Rickenbacker guitars in the 1980s

Through the 1980s, F.C. Hall / Radio & Television Equipment Co. (Radio-Tel; distributor later renamed Rickenbacker, Inc.) and Rickenbacker International Corp. controlled the Rickenbacker name, and 1 plant built it: Rickenbacker Santa Ana factory.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

2 eras touch the 1980s across 1 line. The version changed in 1984. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Rickenbacker.

Year by year

Eras in the 1980s

Other brands in the 1980s

• Epiphone in the 1980s
• Fender in the 1980s
• Gibson in the 1980s
• Gretsch in the 1980s
• Guild in the 1980s
• Heritage in the 1980s
• Ibanez in the 1980s
• Martin in the 1980s
• Ovation in the 1980s
• PRS in the 1980s
• Squier in the 1980s
• Taylor in the 1980s

Rickenbacker, year by year

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. 1
   The Story of Rickenbacker: Influencing Music Historygraded primary
2. 2
   Rickenbacker part 2: 1950s onwardsgraded community
3. 3
   The Industry Interview: Rickenbacker CEO John Hallgraded secondary
4. 4
   John C. Hall (NAMM Oral History, interview of 6 September 2003)graded secondary

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