I was wondering if the Z was silent or not in ibanez. my friend always says its is. but Ive always thought it was with a z. Im asking this since he was the only person i have ever heard say that word. cheers
Someone needs to get friendly with the search function... http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92433 http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156099
hmm...that doesnt really help since there are loads of differant opinions. bah. Ive just realised that it doesnt really matter, nobody is really going to care.
If its french, why are none of them made in france? just playing I just say Ibanez..as most people do.
Well, the venders all pronounce it "Eye-Ben-Ez" as well the players of their guitars, and shop dealers. -ryan-
Considering they're made in Japan, I'd go with a japanese pronounciation, hence EEE-Bah-Nez. Like most people have said. As for the non-pronounced Z, some french names are like that, and 'ez' makes the 'ay' sound, but I'm pretty sure Ibanez is not one of them.
thats kinda like Behringer i used to call it bringer.. but now ive been told its pernounced Bear-in-jer kinda wierd isnt it... lol.. never heard of the ibanez thing though... sounds like your friend got tricked by somebody or wants to sound extremely too cool for everyone...
