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Ibanez guitars have also been produced in South Korea since the early 1990s. Many of the guitars from that period are popular objects for collectors.įor over 50 years the guitar building company Fujigen has been a partner of Hoshino, they built the Ibanez electric guitars. This period is also called "Golden Years of Ibanez". In the 1980s own designs were introduced such as the, Performer, Musician and Iceman Models. In 1970 they focus more on producing cheaper but comparable models of the great USA brands like Gibson, Fender and Rickenbacker.ĭespite their cheaper production, the replicas of Ibanez have a high quality and are therefore a strong competitor for the USA brands. In the late 1960s, the guitars were provided with in "spaghetti-style" These were guitars with many buttons and switches and had no logo. In 1967 the first Ibanez guitars were imported by Elger Company, USA. Ibanez was now the main brand of Hoshino, but they also producedĭrum kits were also made with the brand name "Tama".įrom 1966 however, it was decided no more build guitars for other companies. The company was named "Tama Seisakusho" as a tribute to the wife of Yoshitaro Hoshino. Just in 1962 was Jumpei Hoshino decided to build his own guitars again.Ī new factory was built where now also amplifiers and electric guitars It had an output of more than 1000 guitars a month.Īfter the World War II, during which the factory was completely destroyed, the import of musical instruments was resumed slowly around 1950. The company exported many guitars to other Asian countries and in 1937 Meanwhile, his four sons were also part of the venture and the company Hoshino Gakki was founded.Ī factory was built near their headquartersįor production of their own guitar line that could accommodate around 30 employees.įrom now on the "Salvador Ibanez" guitar was called "Ibanez". More and more instruments were imported such as mandolins from Italy and drum kits from Ludwig from Germany.īecause the request of guitars could no longer be met, Yoshitaro decided to build guitars themselve. In 1929 he was succeeded by his son Yoshitaro Hoshino. Tokai currently make the Kanda Shokai Zemaitis and Talbo models.In 1908 Matsujiro Hoshino started a bookstore that sold books and sheet music as well musical instruments.įrom 1921, instruments from Europe and the USA were also imported, including classical guitars from the Spanish luthier Salvador Ibanez. Atlansia have supplied body and neck parts for Greco models as well. Kanda Shokai stopped using the open book headstock design on Greco Gibson replica models around the early 1990s and then concentrated on their other model lines and Fender Japan.
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The no serial Greco guitars made by Tokai have square shaped routing holes at the bottom of the pickup cavities whereas the no serial Greco guitars made by Cor-Tek (Cort) have thinner rectangle shaped routing holes at the bottom of the pickup cavities. Other higher priced no serial Greco Les Paul and SG models were made by Tōkai and the Les Paul models have an EG-75 or EGC-75 model number stamped in the pickup cavity and sometimes have fret edge binding. The Cor-Tek made Greco guitars have square shaped, brick like nuts with no slope and also often have shielding paint in the pickup and control cavities.
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The lower priced no serial number Greco Les Paul and SG models were made by Cor-Tek (Cort) and usually have Cor-Tek (Cort) potentiometers. Some Greco open book headstock Gibson replicas starting from around 1988 had no serial numbers. Most of the Greco open book headstock Gibson replicas were made by FujiGen Gakki. Since the mid 1990s Greco models have used other serial number formats as well. Sometimes a month letter is used in an MYPPPP format.
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Greco Gibson replicas started using serial numbers around 1975 and pre 1975 models had a Greco logo that looked like "Gneco".įrom the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s Greco models have mostly used 2 serial number formats for non Acoustic models. Greco guitars have been made by Matsumoku, Fuji-Gen Gakki, Dyna Gakki and others as well.
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