Because they made an almost exact copy of a les paul.
Gibson sued Ibanez over their copies of Gibson models made in Japan in the 1970's. The suit specifically was for trademark infringement by Ibanez over the copying of Gibson's "open book" headstock design. Ibanez settled out of court, agreeing to no longer copy the Gibson headstock design. Although no other Japanese maker that was producing copies was sued, since then many people refer to any 70's Japanese copy (by any manufacturer) of an American design as a "lawsuit" guitar.
The most famous brands or guitars are probably the fender stratocaster, fender telecaster, Les paul, Epiphone, Ibanez and Gibson
A Gibson Les Paul, Ibanez, I think a Gibson Es-335, Fender Strat but mostly les pauls.
Many companies. Here's a few: Fender Gibson Ibanez Epiphone Paul Reed Smith. There's too many more to name..
I own a 1972 (approximately), Lero semi-hollow body 323 copy, my research has found that Lero was made by Ibanez in the early days. Lero may have been a product of the Lawsuit years between Gibson and Ibanez, over the copies that Ibanez was producing. In 1974 Ibanez started focusing solely on their own designs. It may be how they liquidated the left over parts they had. I have started a facebook group, called "Fans of the Lero Guitar" feel free to join!
Gibson sued Ibanez over their copies of Gibson models made in Japan in the 1970's. The suit specifically was for trademark infringement by Ibanez over the copying of Gibson's "open book" headstock design. Ibanez settled out of court, agreeing to no longer copy the Gibson headstock design. Although no other Japanese maker that was producing copies was sued, since then many people refer to any 70's Japanese copy (by any manufacturer) of an American design as a "lawsuit" guitar.
Fender, Gibson, Martin, Rickenbacker, Epiphone, ibanez
gibson, epiphone, ibanez, johnson, martin, and gretch.
gibson,epiphone,fender,ibanez,kramer
No. i bought a really good ibanez for $149 and its better than my $5,679 Gibson
Yes and No. They do have it on the name and likeness and that's about it. That's why there are so many very similar guitars that look almost exactly alike. Look into the Ibanez guitars that Gibson sued over in the 1970s to get a better idea of the precedent.
Which company made it. =============== There's no such thing as a "guitar title". The "brand" of the guitar refers to which company made it -- Gibson, Fender, Paul Reed Smith, Ibanez, etc. The "name" or "model" of the guitar refers to a particular design of guitar. For example, Gibson "ES-335", Fender "Telecaster", PRS "McCarty Soapbar Standard" or Ibanez "S470".
Fender Gibson Ibanez Epiphone Dean Guitars and ther are ALWAYS more
For me I would debate guitars, such as Epiphone or Squier, Gibson or Fender, Schecter or Ibanez, but it depends on what you know. Maybe Democrat or Republican
Anything from Gibson is top notch. But for a good acustic that wont hurt your wallet, i would have to go with ibanez.
When you ask this most people will name Gibson, Ibanez, Fender, Yamaha, ESP, B.C. Rich. These are some of the popular ones.
the u.s. they have fender, gibson, paul reed smith, taylor; but japan does have ibanez, but im still gonna go with the u.s.