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Topic: 7-string Audiovox on eBay |
Doug Beaumier
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John Bushouse
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Posted 9 Mar 2008 10:49 am |
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| So is the pickup under the pickguard? |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Mar 2008 1:17 pm
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| I believe that's a Tutmarc design. Tutmarc was early in pickups, and claimed to be the first, before Rickenbacher. Interesting history, and no one knows for sure. |
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Darrell Urbien
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Echo Park, California
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Posted 9 Mar 2008 1:32 pm
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| That is in VERY nice condition. Thanks for posting. I wonder if that is the original case. The ones I've seen for the later Serenader steels had rounded corners. Interesting also that it is in a reentrant tuning (7th string appears thinner than the 6th). |
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Doug Beaumier
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Posted 9 Mar 2008 2:29 pm
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| Tutmarc was early in pickups, and claimed to be the first, before Rickenbacher. |
True. Audiovox is also credited with the 1st electric bass guitar... before Fender, according to Vintage Guitar Magazine and other vintage experts.
Paul Tutmarc's son, Bud, built the 'Serenader' lap steel around 1950. The Serenader was a clone of the earlier Audiovox, except it had a light tan finish. I had a Serenader a couple of years ago, and I was very puzzled by the primitive "1930's electronics" (U-shaped magnet and thin blade PU) on a 1950s guitar?? Everything about the guitar was early '50s... the Case, the tuners, the knobs, the finish, etc... except the pickup was '30s style. Bud later said in an interview that he felt it was important to continue this design because it was a big part of the original Audiovox sound. The Serenader I had, however, had weak and uneven output, and a slight hum.
Audiovox Bass, 1935
Serenader Bass, C. 1950
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Darrell Urbien
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Echo Park, California
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Posted 9 Mar 2008 4:05 pm
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| Forget the steel, I want that bandsaw! |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2008 4:13 pm
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Forget the bandsaw (which indeed is cool), I want that Tutmarc fry-pan!
Great post/pix there Doug. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2008 4:30 pm
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| Ah hell, I'd be happy just to grow a decent moustache like Paul's. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 6:22 pm
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Thanks for posting all the pix Doug  |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Darrell Urbien
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Echo Park, California
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 9:57 pm
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| Wow, these are great! Are these from your personal collection of actual items, or are they gleaned from the web? There are several I was already using in my Tutmarc-Hoopii-Knutsen article for the Knutsen Archives (hopefully going live this April), but I got them all from the web. Should I be crediting your collection instead? I think I got most of them from VG, Peter Blecha, or the Tutmarc sites. But if they were originally yours I can change my article (or remove the pix, if you'd prefer). |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Darrell Urbien
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Echo Park, California
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Posted 10 Mar 2008 11:58 pm
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Oh, OK thanks. I just didn't want to step on your toes if they were from your own collection and you didn't want them all over the web. Though if that were the case I guess you wouldn't have posted them yourself! Thanks again.
Now could you lend a brother $800? |
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Doug Freeman
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Los Angeles, CA
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 4:42 pm Wow! And what a relief...
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...it's a 7 stringer, and, I'm broke...
But, I know a 7 string player and will be making a call to Tamashiro Market asap!
Thanx for posting that, Doug!
Wonder what the reserve is...? |
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Doug Freeman
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 5:07 pm Re: Wow! And what a relief...
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...it's a 7 stringer, and, I'm broke...
But, I know a 7 string player and will be making a call to Tamashiro Market asap!
Thanx for posting that, Doug!
Wonder what the reserve is...? |
And I see someone was playing it with a high string on the bottom. Cooler still!
Hard to put a price on this one, I'd think. I remember reading about this guy years ago and being stunned that someone was onto it before or at least at the same time as Beauchamp. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 5:44 pm
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Actually it's liable to arrive at Aiea Hi  Though I wouldn't know why. It's a museum piece. Maybe Michael Cord will want it for his collection.. |
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Darrell Urbien
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Echo Park, California
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 5:55 pm Re: Wow! And what a relief...
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| And I see someone was playing it with a high string on the bottom. Cooler still! |
I have one of his Knutsen-shaped ones, 7 string, with a high string at the bottom. I had been considering all kinds of different tunings, some of which would require re-cutting the nut. All of this "considering" has led to inaction, and it's still set up the way it came from the PNW. 
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| Hard to put a price on this one, I'd think. I remember reading about this guy years ago and being stunned that someone was onto it before or at least at the same time as Beauchamp. |
Yeah, it's funny how a lot of life stories get swept under the rug. I'm not totally convinced the Internet is a good thing in this regard, either. |
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