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Everyday Upton Bass Players: Ted
Hello! This is me…and my Upton Standard Double Bass named, Buela Bay… My name is Ted, AKA neddyrow on TalkBass, and I play an Upton Standard Double Bass. I am making this post to show that you don’t have to be Christian McBride or Travis Book to play an Upton. Not just the pros play…
“Murphy” Bohemian Model Double Bass
This Upton Bohemian double bass was built for the pit! We’re referring to the substage area musicians working on Broadway and touring musicals work. Pit musicians need reliable instruments that can perform night after night for weeks on end without fuss. The instruments they use must play extremely well and sound phenomenal, all while being subjected to ever-changing…
Mittenwald Double Bass and a trip down a rabbit hole…
THIS IS AN ACTIVE REPAIR, BE SURE TO CHECK BACK OFTEN! This is one of the great Mittenwald basses we have had through the shop. The varnish is to die for, and tone is even better! But, these things we like to haul around are BIG and AWKWARD, and sometimes you bump it on things. This…
American Standard Delaminations…
This American Standard double bass came in with a “loose” bass bar and arching deformations around the bridge/soundpost as well as the lower bout. Upon an internal inspection, the bass bar had not let go, the laminations had failed. We took off the top and were able to easily remove a layer of wood. Testing…
Too Much Tension…After & Before
For a change of pace, let’s start off with the finished pictures! This old bass has been restored, badly, numerous times before…with the most recent restoration utilizing a lot of epoxy and wood filler! The bass was brought in because it was feeling too tight, and the owner wanted to look at setup items…
“Feigenbaum” Bohemian Model 7/8ths 5-String Double Bass
“Feigenbaum” Bohemian Model 7/8ths 5-String Double Bass “Upton consistently makes incredible basses. This instrument is truly one of the best I’ve had the pleasure to play” It’s always fun to work with a repeat customer, and we’ve enjoyed watching Mr. Feigenbaum go from a teenage beginner to an adult professional. This bass was created to…
Brass Plates as Braces
This French-made double bass had a past scroll fracture that failed after the crafting of an extension for it. We began by using water to completely disassemble the scroll…which wasn’t hard! The original repairs were simply glued, there were no reinforcement grafts added. We began by making a simple caul, shaped to the back of the…
Lightning Strikes Again…
We’ve enjoyed building a decked out Mittenwald that soon will live out its years in Japan. It started its life in the pacific northwest, a tree struck by lightning left standing for years, and the amazing big leaf maple dried and cured to what it is today… As we near its completion, we wanted to…
“Marvin” Bohemian Model 7/8 Double Bass
This custom order is a giant 7/8ths fully laminated Bohemian Model double bass. What a blast to play! Enormous presence, big woody tone, moves tons of air and LOUD. Can hang with many acoustic situations unamplified. A great jazz or swing band instrument, also can power any roots music situation – fans of old American…
“Bozarth” Klotz Model Double Bass
It’s easy to work at Upton Bass and daydream about the instrument you might order for yourself one day. This latest Klotz double bass has us all taking note in this regard. It’s just gorgeous! Compact, begging to be played, light and responsive, pretty from every angle. Our Klotz copy started as a special Custom…
Victor Wooten Double Bass Project Part 2: Designing and Building the First Prototype
(Read part ONE in the series if you missed it) To build our first Victor Wooten double bass we started with tracings of his centuries-old Carcassi instrument. The outline was so asymmetrical, we thought it would be better as a NEW instrument to correct the outline, and we created two mirror images, yielding very different basses,…
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