List of Ibanez players

This is an alphabetized list by surname of musicians who have made notable use of Ibanez guitars.

  • Stéphan Forté (born 1978) is the lead guitarist and the main composer for the French progressive neo-classical metal band Adagio. He also releases albums as a solo artist. After playing Lâg Guitars for 12 years he switched to Ibanez in 2014. His signature model was presented at the 2015 NAMM Show built by LACS.
  • Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein (born 1964) is the former lead guitarist of the Misfits. He played an Ibanez Iceman during the Danzig era of the Misfits. He then began making his own guitars called Annihilators which he scaled off of the Iceman.
  • Marty Friedman (born 1962) was the lead guitarist for pioneering American thrash metal band Megadeth. Friedman played a signature Ibanez MFM model.[14]
  • John Frusciante (born 1970) of the Red Hot Chili Peppers used the Ibanez RG250DX during the recording of their 1989 album Mother's Milk.
  • Frank Gambale (born 1958) is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist renowned for his use of the sweep picking technique. Gambale had a signature range of Ibanez FGM series guitars, but has since left Ibanez and signed a deal with Yamaha.[15]
  • Rocky George (born 1964) is the former lead guitarist for the California-based hardcore punk/thrash metal outfit Suicidal Tendencies, and current lead guitarist for Fishbone. He played Ibanez RG series guitars.[16]
  • Paul Gilbert (born 1966) is the lead guitarist for heavy metal band Racer X and also the original guitar player for the hard rock band Mr. Big. Gilbert plays and endorses his Ibanez PGM model.[17] Gilbert previously had the FRM signature models.
  • Paul Gray (b. 1972 d. 2010) swapped his longtime association with Warwick basses for a customized version of the ATK bass series, the PGB1. He was impressed with the ATK bass after he bought one from a pawn shop and told Ibanez that he would endorse them if they put the ATK series back into production. He switched to his signature model shortly before recording of the Slipknot album All Hope Is Gone and used them until his death in 2010.
  • James Hewitt (born 1991) is the lead guitarist for metal/rap band Hacktivist and formerly of Invocation and Exist Immortal. Hewitt is endorsed and plays RG 8 and 7 string models, Universe 7 string and a custom 8 string with a Floyd Rose tremolo.[18]
  • Allan Holdsworth (born 1946) was an Ibanez endorser from 1984 to 1987, when he switched to Steinberger. During the Ibanez period, Holdsworth had his own production model, the AH10 signature model.
  • Dexter Holland (born 1965) is the rhythm guitarist of punk rock band The Offspring and has played Ibanez guitars for most of the band's existence. He currently uses a custom diamond plate RG with a custom Jägermeister logo on the twelfth fret, as well as DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups, though he used to use a brown and green custom RG and has been seen with a custom Purple RG.
  • Gary Holt (born 1964) and Rick Hunolt (born 1963), both guitarists for thrash metal band Exodus, used Ibanez guitars during their early career. They were pictured with RGs in a 1993 Ibanez catalog.[19]
  • Tim Henson (born 1993) guitarist for instrumental progressive rock band Polyphia, used and owned Ibanez guitars mainly his entire career. He had 3 signature models which happened to be the TOD10, TOD10N and THBB10.[20]
  • Peter Iwers (born 1975)[21] is the former bass player of the Swedish band In Flames. Ibanez has created a series of Peter Iwers signature basses which go by the designation of PIB and are tuned (low to high) B♭,C,F,B♭,E♭. The PIB1 was based on the Ibanez SR Prestige 5 which Iwers was using at the time.
  • Bane Jelić (born 1967) is one of the most prominent rock and metal guitarists from Serbia, author of several solo instrumental albums, currently performing with Osvajači. He uses Ibanez RG2228-GK and RG1527-RB models.[22]
  • John 5 (born 1971), although a notable Fender Telecaster player, made use of the Ibanez AX Series and was an Ibanez Endorser during his time with Marilyn Manson.[23]
  • Eric Krasno (born 1977) is the guitarist for the bands Soulive, Lettuce, and Tedeschi Trucks Band. He is a member of Fyre Dept., where he has recorded or produced numerous artists. Krasno plays his signature EKM model guitars.
  • Denny Laine (1944-2023) was the rhythm guitarist from the band Wings from 1971 to 1981. During the Wings Over the World tour and the live film Rockshow he used an Ibanez 2670 double neck.
  • Larry LaLonde (born 1968) is the lead guitarist from the band Primus. During the Sailing the Seas of Cheese era, he used a custom Ibanez guitar (as seen in the video for "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver"), which he has either lost or had stolen from him. He now uses Fender Guitars.
  • Herman Li (born 1976) is the lead guitarist of power metal band Dragonforce. He has used stock Ibanez S models,[24] but currently uses his own signature line, Ibanez E-Gen.
  • Kiko Loureiro (born 1972) of bands such as Angra and Megadeth uses the Ibanez Kiko100 from his signature line of guitars.
  • Phil Lynott (1949–1986) of Thin Lizzy used an Ibanez Roadster RS900 bass guitar.[25]
  • Scott LePage guitarist for Polyphia used an Ibanez KRYS10 from his signature guitar line.[26]
  • Daron Malakian (born 1975) is the lead guitarist for System of a Down. During the System of a Down era, Daron played IC200's and IC300's on stage. During the Toxicity era, Malakian played a variation of the Ibanez Iceman ICX, with custom artwork designed by his father, then a special edition "DMM1" was released by Ibanez. The DMM1 featured more artwork by Malakian's father. After using Gibson guitars for 5 years, Daron switched back to Ibanez and began using an Iceman again.
  • Claudio Marciello (born 1963) is the guitarist from the Argentine heavy metal band Almafuerte. His main guitar is a 1978 Ibanez CN-250.
  • Meshuggah guitarists Fredrik Thordendal (born 1970) and Mårten Hagström (born 1971), from Sweden, are Ibanez endorsers, and were the first to use Ibanez 8-string models. They use custom 8-string models, RG and Iceman guitars, all with 30" scale necks and have signature models.
  • Pat Metheny (born 1954) is an influential American jazz guitarist significant for his use of 12-string electric guitar and his use of digital signal processing. He plays an Ibanez PM120 signature series guitar.[27]
  • Chris Miller (born 1989) of the UK band You Me at Six uses his signature model, the CMM2.
  • Steve Miller (born 1943) was one of the most prominent Ibanez users during the 1970s.
  • Vinnie Moore (born 1964) was one of the first Ibanez endorsers in the shredding era of the 1980s. He had his own signature production model, the VMM, though it was halted about one year later.
  • Tom Morello (born 1964) has played several Ibanez guitars throughout his career. Perhaps some of his most notable ones being his Kenyan flag Ibanez Talman, which was custom-built for Tom by Ibanez, and it was allegedly modeled after a faulty guitar that made strange sounds from the pickups. Others are his custom two-tone Ibanez Artstar, which was custom-built for Morello and features built-in effects, and his “Whatever It Takes” Ibanez nylon, used as his main guitar for his solo project “The Nightwatchman”.
  • Bob Mothersbaugh (born 1952) played a custom Ibanez "Spud" guitar with custom electronic effects on Devo's 1980 album Freedom of Choice and the subsequent tour. The guitar was lost in the early 1990s, but recovered, restored, and used on Devo's 2009 tour, and in music videos and TV appearances to promote their 2010 album Something for Everybody
  • Bob Mould (born 1960) played an Ibanez Rocket Roll Snr (based on the 1958 Gibson Flying V) almost exclusively throughout the career of Hüsker Dü in the 1980s.
  • James Murphy (born 1967), a metal guitarist best known for his work with notable bands such as Death, Obituary and Testament, has used Ibanez guitars almost exclusively throughout his career.
  • Mike Mushok (born 1970) is the lead guitarist of the hard rock group Staind that has sold more than 15 million albums as of 2007. Mushok played an Ibanez MMM signature model.[28] Mushok recently switched to using a signature baritone model made by PRS.
  • Adam Nitti (born 1970) is a Grammy winning bassist, recording artist, and music educator. Nitti has performed with Kenny Loggins, Carrie Underwood, Michael McDonald, Al Green, Chris Tomlin, Casting Crowns, and the London Symphony Orchestra. He uses his signature ANB models, available in 4, 5, and 6-string varieties.
  • Bradley Nowell (b. 1968 d. 1996) was the lead guitarist and singer for the band Sublime until his death in 1996 due to a heroin overdose while on tour. He played an Ibanez S470.
  • Andy Partridge (born 1953) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and founder of XTC and their psychedelic offshoot, The Dukes of Stratosphear. Since the band's first album in 1977, he has played a 1975 Ibanez Artist,[29] featured on every album and almost every song, including "My Brown Guitar" (which appears on the band's last album, Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)).
  • Joe Pass (1929 - 1994) notable jazz guitarist. Joe became an Ibanez endorser in 1980, and his signature JP20 model was produced from 1981 until 1990.[30]
  • John Petrucci (born 1967) is the guitarist of the American progressive metal band Dream Theater. From the beginning of the band's career in 1985 until 2000, John Petrucci used his Ibanez signature model, the JPM100 – with both 6 and 7 strings.
  • Lee Ritenour (born 1952) Grammy Award-winning Jazz Guitarist, Had his own Ibanez LR10 model from 1982 to 1986.
  • Omar Rodríguez-López (born 1975) is the guitarist and composer for the progressive-rock band The Mars Volta. He uses a custom ORM1 Ibanez guitar.[31]
 
Steve Vai playing a double neck JEM series.

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