How Do You Pronounce Ibanez?

[Hamerhack]

Ee bah nez

Ee bah nay

eye bah nez

Ee ban yeth

?

Apparently Ibanez was a Spanish company and the Japanese owner, who had imported Ibanez guitars, bought the name after the original factory was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War ("The Skeletons of Quinto" comes to mind. Goodnight everybody!)

[Rocktuna]

I've heard 2 ways

Eye bah nez

Ih bah nez

[cmatthes]

"EYE bah nez", is correct.

[BlueRedWhite]

"EYE bah nez", is correct.

wut??

i thought it was EEE BAH ñez

Ibañez...imitating a Spanish name....like Muñoz or Nuñez

I've been pronouncing it bad all my life

Thanks for the info!!

[shredmeister]

Well as they say at the Jackson Forum - I Been Had

[veatch]

Well as they say at the Jackson Forum - I Been Had

:lol::lol:

[Armitage]

"EYE bah nez", is correct.

Seems to be the most common "English" way of saying it.

[tbonesullivan]

proper Spanish pronunciation is:

EE bah nez. However I'm not sure it is even a proper Spanish name. It's just something that a Japanese company made up for the US market.

Most people I know say "EYE BA NEZ"

[bubs_42]

Eye BA Nez is how I pronouce it. But I usually here it pronouced Eye, BIN, NEZ or Eye, BON ,NEZ. I just depends on what part of the country your from I guess.

So is it Ha, mer or Ham, er?

[Scottcrud]

I-Been-Had

[Willie G. Moseley]

"Abrams"

[Steve Haynie]

"Greco's alter ego."

[BubbaVO]

how do you pronounce it in Japanese?

[tomteriffic]

how do you pronounce it in Japanese?

Hoshino.

[Submariner85]

Eye Been Ez

[BlueRedWhite]

Eye BA Nez is how I pronouce it. But I usually here it pronouced Eye, BIN, NEZ or Eye, BON ,NEZ. I just depends on what part of the country your from I guess.

So is it Ha, mer or Ham, er?

Nope, is Hammer...can't touch this

i'll let the veterans explain how it's pronounced...

edited for: dyslexic fingers

[JohnnyB]

"EYE bah nez", is correct.

wut??

i thought it was EEE BAH ñez

Ibañez...imitating a Spanish name....like Muñoz or Nuñez

I've been pronouncing it bad all my life

Thanks for the info!!

Technically, you've been pronouncing it correctly, because that is how Ibanez is pronounced as a Spanish name, and is actually spelled Ibáñez--ee-Bahn-yez (second syllable accented).

Current pronunciation, Eye-bah-nez, is what the name has become--at least stateside--as the pronunciation without any frame of reference became Anglicized.

proper Spanish pronunciation is:

EE bah nez. However I'm not sure it is even a proper Spanish name. It's just something that a Japanese company made up for the US market.

For real Spanish pronunciation, see above. Yes it is a proper Spanish name, as this MLP player can attest. Plus, I saw him in a game and it was pronounced ee-Bahn-yez.

Furthermore, a Japanese company did not "make up the name for the US market."

From Wikipedia, but I've seen the info elsewhere as well:

The Hoshino Gakki company began in 1908 as the musical instrument sales division of the Hoshino Shoten, a bookstore company. The Ibanez brand name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador Ibáñez guitars from Spain. When the "Salvador Ibáñez" workshop was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, the "Ibanez Salvador" guitars were no longer available, so Hoshino Gakki bought the "Ibanez Salvador" brand name rights and started making Spanish acoustic guitars in 1935, at first using the "Ibanez Salvador" brand name, and then later using the "Ibanez" brand name.

So originally the parent Japanese company was distributing guitars of Spanish origin from the Salvador Ibanez company, and at that time the name would have been pronounced ee-Bahn-yez as well.

But if you tried to pronounce Ibanez the guitar in that way, people would look at you funny, so in that context it's Eye-bah-nez.

[David B]

"EYE bah nez", is correct.

I always thought it was this. If I pronounced any other way, I would feel like a dick.

[serial]

I had a bass player who pronounced "Epiphone" like "epiphany".

[thecajunboy]

I had a bass player who pronounced "Epiphone" like "epiphany".

Sure he wasn't talking about Epifani?

[Turdus]

It's actually pronounced "Lawsuit", and this is the only one you'd ever need:

[cmatthes]

Strangely enough, we have not been contacted by RIC's legal team to take that pic down!

Cool bass. The bassist Serial and I played with when we were in 10th grade had that exact same model/finish bass.

[HSB0531]

I ban ez is correct.

[Jorge]

i thought it was EEE BAH ñez

Ibañez...imitating a Spanish name....like Muñoz or Nuñez

I've been pronouncing it bad all my life

Thanks for the info!!

Actually, you have been right!

However I'm not sure it is even a proper Spanish name.

Oh, yes it is.

As is often the case, Mr. JohnyB with the complete and correct answer:

"EYE bah nez", is correct.

wut??

i thought it was EEE BAH ñez

Ibañez...imitating a Spanish name....like Muñoz or Nuñez

I've been pronouncing it bad all my life

Thanks for the info!!

Technically, you've been pronouncing it correctly, because that is how Ibanez is pronounced as a Spanish name, and is actually spelled Ibáñez--ee-Bahn-yez (second syllable accented).

Current pronunciation, Eye-bah-nez, is what the name has become--at least stateside--as the pronunciation without any frame of reference became Anglicized.

proper Spanish pronunciation is:

EE bah nez. However I'm not sure it is even a proper Spanish name. It's just something that a Japanese company made up for the US market.

For real Spanish pronunciation, see above. Yes it is a proper Spanish name, as this MLP player can attest. Plus, I saw him in a game and it was pronounced ee-Bahn-yez.

Furthermore, a Japanese company did not "make up the name for the US market."

From Wikipedia, but I've seen the info elsewhere as well:

The Hoshino Gakki company began in 1908 as the musical instrument sales division of the Hoshino Shoten, a bookstore company. The Ibanez brand name dates back to 1929 when Hoshino Gakki began importing Salvador Ibáñez guitars from Spain. When the "Salvador Ibáñez" workshop was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, the "Ibanez Salvador" guitars were no longer available, so Hoshino Gakki bought the "Ibanez Salvador" brand name rights and started making Spanish acoustic guitars in 1935, at first using the "Ibanez Salvador" brand name, and then later using the "Ibanez" brand name.

So originally the parent Japanese company was distributing guitars of Spanish origin from the Salvador Ibanez company, and at that time the name would have been pronounced ee-Bahn-yez as well.

But if you tried to pronounce Ibanez the guitar in that way, people would look at you funny, so in that context it's Eye-bah-nez.

[veatch]

Yes, JohnnyB is right, but i agree with David B: Anything other than Eye-ba-nez would make me feel like this:

Cool Whip