Plant
contract campus
Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan[1]. Built for 3 brands on record.
Builds for Ibanez (long-time), Gretsch (c.2003-06) and others. Geolocated 2026-10-15: head office 長野県松本市平田東3-3-1; Nominatim reached only the 平田東三丁目 centroid; claim C430. Japanese sources say guitar production has moved to Omachi, so this is the HQ, not necessarily where guitars are built.
More: every plant in Japan, the Ibanez lineage, the Epiphone lineage, the Gretsch lineage.
The point marks Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan at city level. It shows the town, not the factory gate. Recorded place[1].
Every headstock this plant has built for, on record. A contract plant can sit behind several brands at once.
| Brand | Lines | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ibanez | Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige) | 1969–now[2, 3] |
| Epiphone | Epiphone Japan special models | 1998–now[3, 4] |
| Gretsch | Gretsch Japan early-Fender-era models | 2003–2006[5, 3] |
The operator is not always the brand owner. Follow a company to see every plant it ran.
| Years | Operator | Source |
|---|---|---|
| undated | FujiGen (Fuji Gen Gakki) | community[3] |
| Years | Brand | Line | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–now | Ibanez | Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige) | full build | community[2] |
| 1970–now | Ibanez | Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige) | full build | disputed[3] |
| 1998–now | Epiphone | Epiphone Japan special models | full build | community[3, 4] |
| 2003–2006 | Gretsch | Gretsch Japan early-Fender-era models | full build | community[5, 3] |
The plant stays the same across these rows; the company behind the name does not.
| Years | Line | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1981[2, 6, 7, 8] | Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige) | Hoshino Gakki Ten, Inc. | — |
| 1981–now[2, 9, 8, 10, 11] | Ibanez Japan (FujiGen: J Custom, Prestige) | Hoshino Gakki Co., Ltd. | — |
| 2003–2006[12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 5, 3] | Gretsch Japan early-Fender-era models | Fender Musical Instruments Corporation | Fred Gretsch Enterprises, Ltd. (Fred W. and Dinah Gretsch) |
No supply records for this plant yet.
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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