Guitar Story
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Read via summarising fetch tool 2026-10-16. Returned: founded 1931 as Ro-Pat-In Corporation; renamed Electro String Instrument Corporation 1933; Rickenbacker name added 1934; 'In the summer of 1932, Ro-Pat-In began to manufacture cast aluminum production versions of the Fry-Pan'; 'purchased the Electro String Company from Adolph Rickenbacker in 1953'; acoustic factory production in Santa Ana 1996, department shut mid-2006; licence to Paul Wilczynski late 2006 to 1 Feb 2013. Not archived.
6 facts on this site cite this source, across Rickenbacker. A quoted passage is the text the fact relies on.
| Fact | Years | Records | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles owns Rickenbacker[1] | 1931–1953 | Rickenbacker, Electro String Instrument Corporation (originally Ro-Pat-In Corporation; Adolph Rickenbacker and partners), Los Angeles | No passage captured |
| Paul Wilczynski (San Francisco luthier; Rickenbacker acoustic licensee 2006-2013) licenses Rickenbacker[1] | 2006–2013 | Rickenbacker, Paul Wilczynski (San Francisco luthier; Rickenbacker acoustic licensee 2006-2013) | No passage captured |
| Paul Wilczynski (San Francisco luthier; Rickenbacker acoustic licensee 2006-2013) ran Wilczynski workshop, San Francisco (Rickenbacker acoustics licensee; location unverified)[1] | 2006–2013 | Wilczynski workshop, San Francisco (Rickenbacker acoustics licensee; location unverified), Paul Wilczynski (San Francisco luthier; Rickenbacker acoustic licensee 2006-2013) | No passage captured |
| Rickenbacker USA (electric guitars and basses) built at Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964) (full build)[1] | 1932–1964 | Rickenbacker, Electro String / Rickenbacker original factory, Los Angeles (pre-1964) | No passage captured |
| Rickenbacker acoustic guitars (Santa Ana 1996-2006; licensee 2006-2013) built at Rickenbacker Santa Ana factory (full build)[1] | 1996–2006 | Rickenbacker, Rickenbacker Santa Ana factory | No passage captured |
| Rickenbacker acoustic guitars (Santa Ana 1996-2006; licensee 2006-2013) built at Wilczynski workshop, San Francisco (Rickenbacker acoustics licensee; location unverified) (full build)[1] | 2006–2013 | Rickenbacker, Wilczynski workshop, San Francisco (Rickenbacker acoustics licensee; location unverified) | No passage captured |
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