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[[Ibanez]] (アイバニーズ Aibanīzu?) (pronounced [aɪˈbænɛz] in English) is a well known guitar manufacturer based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, the company was started by Hoshino Gakki in 1978.
The Hoshino Gakki company began in 1900 as a musical instrument sales division of the Hoshino Shoten bookstore company. In 1935 they began manufacturing their own stringed instruments. The company had little presence in the Western world until the mid-1960s.
