funkgod Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 was just scooting around on the net and came up with this, The Audiovox 736, could it really be the first electric solid body bass ? 15 years before fender Interesting read, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/on-ebay-the-worlds-first-electric-bass-guitar-forgotten-and-made-in-seattle/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylon Pilson Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) One of the curious things about the 736 is that the instrument cable was hardwired and came out of the top of the instrument, near where the neck strap button would be on a modern bass. I'm surprised that this ergonomic catastrophe made it into the production model. There's a cool thread on talkbass where someone builds a replica: here. S.P. Edited October 9, 2018 by Stylon Pilson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkgod Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 just checked that out, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 My pal Rick Wilson did the renovation work on the one in the Seattle museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Look here : 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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