Rickenbacker guitars in the 1930s

Through the 1930s, Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles controlled the Rickenbacker name, and 1 plant built it: Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964).^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1 era touch the 1930s across 1 line. The version changed in 1932. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Rickenbacker.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
1932	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}	yes
1933	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1934	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1935	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1936	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1937	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1938	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}
1939	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Eras in the 1930s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Rickenbacker USA (electric guitars and basses)	1932–1953	Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles	Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964)	unverified^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Other brands in the 1930s

Rickenbacker, year by year

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Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

1
Rickenbacker (Wikipedia)graded community
2
The Story of Rickenbacker: Influencing Music Historygraded primary
3
Rickenbacker part 2: 1950s onwardsgraded community
4
Rickenbackers: Electric 12-Stringsgraded secondary

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