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Ibanez GRGM21
Mikro guitar gio series 3/4 size
Ibanez
GRGM21 Mikro guitar gio series is a great 3/4 size guitar
for children, youth or adults loking for a smaller size guitar
that plays well. It is available black night, jewel blue,
red or white. The Ibanez Mikro GRGM21 mikro / micro can truly
shred in smaller places than its competitors. The Ibanez Mikro
is no toy - made to the same high standards of the other GIO
series guitars. The RGRM21 has the same high-output Powersound
pickups, the same construction, materials, set-up and inspection.
It's just shorter, a 22.2-inch scale neck instead of 25.5-inch,
and smaller. That makes it perfect for tour buses, songwriting,
running scales while downloading and, of course, for young
rockers and beginners.
Ibanez Mikro GRGM21
Features & Details
* Neck: GRGM (22.2-inch)
* Neck Material: Maple
* Alder Body: Best known as the body wood for the "classic
single coil, bolt on neck guitar," alder produces clear,
full bodied vintage tone that works well for lead or rhythm
work.
* Fret: 24, Medium
* Rosewood Fingerboard: Rosewood offers a strong, bright sound
and an attractive appearance with a long grain.
* Bridge: Fixed - This design offers thru-body stringing for
stronger tone and sustain.
* Neck Pickup: PSND1 (Humbucker)
* Bridge Pickup: PSND2 (Humbucker)
* Inlay: Pearl Dot
* Hardware Color: Chrome
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Ibanez is a brand
name of the Hoshino Gakki company of Nagoya, Japan, used on
guitars, amplifiers and other musical accessories sold in
the U.S., Europe and Australia.
History
The Hoshino Gakki company begun in 1908 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.
In 1954, Harry
Rosenbloom opened a music store in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania,
northwest of Philadelphia. Due to the post-World War II music
boom, his sales soon outstripped his inventory, and he began
a company called Elger Guitars in an attempt to manufacture
enough guitars to fill his needs. The Elger Guitar company
made a relatively small number of hand-built, high quality
guitars through the early 1960s.
By 1965 Rosenbloom
had decided to stop manufacturing guitars and chose to become
the exclusive North American distributor for Hoshino Gakki
instruments. At the time, the phrase "made in Japan"
was considered to have negative connotations of low quality,
so Hoshino Gakki and Rosenbloom wanted to distribute the instruments
under a "non-Japanese" name. Hoshino had recently
acquired a small Spanish guitar company named Ibanez, and
it was decided to market the instruments under this brand
name. In 1971 Hoshino purchased Elger Guitars, renaming the
company "Ibanez U.S.A." and retaining the company
headquarters in Bensalem, Pennsylvania as a distribution and
quality-control center.
In the early 1970s
Ibanez began making guitars that were almost exact copies
of popular models by Gibson, Fender and Rickenbacker. Using
somewhat cheaper materials and greater automation in manufacturing,
they were able to sell these guitars for a significantly lower
price than the originals. The low price combined with the
relatively high quality of the guitars made these models very
popular. Many guitar aficionados feel that the early- and
mid-70s mark a low point in the quality of guitars from the
major manufacturers, which helped contribute to the popularity
of the Ibanez copies. These guitars have become known as "lawsuit"
guitars and have become somewhat collectible.
The actual lawsuit
referred to was brought by the Norlin Corporation, the parent
company of Gibson guitars, in 1977, and was based on an Ibanez
headstock design that had been discontinued by 1976. Ibanez
settled out of court, and by 1978 had begun making guitars
from their own designs.
Abandoning the
strategy of copying "classic" electric guitar designs,
the newer models began incorporating more modern elements
into their design, such as radical body shapes, slimmer necks
and flatter fingerboards (which allowed for faster playing),
higher-output electronics and colorful finishes. This led
to an increasing popularity with heavy metal musicians. The
company also began an extensive program of consulting with
well-known guitar players and creating signature models made
to the players' specifications.
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