Paul Tutmarc (May 29, 1896 – September 25, 1972) was an American musician and musical instrument inventor.

In the very early 1930s, Tutmarc began teaching guitar and experimenting with the electrification (and amplification) of various instruments including a piano, zither, and a Spanish-style guitar by using a wire-wrapped magnet as a "pickup" that could be amplified through a modified Atwater-Kent brand radio.

His real claim to fame was the development and marketing of the fretted and solid-body Audiovox Model 736 Bass Fiddle, from 1936, which was designed to be used in a horizontal position.

The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle has an original Audiovox 736 Bass, found by historian Peter Blecha in the late 1990s.

Bud Tutmarc followed in his father's footsteps as a musician, playing the Hawaiian steel guitar, and instrument manufacturer.