Adolph Rickenbacher (1886 – 1976) was the founder of the Rickenbacker guitar company. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the American WWI fighter pilot see Eddie Rickenbacker. For the airport see Rickenbacker International Airport.
Born Adolf Rickenbacher in Switzerland. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation He settled in Los Angeles in 1928. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He Anglicized his name to Adolph Rickenbacker, due partially to post World War I anti-German sentiments, but also to capitalize on the popularity of his cousin, the Flying Ace Eddie Rickenbacker. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy Aircraft during aerial combat Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (October 8 1890 &ndash July 27 1973 was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient
His Rickenbacher (later Rickenbacker) Manufacturing Company made metal bodies for National String Instrument Corporation beginning in the 1920s. The National String Instrument Corporation was the company formed to manufacture the first Resonator guitars National resonator guitar designs It was through this connection that Rickenbacher met George Beauchamp and Paul Barth, and in 1931 the three founded the Ro-Pat-In Company. George D Beauchamp (1899 &ndash 1941 inventor of musical instruments and co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker. In 1932 they produced the first cast aluminum versions of the lap steel guitar. The lap steel guitar is a type of Steel guitar, from which other types developed In 1934 the company was renamed the Electro String Instrument Corporation. By the time production ceased in 1939, about 2,700 Frying Pan guitars had been produced. The "Frying Pan" was the first Electric guitar ever produced
Rickenbacker, never completely convinced of the guitar business's potential, continued manufacturing until 1953 when he sold his company to F. C. Hall, a forerunner of the Southern California electric guitar boom.
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- Early history of Rickenbacher/Electro String, from the Rickenbacker
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