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Audiovox Model 736 Bass Fiddle

Early solid-body electric bass guitar

A solid-body, fretted electric bass guitar developed by Paul Tutmarc and marketed by his Audiovox Manufacturing Company in Seattle from around 1936. With four strings, a roughly 30.5-inch scale, and a single pickup, it is widely regarded as the first electric bass guitar, predating the Fender Precision Bass by about fifteen years.

Technical line drawing of Audiovox Model 736 Bass Fiddle
Technical line drawing of Audiovox Model 736 Bass Fiddle

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  • Audiovox Manufacturing Company

    Audiovox was an American instrument maker founded in Seattle by Paul Tutmarc, an early builder of electric guitars and one of the first to produce a fretted electric bass guitar.

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  • Audiovox Manufacturing Company

    Audiovox was an American instrument maker founded in Seattle by Paul Tutmarc, an early builder of electric guitars and one of the first to produce a fretted electric bass guitar.