Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 1998, Rickenbacker International Corp. controlled the Rickenbacker name. Its 2 lines on record were built at Rickenbacker Santa Ana factory (USA).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
A Rickenbacker guitar from 1998 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Rickenbacker you have. The name dates from 1931[5], 67 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickenbacker acoustic guitars (Santa Ana 1996-2006; licensee 2006-2013) | Rickenbacker International Corp. | — | Rickenbacker Santa Ana factory | 1996–2006 | unverified[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Rickenbacker USA (electric guitars and basses) | Rickenbacker International Corp. | — | Rickenbacker Santa Ana factory | 1984–2006 | unverified[1, 2, 3, 4] |
Nothing changed in 1998. Every era running that year carried on from an earlier year, so a Rickenbacker from 1998 is the same version as one from 1997.
Rickenbacker Santa Ana factory. See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
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.
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