Vintage Guitar - February 2017 - Open - 94
936 - which originally sold for a whopping $95 - provided an equally whopping 18 watts of power at three percent distortion through a 12" Jensen Concert Speaker. The specimen shown here instead has the later upgrade - a 10" Jensen Model A-12 High Fidelity field-coil Concert Speaker. And while the catalog also notes the amp had a "chrome chassis with 3 different tones & 2 inputs," this chassis has (from left) an on/off switch; 1/4" input jack, a hole (input, perhaps?) plugged with a rubber washer, octagonal Volume and Tone knobs made of Bakelite, and a green-glass power light. (ABOVE) The 936 was covered in airplane linen and had an unusual tube complement to power its 10" Jensen Model A-12 Concert Speaker. The 736 is 42" long, with a body made of black walnut and a neck-through design with 305 /16"-scale/16-fret neck and ebony fingerboard. It has the Tutmarc-Stimpson horseshoe pickup, a mirror-steel faceplate, and single Volume knob. Tutmarc initially marketed the instrument circa 1936 and did the woodwork in his basement shop, then later jobbed it to local cabinetmaker Emerald Baunsgard. He came to similarly rely on other professionals; electronics-buff pal Bob Wisner designed amp circuits based on existing radio technologies, and Frank Galianese covered amp cabinets with linen. The 936 is housed in a large wooden box (171/4" x 165/ 8" x 9") covered in airplane linen and with a round 101/2" metal-grill-covered sound hole. It also has a typical leather handle at top and a back cover panel attached with three metal latches. The tubes in (RIGHT) "Pity Him No More," says the headline of a 1935 Seattle the amp today are a National Post-Intelligencer feature on Paul Union (656 G), an Arcturus H. Tutmarc and the 736. Tutmarc J3 (GSF5), an Arcturus H6 was known locally as a musician, (6F6G), an Arcturus HI radio singer, bandleader, and music (GN7), and a National Union instructor. He made Audiovox products "Long Life Tube" CU (80). until approximately 1950, and An Audiovox sales catalog passed away September 23, 1972. from the era boasts how the VINTAGE GUITAR 94 February 2017