50 years of Ibanez in the USA

Guitar World, 2022-07-14. Graded secondary. Open the original.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Hoshino (U.S.A.) Inc. (formerly Elger Inc.; renamed 1980) distributes Ibanez (USA)^[1]	1971–now	Ibanez, Hoshino (U.S.A.) Inc. (formerly Elger Inc.; renamed 1980)	officially formed a partnership with America's Elger company

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50 years of Ibanez in the USAgraded secondary
- officially formed a partnership with America's Elger companyHoshino (U.S.A.) Inc. (formerly Elger Inc.; renamed 1980) distributes Ibanez (USA), 1971–now

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