Rico is owned and operated by the D’Addario family based in Long Island, New York. Rico manufacturing operations are located in Sun Valley, California. D’Addario is the world’s largest manufacturer of musical instrument accessories including guitar & bowed strings, connectors & cable assemblies, drumheads, mallets & drumsticks, and reeds & mouthpieces for woodwind instruments. These products are sold under the D’Addario, Rico, Puresound, Evans, ProMark, and Planet Waves brands.