Who invented the bass guitar?

Paul Tutmarc in Seatte, Washington, USA in the early 1930's.  The bass was known as the '' Electric Bass Fiddle '' the bass appeared in Tutmarc's company Audiovox in 1935.  The bass was smaller than a double bass but the bass was easier to carry.  The bass was not fretted.

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Paul Tutmarc's '' Electric Fiddle Bass ''