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Luong Tran

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Jun 26, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/26/99
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Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?


catali...@my-deja.com

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Pretty sure it doen't mean anything in Japanese as all Japanese words
either end in a vowell or an 'n'. No 'z's.


In article <3775052D...@erols.com>,


Luong Tran <luong...@erols.com> wrote:
> Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?
>
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catali...@my-deja.com

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although it could be something abbreaviated. Probably someones family
name.

catalinbread

it

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it is simply "Zenabi" backwards - which is simply "Ibanez" backwards - which
is simply..........

Charvel750

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>In article <3775052D...@erols.com>,
> Luong Tran <luong...@erols.com> wrote:
>> Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?
>>

Ibeenhad

catali...@my-deja.com

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zenabi, awe now we are dealing with proper Japanese spellings.

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In article <93042015...@news.remarQ.com>,

Mark

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On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 12:52:00 -0400, Luong Tran <luong...@erols.com>
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>Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?

It's a Spanish name. The Ibanez company called their guitars that
because they didn't want them to sound Japanese. The actual name of
the company is Fuji Gen Gakki, if I'm not mistaken.


david prang

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Ibanez is a spanish name, hoshino is the original but back then(the 60's)
people didn't want japanese anything so they opted for the spanish name

go to http://www.edromanguitars.com/closeiba.htm for ibanez backround info

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david prang

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Jun 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/27/99
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Fuji Gen Gakki is the japanese manufacturer of fender guitars

>>Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?
>

jnjnl

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From my experiance with their guitars I would guess it stands for crappy

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Johan Li (CAS)

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How is Ibanez pronounced?

Ee-BAH-nez?
Ee-buh-nez?
I-bah-nez?
I-buh-nez?

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Matthew Bohne

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Jun 28, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/28/99
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eye - baa - nez

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Adrian Clark

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jnjnl <jn...@chibardun.net> wrote:

From my experience with their guitars I would guess it stands for bloody
excellent... no, let's not get into an Ibanez war!

I don't think it actually "stands" for anything in Japanese; Ibanez is a
Spanish name, so presumably the company founders were trying to attract
people with a Spanish-sounding brand name.


Adrian

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Matt,
That would have been a good laugh if you had told him the I was silent.......
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James Davis

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"david prang" <david...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Fuji Gen Gakki is the japanese manufacturer of fender guitars
>

Fuji Gen Gakki is actually the manufacturer of MANY of the guitars
seen here in the states. As long as you have the money, they'll make
guitars for almost anyone. Ibanez, Fender, and many more,,,

Later,
James


The Andrews

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I think Ibanez is the name of the spanish guy who sold the company to the
japanese.

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Mitch Lane

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Ya really gotta wonder what ALL thosed Japanese names mean. Like
Hitachi means " Yankee fool buy our crap" and Toshiba means
" Suckers"..............................??


On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 12:52:00 -0400, Luong Tran <luong...@erols.com>
wrote:

>Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?
>


Mitch Lane, Windsor,N.S.,Canada
e-mail: mitchda...@ns.sympatico.ca

D A

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Jun 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/29/99
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This is an easy one. Ibanez is slang word for " I Been Had ". DAve


Adrian Clark

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Johan Li (CAS) <j...@brill.acomp.usf.edu> wrote:

> How is Ibanez pronounced?
>
> Ee-BAH-nez?
> Ee-buh-nez?
> I-bah-nez?
> I-buh-nez?

I always say "EYE-ba-nez", which is what most people in Britain seem to
say. Any Spanish speakers here who can tell us the real pronunciation?
Or anyone who works for Ibanez in Japan and can tell us how the company
intended the Japanese version to be pronounced?

Adrian


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Adrian Clark

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Mitch Lane <mitchda...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Ya really gotta wonder what ALL thosed Japanese names mean. Like
> Hitachi means " Yankee fool buy our crap" and Toshiba means
> " Suckers"..............................??

Not just the Japanese, either. In the new language of the New Millenial
Consumer Experience (TM), "McDonalds" means "We know you love eating
dogshit in a bread roll" and "Budweiser" means "I've pissed in this
bottle; do you like it?"

ADM

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Whilst "Ford" translates to: "Yes - we know it's shit, but we don't care
because you will buy it anyway"
"Kentucky Fried Chicken" means "Dead anaemic rat meat cut up, battered and
slightly cooked for your enjoyment"


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Scott Christian-Berg

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Everyone I know pronounces it "EYE-buh-nez". But there is a spanish surname
(not japanese) which has a "tilde" over the "n" so the spanish pronunciation
is "ee-BAHN-yez."


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remove-to-reply Matt Friedman

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Scott Christian-Berg <christ...@email.msn.com> wrote in
<#Ju574kw#GA.346@cpmsnbbsa03>:

>Everyone I know pronounces it "EYE-buh-nez". But there is a spanish
>surname (not japanese) which has a "tilde" over the "n" so the spanish
>pronunciation is "ee-BAHN-yez."

But wouldn't that be ee-BAHN-yeth?

MF

dgallo

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Here in Spain we have always said "ee-ba-neth". Yes, Ibañez is a commun
surname here, but the guitar company has nothing to do with Spain, we don't
know where that name comes from, so we pronunce it with no "ñ" because the
name hasn't! Just that simple.


remove-to-reply Matt Friedman

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dgallo <dga...@pasanet.es> wrote in <7ldc14$b7d$1...@talia.mad.ttd.net>:

>Here in Spain we have always said "ee-ba-neth". Yes, Ibañez is a commun
>surname here, but the guitar company has nothing to do with Spain, we
>don't know where that name comes from, so we pronunce it with no "ñ"
>because the name hasn't! Just that simple.

So, we could all play our ee-ba-neths, while we drink ther-vay-thas in
the thunshine of tha-ra-go-tha, no? :-)

[I have a Spanish friend who always used to insist on the PROPER
pronunciations...]

MF


ADM

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Didn't that Spanish lithpy thang come from an old Spanish king who had a
lisp - and all the sycophantic courtiers used to talk the same way ?

>
>MF
>

Steven L. Collins

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Ibanez = Heee Heee Heeee.

The Ibanez guitar factory is a little north of Philidelphia, PA. in the
good old USA. Funny how people naver read the fine print in the
literature that comes with the guitars they buy??? :-)

Ibanez,
Steven


Chip of Known Space

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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:27:03 -0400 (EDT), X6...@webtv.net (D A) wrote:

>This is an easy one. Ibanez is slang word for " I Been Had ". DAve


You've only been had if you let a stupid Epiphone ad influence you.


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Sir F.Drake

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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 13:59:31 GMT, m...@total.net(remove-to-reply) (Matt Friedman) wrote:

>Scott Christian-Berg <christ...@email.msn.com> wrote in
><#Ju574kw#GA.346@cpmsnbbsa03>:
>
>>Everyone I know pronounces it "EYE-buh-nez". But there is a spanish
>>surname (not japanese) which has a "tilde" over the "n" so the spanish
>>pronunciation is "ee-BAHN-yez."
>
>But wouldn't that be ee-BAHN-yeth?
>
>MF

THE REAL name is : IBAÑEZ (SPAIN)


Sir F.Drake

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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:20:09 +0200, "dgallo" <dga...@pasanet.es> wrote:

YES!!! TRY >>>ALT- 165 o ALT-164 you will get the Сс ;-)

Devon Lougheed

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In article <9311093...@www.remarq.com>, craig <anon...@web.remarq.com> wrote:
>translated it means"buy a Gibson or Fender"
>
>
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Spoken by a true Gibson or Fender owner.

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Luong Tran <luong...@erols.com> wrote in <3775052D...@erols.com>:

>Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?

Just found out today that there's a player on the French national Rugby
team names Ibanez...

Not that rugby has much to do with guitars...

MF


John & Kellie Forster

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A Gibson Fender doesn't quite do it for me. They don't have the flexibility.

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Paul Mckay

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Flexibility is the word. Miy Ibanez JS100 has tappable humbuckers.
I get a ballsy humbucker tone, and a fairly nice single-coil tone at the
pull of a pot.

And it cost about half the price of the 'Pay for the name on the headstock'
fenders and gibsons.

And it looks really nice.

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Jerry

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Well, I'm an Ibanezer all the way! I have 3 Icemen and although each has it's
own personality, they are awesome in their own way. The Paul Stanley model is
not only hot looking but it has great action and tone. The 1994 IC500 looks
great and sounds hot! The IC300, although the bottom feeder of the bunch, is
no slouch when using for abusive practice.

They look great, sound great and cost a fraction of what a Fender or Gibson
tonal twin would cost. I'm not at all interested in shelling out twice as much
money for a guitar simply because it has a "Cadillac" name inlayed on the
headstock!

craig

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Jul 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/10/99
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they sound way too thin you really have to EQ the hell out
of them to make them sound good,but I do have to say those
Iceman's do sound good.amp makers are all trying to make
their amps sound like a Fender or a Marshall just like all
guitar companies are trying to make their guitars sound
like a Fender or Gibson

craig

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I figure I'll get a bunch of shit over my previous message
but it's the truth

craig

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they do have the flexibility you just have to know how to
do it

Tony Meloche

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craig wrote:
>
> they do have the flexibility you just have to know how to
> do it


Interesting thread. I've never been too shaken up by the Ibanez
solids, but I do think they are a good guitar for the money, and I'm
impressed by the strong *owner loyalty* they have.

The Old Guy


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Musiclover

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Allright!!! An Ibanez war! Anybody who says Ibanez is crap
has obviously never played one of their American-made
Signature series. I own a Gary Willis Signature Series
5-string fretless bass. IT'S AWESOME!

E.G.

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Even the Korean made Ibanez's are really good quality and a good price too.
Not crap at all!


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Gorblimey

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Jul 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/20/99
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But that's a bass, and Ibanez know how to make basses.
P
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BdaC

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I've never had a problem with my UV77MC. As with most guitar brands, you get
what you pay for.

BdaC

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John Sessoms

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42

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John Sessoms <jses...@nospam.pagesz.net> wrote in message
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> 42

Aha! NOW I can finish the design for my Infinite Improbability Drive!
Thanks SO much!!!!
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ljstarin

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You have a good memory for old shows, did you ever watch the Black Adder?
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m

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What was that question again?

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John Sessoms

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Some of them. A&E carried it for a while, and it was on the Local PBS station
late at night back when I had a TV.

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> You have a good memory for old shows, did you ever watch the Black Adder?
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gabriel...@gmail.com

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Thank you that's my last name I've been trying to see how it's connected to guitars

Neil

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On 5/6/2017 3:46 PM, gabriel...@gmail.com wrote:
> Thank you that's my last name I've been trying to see how it's connected to guitars
>
You might find it interesting, and perhaps even surprising...

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibanez>

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On Sat, 6 May 2017 18:08:05 -0400, Neil <ne...@myplaceofwork.com>
wrote:

>You might find it interesting, and perhaps even surprising...
>
><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibanez>

Friends don't let friends shred...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ibanez_UV777.jpg

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On Saturday, June 26, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Luong Tran wrote:
> Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?

Nope

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yea

NoName

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Mass Produced Shit copied from Fender and Gibson ?



Fenris

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>> Does anybody know what "Ibanez" stands for in Japanese?

It not japanese. It's the name of the spanish luthier Salvador Ibanez the
company imported guitar back in the 1920th.

John Barron

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You do realize you're responding to a 20 year old post.

lulupa...@gmail.com

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It's never too late to troll!

Lulu ; )

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On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:27:12 -0500, John Barron <psy...@att.com>
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Vintage

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