Welcome to the RBI Trade CatalogA Brief History of RBI MusicRBI was founded as Rhythm Band Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas in 1961. While Rhythm Band Inc. specialized inproducts for elementary music education, a sister company, International Music Company, was founded in theearly 1970’s to begin manufacturing and distributing more mainstream music products such as acoustic andelectric guitars, amplifiers, and accessories. With brands such as Hondo Guitars, Ross Amps, and Black Diamondstrings, IMC established itself as one of the premier music distributors in the United States. During the sameperiod, company owner Tommy Moore, and president, Jerry Freed, developed a network of foreign factories inJapan and South Korea and IMC became the largest OEM provider of guitars in North America. In 1985 IMCpurchased a small custom guitar shop in Southern California from respected guitar builder, Grover Jackson. Fornearly 18 years, current RBI Music president Brad Kirkpatrick was a key part of the team that manufactured andsold the premium Grover Jackson designed guitars worldwide.As a direct result of this history in the guitar industry, in 2014 U.K music products distributor, John HornbySkewes Co., Ltd. approached Brad to distribute their successful Vintage® brand and innovative Fret King® brandguitars in the United States. The involvement of guitar guru Trev Wilkinson and a long relationship with Skewesmanagement was reason enough to trust that this would be a successful venture. With that, RBI was able to lureRick Taylor, to RBI Music. Rick worked at the time for one of the largest guitar manufacturers in the world, andhas over 25 years experience as a Nashville session player. Meaning, he is dialed in to what musicians want andexpect from an instrument. Both Brad and Rick were excited, and confident that players would understand andappreciate that the advantages inherent in Vintage® Guitars — Genuine Wilkinson Hardware, two pieceAmerican Alder Bodies and Canadian hard rock maple necks are features typically reserved for much moreexpensive guitars. With strict factory oversight from the U.K brand owner and 100% setup and QC by RBI Musicstaff, every Vintage® Guitar shipped comes with a level of quality and value that no other comparably pricedinstrument is able to match.2SALES(148,5,(6 77HO00-424-4724((PDLOLQIR#RBImusic.com))D[800-784-9401
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