How do you pronounce Ibanez?

[ewalling]

Originally Posted by frankmcr

EYE buh nez

And they're made in Japan*, always have been, so no need for a Spanish accent.

EDIT

* some made in other Asian countries. None made in Spain though, AFAIK.

They may be made in the Far East, but it's a Spanish word and was clearly meant to connote the Spanish guitar making tradition. Pronouncing it 'EYE-buh-nez' sounds pretty dreadful to me.

[guitar george]

Made in Japan, so, according to the Japanese/English dictionary with pronunciation it is:

"eebanyeezuh"

[Herb Hunter]

Originally Posted by ewalling

They may be made in the Far East, but it's a Spanish word and was clearly meant to connote the Spanish guitar making tradition. Pronouncing it 'EYE-buh-nez' sounds pretty dreadful to me.

Having met folks with the surname, Ibañez, in my travels long before I encountered the Japanese brand of guitars with that name, I find the pronunciation, EYE•BUH•NEZ, guite dreadful too.

[frankmcr]

Dreadful, huh? Funny, I think someone talking about their "ee VAHN yeth" guitar would sound incredibly pretentious.

I guess aesthetic preferences are bound to differ, huh?

I went to school in Madrid when I was 8-9-10 years old, by the way. Llamame Paco! (never can figure out how to do the upside down one, sorry)

[Hurricane Ramon]

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EZ :

HR

[ewalling]

Originally Posted by Hurricane Ramon

But - in an English speaking environment - throw this out .

Everyone say's :

Eye Ban Yes

Everyone? Not them as wot is hejicated!

[Hurricane Ramon]

The actual phonetic pronunciation is :


EEEban-knee-es for an English speaker to say correctly .

The [ n ] in this last name has an " n " with this ~ over it when written correctly in Spanish .

Since the English language doesn't use that letter it is seldom seen written in English texts .

This is the phonetic sound of that

" ñ " ,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKh9vaJmxh8

Kind of how the Irish singer Enya has her name pronounced .

But - in an English speaking environment - throw this out .

Everyone say's :

Eye Ban Yes

EZ :

HR

[Hurricane Ramon]

Originally Posted by ewalling

Everyone? Not them as wot is hejicated!

Even people who are of Spanish decent born out and away from the
Spanish speaking community that never learned their Spanish
grammar have issues with this word - everyone butchers the hell
out of it no matter who they are if they don't know the grammar heh heh heh .

EZ :

HR

[bjewell]

EE-BAH-NE-TSU in Japan...

[muscmp]

either way, really doesn't matter. you say eye and i say eee!

play music!

[Rosewood99]

For some reason I always pronounced it eebanez.

[Steve DeRosa]

I've heard:

• IH - ba - nez
• EYE - ba - nez
• EE - ba - nez
• Ih - BAHN - yez
• Ee - BAHN - yez
• Ih - ba - NEZ
• Ee - ba - NEZ

You say po-tay-to, and I say po-tah-to...

[ocmcook]

Originally Posted by jkilgour2000

The subject of the Ibanez AC 240 recently came up, and I always wondered how do you pronounce it?

EYE-BAN-EZ

or

EEEE-BAAN-YES

in spanish i is e, a is ah as in father and e is a as in aim
so it would be e ba naz

uuhm

[guitar george]

Originally Posted by ocmcook

in spanish i is e, a is ah as in father and e is a as in aim
so it would be e ba naz

uuhm

So it should be spelled EBAHNAZ, I guess.

[Tico]

eye bun ez

Eye, like the two you see with
Bun, like a hamburger bun
Ez, rhymes with Pez dispenser

That's how I pronounce it.
I have no idea how the company pronounces it.