A Short History of Ibanez Guitars

We all know the big two guitar companies are Fender and Gibson. Many of us who play guitar also have our smaller favorite companies: Godin, G&L — heck, even Harley Benton.

There is one company, however, that is often overlooked, even though it has a “seat at the big boy table.” In fact, Ibanez is the third-largest guitar manufacturer on the planet, and yet (in my opinion) they don’t get the love they deserve.

An Ibanez S570B electric guitar. (Photo by Preetam Jinka, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)