Gary has added overview videos of some moderately priced fully-carved vintage double basses in stock. These are not the largest or flashiest basses in the shop but deserve serious consideration! We hope we can give you a better sense of what each bass is like with a video introduction. Three differing gambas here, a roundback…
Gotz Double Bass, 5/8ths Size
Gotz fully-carved double bass, a petite 5/8ths size with 39″ scale length. Just sorted at Upton Bass!
[gallery link="file" ids="163761,163760,163766"]Upton Bass Rosin – Available Now!
If you’ve been following us online you might have caught the part where Gary has been in his secret lab (cottage kitchen) testing different recipes for great bow rosin. And if you think that means Gary’s up at dawn and the whole place smells like pine and coffee, you’d be right! Rosin is another one…
Upton Bass Rosin
Upton Bass Rosin is a new formulation developed and tested by Upton Bass to provide the best feel, response and tone of any double bass bow rosin. Developed and bespoke by Gary Upton and made in our Mystic, Connecticut workshop!
Gary says, “I truly believe I’ve formulated the best bass rosin out there. If you like Pop’s, Carlsson, Nyman, Kolstein or Wiedoeft you will love my formulation. No chemical fillers, a great reliable sound and touch. I surprised myself!”
Blake Hinson (NY Philarmonic) says, “This rosin is excellent. Now you have to make it forever or something better! Great pop, no warmup time, not grainy. It’s great.”
NOTE: For our international customers – if you have trouble ordering off of our website, please email sales@uptonbass.com with the subject line “Upton Bass Rosin Order,” include your name, email and address along with your order and we can send you an invoice to pay online. Thanks! – UB
Mittenwald Hybrid Double Bass
Many of the staff at Upton Bass are veteran bass players and when we daydream about our own Upton bass, we’d most likely land in the performance/price sweet spot of a flat back hybrid. You get all of the stability and toughness of a hybrid with the remarkable response of our lightweight flatbacks with the…
Blake Hinson
Blake Hinson, bassist with the New York Philharmonic, has collaborated with Upton Bass on some of our most exciting historic instrument projects. Blake first approached us about building a copy of his amazing Santagiuliana double bass, one of the finest examples from this Italian legend. This instrument was such a success, he brought us his…
JUST LISTED: German Double Bass, Early 20th Century
German Double Bass, Prewar
Early 20th Century German double bass, fully-carved. Could benefit from restoration but okay as is, Gary says, “it does need work but will be a functional gig bass for quite some time.”
Good buy for a classic, fully-carved bass, play as it is or we can make a plan to make it amazing!
Upton Double Bass Top Conversion – Plywood to Hybrid
We’ve done this a few times now, to the point we can quantify it and offer as a product! this double bass top replacement service upgrades your existing fully-laminated Upton bass (UB Laminates and Bohemians) into a hybrid with an in-shop top swap. We made a huge number of plywoods over the years, if you…
Upton Gagliano Double Bass
Whenever we make a direct copy of an historic instrument, we make ‘an heir and a spare’ and build two instruments off the new form. The first of our 1781 Gagliano double bass copies, the heir in this case, is already at work in the New York Philarmonic – but Prince Harry here is ready…
Upton Double Bass Top Conversion – Plywood to Hybrid
Upgrade your existing Upton laminated double bass to a hybrid with an Upton double bass top conversion! A new bookmatched deluxe Spruce top installed in the shop with new bass bar and varnish matched to the original. A perfect way to refresh and upgrade your Upton double bass by the hands who built it.
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