Company type | Private |
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Industry | Musical instruments |
Founded | 1931 |
Founder | Adolph Rickenbacker George Beauchamp |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Adolph Rickenbacker George Beauchamp |
Products | Electric, acoustic, lap and console steel guitars, basses, amplifiers, electric violins, electric mandolins, electric banjos |
Website | rickenbacker.com |
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]