In Georgia you have 1 year to report any medical problems due to an accident......I've used that to get my car fixed, just keep complaining your neck hurts, they will fix your car quickly to get you to sign the no medical problems form
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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What happens if you have your amp and instrument in your car and they get damaged in a car accident.
When I bought an SVT-VR, the owner of the music store helped me load it into my car trunk. He told me of a customer who had an 810 in the back of an SUV, the back seats were down. In an emerengcy stop, the cab slid from the back into the back of the front seats. It caused some serious damage. Who ties down an 810?
When I bought an SVT-VR, the owner of the music store helped me load it into my car trunk. He told me of a customer who had an 810 in the back of an SUV, the back seats were down. In an emerengcy stop, the cab slid from the back into the back of the front seats. It caused some serious damage. Who ties down an 810?
Ok Grumpy old Farts , story time......I'll make it short.....So last Thursday I got a call from a good friend of mine, he needed a bass player in an hour for a Motorola Christmas party. He asked me if I would sit in and play Christmas music,(rock, blues ,etc). I was half way between my mtn home and Atlanta, but only about 20 min from Motorola. I said sure but I only had a 1951 pbass and a Tutmarc 1936 Audiovox with me and no amp. He said he had enough stuff there cords music stand and an amp I could use......now we haven't played together for at least 3 years, but he printed out some charts, so I get there and its a 3 piece, drummer, me on bass and he plays guitar, dobro, banjo, and sings.....so he gives me a Genz Benz 3.0 with a 10.......I had no strap so I got a stool and plugged into the smallest amp I've ever seen and off we went......that amp sounded great with my 51 pbass I couldn't believe it. I assume its one of Andy's creations.......they loved us, and I got more food than I could eat........toward the end I plugged the 1936 tutmarc 736 bass guitar in to the Shuttle, it kicked but also heavy bass and crisp highs......Probably a new experience for Andy having the first bass in the world played through his class D amp, definitely a new experience for me playing a class D amp, but I liked it, wouldn't mind having one. The guitar player was an old engineer friend and worked for Shure for 10 years designing mikes, the drummer worked for Rockwell 30 years designing weapons etc.......so we had a lot to talk about.........thats the story.....lots of fun
Just this week the Tutmarc(s) came up on the Thunderbird Club thread. I wondered if any still existed. You have answered that question-w/o even being asked! That's freakin' amazing since less than a week ago I'd never heard of one. Too cool.Ok Grumpy old Farts , story time......I'll make it short.....So last Thursday I got a call from a good friend of mine, he needed a bass player in an hour for a Motorola Christmas party. He asked me if I would sit in and play Christmas music,(rock, blues ,etc). I was half way between my mtn home and Atlanta, but only about 20 min from Motorola. I said sure but I only had a 1951 pbass and a Tutmarc 1936 Audiovox with me and no amp. He said he had enough stuff there cords music stand and an amp I could use......now we haven't played together for at least 3 years, but he printed out some charts, so I get there and its a 3 piece, drummer, me on bass and he plays guitar, dobro, banjo, and sings.....so he gives me a Genz Benz 3.0 with a 10.......I had no strap so I got a stool and plugged into the smallest amp I've ever seen and off we went......that amp sounded great with my 51 pbass I couldn't believe it. I assume its one of Andy's creations.......they loved us, and I got more food than I could eat........toward the end I plugged the 1936 tutmarc 736 bass guitar in to the Shuttle, it kicked but also heavy bass and crisp highs......Probably a new experience for Andy having the first bass in the world played through his class D amp, definitely a new experience for me playing a class D amp, but I liked it, wouldn't mind having one. The guitar player was an old engineer friend and worked for Shure for 10 years designing mikes, the drummer worked for Rockwell 30 years designing weapons etc.......so we had a lot to talk about.........thats the story.....lots of fun
Here are 2 pics:Just this week the Tutmarc(s) came up on the Thunderbird Club thread. I wondered if any still existed. You have answered that question-w/o even being asked! That's freakin' amazing since less than a week ago I'd never heard of one. Too cool.
the first one is me,
Greg Tumarc and Doug Tumarc, Pauls grandsons giving me his grandfathers first Tutmarc 736 and Doug with his fathers first Serenader bass 1947
I watched a short video of Randy Hansen playing one. Love the sound!
The one Randy played is the one I have......there are 3 more known....Paul Allen has/had one.....the museum in Seattle, Curator Peter Blecha has one and another one is hidden away in NashvilleI watched a short video of Randy Hansen playing one. Love the sound!
set up right they sound great......
Jeez! I thought I was doing good to have a '67 non-reverse Thunderbird. I'm genuinely amazed by the Tutmarc.
When I went to Seattle to pickup my bass, I found out one of the Tutmarc grandsons had saved almost everything their granddad and father had left in his house when they sold it after he died, so I bought all of it.
I'm only 2 pieces short of having Paul and Buds entire history....
Wow. Really cool.
What a gift! And that harp....
I love the sound of old drums. The ones that you have are very special.
Ok Grumpy old Farts , story time......I'll make it short.....So last Thursday I got a call from a good friend of mine, he needed a bass player in an hour for a Motorola Christmas party. He asked me if I would sit in and play Christmas music,(rock, blues ,etc). I was half way between my mtn home and Atlanta, but only about 20 min from Motorola. I said sure but I only had a 1951 pbass and a Tutmarc 1936 Audiovox with me and no amp. He said he had enough stuff there cords music stand and an amp I could use......now we haven't played together for at least 3 years, but he printed out some charts, so I get there and its a 3 piece, drummer, me on bass and he plays guitar, dobro, banjo, and sings.....so he gives me a Genz Benz 3.0 with a 10.......I had no strap so I got a stool and plugged into the smallest amp I've ever seen and off we went......that amp sounded great with my 51 pbass I couldn't believe it. I assume its one of Andy's creations.......they loved us, and I got more food than I could eat........toward the end I plugged the 1936 tutmarc 736 bass guitar in to the Shuttle, it kicked but also heavy bass and crisp highs......Probably a new experience for Andy having the first bass in the world played through his class D amp, definitely a new experience for me playing a class D amp, but I liked it, wouldn't mind having one. The guitar player was an old engineer friend and worked for Shure for 10 years designing mikes, the drummer worked for Rockwell 30 years designing weapons etc.......so we had a lot to talk about.........thats the story.....lots of fun
The @agedhorse will want to see this me tinks.
Please make sure you have plans to keep it all together when you pass!
Beans,
That "harp thing" is really 5 steel guitars carved into an incredible solid piece of walnut. It dates between 1931 and 1934, it upsets the guitar historians that believe Dobro or Rickenbacker invented the magnetic pickup.....it has 30 strings and was played thru a table radio, I'm slowly putting it back together, here is another pic.
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It’s stunning. Years ago harps, banjos, and mandolin, even the uke, were very popular in the sitting room. Bands with many playing them were common. People didn’t have entertainment like today so they made their own. The good old days.
I started in electronics by repairing old radios. I used to have church steeple style one like in your image.
Thats a burden I don't quite have figured out yet......First I'm going to have some professional pics made and descriptions of everything, so this history is not lost. most of this is not documented anywhere as we were digging it out from under boxes in a garage (there is more there)....I don't like or trust museums, so that'.s not an option....I have a son who is a Jazz drummer, that is probably where it will go... or I might give it back to the tutmarcs next generation, gggrandson they are all musicians. any suggestions would help. the one thing we hunted for and could not find is the original 1930 Stimson/Tutmarc magnetic pickup.. it does/did exist and is one year before the George Beauchamp pickup....
Ok Grumpy old Farts , story time......I'll make it short.....So last Thursday I got a call from a good friend of mine, he needed a bass player in an hour for a Motorola Christmas party. He asked me if I would sit in and play Christmas music,(rock, blues ,etc). I was half way between my mtn home and Atlanta, but only about 20 min from Motorola. I said sure but I only had a 1951 pbass and a Tutmarc 1936 Audiovox with me and no amp. He said he had enough stuff there cords music stand and an amp I could use......now we haven't played together for at least 3 years, but he printed out some charts, so I get there and its a 3 piece, drummer, me on bass and he plays guitar, dobro, banjo, and sings.....so he gives me a Genz Benz 3.0 with a 10.......I had no strap so I got a stool and plugged into the smallest amp I've ever seen and off we went......that amp sounded great with my 51 pbass I couldn't believe it. I assume its one of Andy's creations.......they loved us, and I got more food than I could eat........toward the end I plugged the 1936 tutmarc 736 bass guitar in to the Shuttle, it kicked but also heavy bass and crisp highs......Probably a new experience for Andy having the first bass in the world played through his class D amp, definitely a new experience for me playing a class D amp, but I liked it, wouldn't mind having one. The guitar player was an old engineer friend and worked for Shure for 10 years designing mikes, the drummer worked for Rockwell 30 years designing weapons etc.......so we had a lot to talk about.........thats the story.....lots of fun
The @agedhorse will want to see this me tinks.
Are the tuners 1/4" square heads like on a piano? Look smaller.
Absolutely astounding!yes they are....I haven't tried turning them yet as this guitar hasn't been used since 1936. thats it on the very right of the picture
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