standard	1990–now	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	No plant on record	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige)	1981–now	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	FujiGen	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
Ibanez Korea	1985–now	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	Korean builders for Ibanez (unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7]}
Ibanez Premium (Indonesia)	2010–now	Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd.	Ibanez Indonesian Premium facility (operator unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8]}

Other brands in the 2020s

Ibanez, year by year

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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.

1
Wikipedia: wiki/Hoshino Gakkigraded community
- "1981: Hoshino changes company name… to Hoshino Gakki"Ibanez in the 2020s: owners and plants
- "1969: Hoshino Gakki Ten starts to use the FujiGen… factory"Ibanez in the 2020s: owners and plants
2
Wikipedia: wiki/Ibanez Icemangraded community
3
Hoshino Gakki Co. Ltd. Company Historygraded secondary
- The following year, the company changed its own name to Hoshino Gakki Co.Ibanez in the 2020s: owners and plants
4
Hoshino Gakki (Wikipedia)graded community
- Hoshino changes company name from Hoshino Gakki Ten to Hoshino GakkiIbanez in the 2020s: owners and plants
5
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 2020s: owners and plants
6
Wikipedia: wiki/Ibanez GIOgraded community
- "produced in either China or Indonesia"Ibanez in the 2020s: owners and plants
7
Wikipedia: wiki/Ibanezgraded community
- "also been made in other Asian countries such as Korea, China, and Indonesia"Ibanez in the 2020s: owners and plants
8
Wikipedia: wiki/Ibanez RGgraded community
- "Mid-tier guitars produced in a special facility set up in Indonesia."Ibanez in the 2020s: owners and plants

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