Rickenbacker guitars in the 1940s

Through the 1940s, 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 1940s across 1 line. Nothing changed inside the decade, so every Rickenbacker from these years is the same version on its line.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at
1940	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]}
1941	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]}
1942	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]}
1943	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]}
1944	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]}
1945	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]}
1946	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]}
1947	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]}
1948	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]}
1949	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 1940s

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 1940s

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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