Plant
owned factory
Los Angeles, California, USA[1]. Built for 1 brand on record.
Opening year not sourced (left null). Rickenbacker's legacy page: 'Before 1964 all Rickenbacker guitars had been made at the original Electro String factory in Los Angeles'; a 'small rented shop at 6071 S. Western Ave., next to Rickenbacker's tool and die plant' is named but the page does not date it or say it is the same site as the factory. No coordinates entered (no cited street address for the factory itself). Unverified.
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No location is on record for this plant (USA), so it is not mapped.
Every headstock this plant has built for, on record. A contract plant can sit behind several brands at once.
| Brand | Lines | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Rickenbacker | Rickenbacker USA (electric guitars and basses) | 1932–1964[2, 1] |
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| Years | Operator | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1953–1964 | F.C. Hall / Radio & Television Equipment Co. (Radio-Tel; distributor later renamed Rickenbacker, Inc.) | unverified[1] |
| ?–1953 | Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles | unverified[1] |
| Years | Brand | Line | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932–1964 | Rickenbacker | Rickenbacker USA (electric guitars and basses) | full build | unverified[2, 1] |
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