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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.
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 · Tutmarc, Paul (1896-1972), and his Audiovox Electric Guitars. By Peter Blecha. Posted 9/18/2005. HistoryLink.org Essay 7479. Share. Email. Share. Tweet. See Additional Media. At the dawn of the 1930s a radical new class of musical instrument -- electrified and amplified -- was introduced to the world by a few pioneering companies across America.
For 50 years, Mr. Tutmarc, a devoted Christian, used gospel music to spread his faith all over the world. In the end, he stopped only because illness prevented him. Mr. Tutmarc died Monday...
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 · February 17, 2020. By. Tim Fletcher. Who was the first electric bass guitar player? It might have been Lorraine Tutmarc… In the early 1930s, Seattle musician, singer and inventor Paul Tutmarc had developed a pickup and used it to create a solid-body electric lap-steel Hawaiian guitar.
Jan 26, 2024 · 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....
