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Paul Tutmarc (May 29, 1896 – September 25, 1972) was an American musician and musical instrument inventor. He was a tenor singer and a performer and teacher of the lap steel guitar and the ukulele. [1] He developed a number of variant types of stringed musical instruments, such as electrically amplified double basses, bass guitar, and lap ...
May 3, 2018 · Learn about Paul Tutmarc, a versatile musician who played guitar, banjo, steel guitar and tenor, and who created the first electric bass guitar in 1935. Discover his family history, his musical career, and the mystery of his rare Audiovox 736 instrument.
Sep 18, 2005 · Paul H. Tutmarc joined his church choir as a child, and by the age of 12 was earning money by singing and playing guitar and banjo in order to help his Minneapolis-based family make ends meet. Tutmarc started playing Hawaiian-style steel guitar when he was 15, and eventually hit the road traveling with a vaudeville troupe on the Chautauqua circuit.
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Paul “Bud” Tutmarc was 6 feet, 6 inches of sheer human force. He lived in a large house, drove pink Cadillacs and sported flashy cufflinks. Waiting for things was not his style; a kinetic ...
Paul Tutmarc, actor, radio star and electric-guitar manufacturer, died in 1972. And he was never fully recognized even in Seattle for his history making invention — the electric bass guitar.
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Feb 17, 2020 · In more recent years, Paul Tutmarc’s contribution to the world of bass guitars has been re-evaluated, and the few remaining ‘#736 Electronic Bass Fiddles’ have become more valuable. In March 2018 one of the three known examples was sold at auction for $23,850, perhaps reflecting the importance of Tutmarc’s design to the history of the ...
Jan 26, 2024 · Paul Tutmarc was tinkering with guitars in the basement of his Roosevelt home in the 1930s when he created the instrument with the never-before-heard sound. In 1936, he began marketing the first modern electric bass guitar, nearly 20 years before Leo Fender began mass producing the instrument; his name, not Tutmarc’s, becoming synonymous with ...
