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The Bass Zone / Re: Paul Tutmarc's Audiovox 736 Bass -- what scale?
« on: April 18, 2013, 06:05:10 AM »
I think 42" overall length almost has to be incorrect. I just measured my 68' Gibson EB0 & it measures just under 41". It's almost the same scale length (30.5), but there is considerably more space between the bottom of the bridge & the bottom of the body when compared to the Audiovox. I would guess that the Audiovox is closer to 38".

Moonshine

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The Bass Zone / Re: Paul Tutmarc's Audiovox 736 Bass -- what scale?
« on: April 17, 2013, 08:46:24 PM »
Quote from: dadagoboi on April 17, 2013, 07:24:31 AM
Thanks for clearing THAT up, and Welcome!...now post some builds!

Thanks dadagoboi, It's good to be here... Another forum to spend my my time looking at instead of building... Just what I need!    :mrgreen:

I look forward to posting. I have some interesting stuff going on (at least interesting to me).

Here is another pic of the Audiovox... I may very well be the only person that has ever attempted to play the solo from Eruption on one of these:


This also shows how small the bass actually is.

Moonshine

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The Bass Zone / Re: Paul Tutmarc's Audiovox 736 Bass -- what scale?
« on: April 17, 2013, 06:14:50 AM »
I am the "TB Guy" (that just doesn't sound right...) that took the pictures of the walnut bass.

Without a doubt, this bass was a short scale instrument. I know, I was there.

It was small in size. The bass (& a lap steel from the same period) were in the shop for one day. It was my job to authenticate it. Time was limited; I took it apart, pictures were taken, then it was reassembled. I did get to plug it into an amp and play on it (there was no male plug on the end of the cable so I used alligator clips to attach it to a  cable so I could plug it in); the strings were beyond dead, but it did work.

My notes state that the scale was approx. 30" . The scale was just shy of that; my guess is 29 7/8".

Moonshine

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