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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.
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Electric Basses
Electric bass guitars and related model families.
Made by
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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.