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Jul 8, 2023 · The story of Rickenbacker starts with National. Yes, that national—the one known for making tricone resonator guitars in the 20s and 30s. Image courtesy of Guitar.com. In the 1920s, a Vaudeville performer named George Beauchamp was looking for a guitar loud enough to cut through large ensembles.
Rickenbacker International Corporation is a string instrument manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California. Rickenbacker is the first known maker of electric guitars, with a steel guitar in 1932, and produces a range of electric guitars and basses. [1]
Rickenbacker was a trailblazing company that became a mainstay in the world of electric guitars although they did occasionally dip their toes into the acoustic market as far back as the 1950s. They still occasionally do a run of acoustics.
Jul 19, 2021 · The very first [electric Spanish] guitar Rickenbacker made had a 17-fret neck join, which was very unusual at the time. It was made in 1932 for a guy called Gage Brewer. “At the same time, tenor guitars were being pushed in an effort to convert banjo players to the guitar.
Aug 18, 2016 · The Rickenbacker story starts in 1920s Los Angeles when vaudeville performer and multi-instrumentalist George Beauchamp went looking for a guitar loud enough to be heard clearly in big ensemble settings. Beauchamp reached out to a local instrument maker, John Dopyera, for help.
Adolph Rickenbacker (1 April 1886 – March 1976) was a Swiss-American today remembered as one of the co-founders of the Rickenbacker guitar, and one of the key people that were responsible for the creation and adoption of electric guitars that managed to change the shape and sound of the modern music industry altogether. His most famous guitar ...
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Adolph Rickenbacker (April 1, 1887 – March 21, 1976) was a Swiss-American production engineer and machinist who, together with George Beauchamp, created the first electric string instrument, and co-founded the Rickenbacker guitar company, also with Beauchamp.
