Eye-banez or Eee-banez?

[cronker]

Always wondered. I say Eye-banez.

 

[godofthunder59]

I

 

[yodedude2]

it's a japanese company but the name is of spanish origin, so it should be EE-BAH-NEZ with the accent on the second syllable. but you can say it anyway you like.

 

[edencab]

ee-bawn-yezz
...also Ampeq

 

[LowEndOperative]

Ten years ago I owned a BTB405; when the guitar player I was playing with saw it, he pronounced it I-been-had

 

[ubnomnar]

Always wondered. I say Eye-banez.

I always pronounced it "Eeee Ba Neeez"

 

[line6man]

I have never heard anything different than eye-bun-ez.

 

[Batmensch]

Ibbaneez

 

[PortlandBass77]

I have never heard anything different than eye-bun-ez.

Neither have I. Also the GC people pronounce it this way, I don't know how credible that is though.

 

[lowfreq33]

I've always heard eye, but it could be a regional thing.


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[jmverdugo]

The Spanish way would be ee-banez

 

[dalahorse]

Eye, according to everyone I've talked to. FWIW, I'm in the US SW region.

 

[derekcbass]

ee-bawn-yezz
...also Ampeq

Ampeq? Really? It's Ampeg...
"In 1946, Everette Hull, an acomplished pianist and bass player, organized a partnership with Stanley Michaels under the name "Michaels-Hull Electronic Labs." Their mission was to produce a new microphone pickup that Hull designed. The pickup was fitted on the end of an upright bass and was dubbed the Amplified Peg or "Ampeg" for short."

 

[Sam Dingle]

My teacher is endorsed by Ibanez and he says EYE-banez

 

[RxFunk]

It's actually ibañez

 

[Sid Fang]

In the Midwest where I grew up, we pronounced it EYE-ba-nez, but in California, people are more in their habit of Spanish (or pseudo-Spanish) pronunciation, and I would now reflexively say EE-ba-nez.

 

[avvie]

It's properly pronounced as a Spanish name but American honkies done muricanized it to eye-buh-nez. I once heard it pronounced as eebanez and i've had a guilty conscience ever since.

 

[Turkeypills]

Fhen-dur

 

[.BumeStik.]

This thread makes me want to put on my purple hipster skinny jeans and walk around mispronouncing words.

 

[Bluemoon4655]

Im really not sure, when I first saw the name years ago without hearing anyone say it, I assumed it would be pronounced as "Ibañez."