Updated listings for the end of September! The return-to-school and work season has left us with a lot of Upton upgrades in the works and a lot of re-sorting of customer quivers. Which means – we actually have quite an assortment of Upton basses ready to grab and go! For us, the jewel in the…
Our Latest Jazz Double Bass Project!
Another classic restored – this Czech double bass is ready for the next chapter with a complete refresh, taken down to the bare wood and restored with a patina befitting a century-old Bohemian. After sitting for ages in attics and finding its way to our loft, this great bass heads to the West Coast newly…
Bass Shop featured in American Trails Magazine
The bass shop was splashed all over the pages of a European travel magazine this week – the travelogue American Trails caters to tourists from Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. They found us in Mystic for a chat with Gary and some great bass building pictures! The full American Trails article can be found here…
Ten Years of the Brescian Model Double Bass – The First Builds
The Brescian Model Double Bass was being designed and prototyped at the same time we were raising our post-and-beam workshop in 2012. From the original Upton Hawkes pattern, our gravitational pull was always towards giant Italy-via-England contrabasses – violin patterns with broad proportions built enormous for lavish orchestra sections. The Upton Brescian Model was our…
Ten Years of the Concord Model Upton Double Bass
The Concord Model double bass was one of our first ambitious design projects once Upton Bass moved into our own post-and-beam workshop in Mystic. It was born out of a long admiration for Prescott basses and a realization Upton Bass had to have a model paying tribute to New England stringmaking history! An homage to…
Bass Hero Quotes – Wall Art from Upton Bass!
Basses take a LOT of tonewood – and as we work and watch the scraps fall, we couldn’t help but think – they don’t all have to go into the wood stove! Here at the workshop we get some nice trim pieces cut outside the lines on our bass backs once joined – they are…
Building Your Dream Double Bass
With Gary Upton. Our approach to creating your perfect bass – communication is key! Buying an Upton bass is a personal process that we are happy to guide you through. We love it when you can visit the shop, but not all can, and most do not! The majority of our customers order basses from…
Upton Busetto Double Bass Gallery
Here’s a full gallery of our recently finished Busetto copy! Follow the posts below for more info on this bass and the remarkable Nina Bernat. This bass was built from direct tracings of a Gia. Maria del Busetto double bass viol from the late 17th Century. This beautiful, diminutive cello-shaped instrument clearly does not have…
Nina Bernat in Performance
Here are some recent outstanding Bottesini performances from double bassist Nina Bernat! You can find these and much more at her website: NinaBernat.com For this Fantasia, Nina plays the 17th Century Busetto double bass copied for our Busetto Model: …and the pitch and energy in this Gran Duo performance is so impressive!
Introduction to the Upton Busetto
And Nina Bernat! Gary shows off our recently completed Busetto double bass, copied from a 17th Century Gia Maria del Busetto instrument. Full gallery of this Upton to come! Call Gary for more on this remarkable bass: +1 (860) 535-9399 or submit an inquiry
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