Cimar was a

Hoshino Gakki is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It is the owner of the Ibanez guitar and Tama Drums, Tama drum brand names. History The Hoshino company was founded in 1908 by Matsujiro Hoshino originally as the Hoshino Shoten bookstor ...

guitar brand. Designs of Cimar guitars are sometimes very similar to Hoshino Gakki's

Ibanez is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki was one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United Stat ...

guitar brand. Cimar guitars appear in Hoshino Gakki catalogues.

References

Pictures of Cimar guitars from the Vintage Ibanez Museum
* https://archive.today/20130218153537/http://www.ibanez.co.jp/anniversary/list.php?era=70&p=3

* ttps://www.gitarrebass.de/equipment/guitar-guru-alliance-cimar/ Guitar Guru: Alliance & Cimar (German only) {{Authority control Guitar manufacturing companies Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Japan