List of Rickenbacker products

This is a product list of items manufactured by Rickenbacker International Corporation, and predecessor companies, including musical instruments, amplifiers and accessories. The three Rickenbacker Vintage series (B - 1st, V - 2nd and C - 3rd) are listed in numerical order within the relevant product sections, not as a separate grouping, as are Specials and Limited Editions.[1][2]

Rickenbacker International Corporation
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded1931
FounderGeorge Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacher
Headquarters3895 South Main Street, Santa Ana, California, USA
Area served
Global
Key people
George Beauchamp, Adolph Rickenbacher
ProductsLap and Console steel guitars
Guitars
Bass guitars
Electric violins
Electric mandolins
Electric banjos
Amplifiers
WebsiteRickenbacker.com

Ro-Pat-In Corporation

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Hawaiian Electro Guitar

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  • MODEL A "Frying Pan"
    • Model A-22 6 string
    • Model A-22 7 string
    • Model A-25 6 string
    • Model A-24 7 string

Electro String Instrument Corporation

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Electro Series

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  • MODEL ES
    • Model ES-16
    • Model ES-17

Rickenbacker Electro Hawaiian Guitar

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Console Series

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Rickenbacker Electro Spanish Guitar

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  • Spanish Guitar (standard)
  • Ken Roberts Model Spanish Guitar
  • Model SP
  • Model B Spanish Guitar
  • Vibrola Spanish Guitar

200 Series

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Standard 3/4 Range

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Standard Full Size Range

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Deluxe Semi-Acoustic 3/4 Range

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Deluxe Semi-Acoustic Full Body Range

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Deep Body Acoustic Range

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Combo 400 Series (Full Size Solid Body)

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Combo 600 Series (Solid Body)

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Acoustic 700 Series

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Combo 800 Series (Solid Body)

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  • Model 800
  • Model 850

Combo 900 Series (3/4 Solid Body)

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Rose Morris Series

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Rickenbacker Electro Bass Guitar

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  • Tenor Guitar

Rose Morris Series

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  • Model 1999 (4001 Export)

2000 Series

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3000 Series

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  • Model 3000
  • Model 3001

4000 Series

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  • Model 4000
    • Model 4000 FL

4001 Range

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4002 Range

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  • Model 4002 - Studio

4003 Range

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• Model 4003w

• Model 4003sw

4004 Range

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4005 Range

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Higher Range

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Rickenbacker Electro Mandolin

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Rickenbacker Electro Banjo

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Other Instruments

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  • Harpo Marx (Electric Harp)
  • Electro Violin

Amplifiers

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B Series

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R35B

M Series

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R Series

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TR Series

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Others

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Extension Speakers

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Accessories

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Cases

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  • No. 700
  • No. 21-D-1
  • C300 (3/4 /D/S)[53]
  • C400
  • C430[54]
  • C600 (D/S)[55]

Microphones

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  • 664 Microphone

Pedals

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  • No. 300 - Pedal Volume Control for Hawaiian and Spanish guitars

Pics

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  • Pics 14-C
  • Speed pics 61-C

Stands

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  • MS-10c
  • MS-11C

Others

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Pick Display Cabinets, Hawaiian Guitar Stand, Electro Strings, Slides, Amplifier Covers, Amplifier Legs, Guitar Legs, Amplifier Tube kits, Dust Cloth, Phantasmagorion, [56]

Colors and Body Finish

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'Fireglo' (a shaded red), the company's longest running color option, has been made available every year since 1958, with 'Jetglo' (black) and 'Mapleglo' (natural) right behind, being made available every year since 1959. The colors' names usually have official abbreviations (such as 'JG' for 'Jetglo').

Current Available Colors

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  • Fireglo (FG) - a sunburst color; deep dark red that fades into a lighter maple center
  • Jetglo (JG) - black
  • Mapleglo (MG) - Natural
  • Walnut (W) - Walnut unlacquered body with natural unpolished maple neck and fretboard. Introduced 2014 (not the same as WAL).[57]
  • Matte Black (MBL)
  • Matte Autumnglo (MAG) - a matte sunburst color; deep brown that fades into a yellow center

Non-standard, only available for 650 series:

  • Walnut Oil Finish (WAL)

Non-standard, 480/481/483 Series:

  • Among the 'special' colors available for the 480 series guitars, AutumnGlo (AUTUM) and Walnut (WAL) are often mistaken as being the same. AutumnGlo on the 480 series represented a flat matte finish, where Walnut designated the same color and burst, but in a traditional lacquered finish.

Formerly available colors

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  • Blonde (1954 - 1957)
  • Brown (1954 - 1957)
  • Green (1954 - 1957)
  • Turquoise Blue (1954 - 1957)
  • Jet Black (1954 - 1957)
  • Autumnglo (1957 - 1983)
  • Natural (1957 - 1960)
  • White (1957, 1969 - 1999)
  • Burgundyglo (1963 - 1983)
  • Azureglo (1969 - 1984)
  • Ruby Red (1978 - 1984, 2012 - 2017)
  • Silver (1978 - 1984)
  • Red (1984 - 1997)
  • Turquoise (1989 - 2002)
  • Midnight Blue (1986 - 2019, mid-1960s 360/6's)

Colors of the Year: 2000-2006

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Rickenbacker produced a 'color of the year' for most of their models from 2000 to 2006.[58]

  • 2000: Sea Green
  • 2001: Desert Gold
  • 2002: Burgundy
  • 2003 - 2004: Montezuma Brown
  • 2004: Blue Boy
  • 2005: Blue Burst
  • 2006: Amber Fireglo


Other finish options:

Recently (as of February 2024), special limited edition runs (typically 25 units) of instruments have been commissioned including British Racing Green (BRG), Snowglo and Pillar Box Red.

Additionally, a selection of models were released to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Rickenbacker in Dark Cherry Metallic (DCM),

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