Last week I teased you with an AWESOME video…a fantastic piece NPR did on the Danilo Perez foundation…and for reasons unknown to me NPR pulled the video down within hours of The Upton Report going out. I apologize for the tease, and I’ve written a few eMails looking for an explanation. If I find the…
Eric Revis with the Branford Marsalis Quartet
Here are some great photos of our hero Eric Revis playing with the Branford Marsalis Quartet at the GPAC in Memphis, on April 14. Yet another story of Upton owners looking out for each other all over the world – Eric normally plays his travel Brescian, but in this instance was planning on using a backline…
The Upton Report Vol. 190 – NPR’s Jazz Night in America
Man, did we find a GEM! NPR’s Jazz Night in America did a long segment on Danilo Pérez. Jazz Night In America went to Panama City to take in festival performances by Pérez, John Patitucci and others, and finds out how music can change lives in Panama. We’ve been working with John Patitucci for years…
Brooklyn Taxi Disaster Double Bass Renewed
This was a very customized double bass, based on French Mirecourt designs, with violin corners added, in a very J.T. Lamy French red much beloved by Brooklyn jazz phenom Max Johnson. Hard to categorize with our current models (former-Professor-quasi-Brescian?), this bass serves as another example of – if you don’t see exactly what you dream of…
The Upton Report Vol. 189 – I Need a New Shirt…
I’ve got to go shopping for a new shirt! Everyone’s got a favorite piece of clothing, right? We’ll…I definitely have mine…and I didn’t realize how often I put it on (wearing it right now in fact) until Dave and I sat down to do this weeks video! We set up, shot the video and sat…
The Upton Report Vol. 188 – Todd Parks
I’ve been speaking with Todd Parks about a custom bass for a bit now and he stopped in this week as he is touring with Sam Bush and playing locally tonight. Once again I’ve met one of the nicest guys around! Todd’s an amazing player and extremely humble and polite…and I wasn’t surprised to find…
“Greckel” Matthias Klotz Double Bass Copy
We keep getting requests for our Klotz Double Bass copy! This tidy design is the most popular of our Custom Commission instruments, which began with a 2012 project to build a copy of a 1700s Matthias Klotz contrabass from a complete set of tracings. With its wide and rounded features, almost symmetric upper and lower bouts, this compact…
The Upton Report Vol. 187 – What’s a “legacy” model?
I should be playing some sort of April fools joke on you today. Faking some shots of a strange new bass design, some peculiar artist link or head scratching video…but alas…I’ve got no tricks up my sleeve today! Just some great playing by one of the nicest guys you could meet, Peter Maness! Some of…
The Upton Report Vol. 186 – 3 Axis of Bass
When customers pick up their bases here in the workshop, I give a quick “crash course” on bass ownership. We’ve shot some videos on how to use your bridge positioning stick, humidity control measures to take, etc. Gary also did a long video on how to really get your bridge in the right spot too…
The Upton Report Vol. 185 – Pittsburgh Double Bass Symposium
Gary & I are at Carnegie Mellon today for the Pittsburgh Double Bass Symposium today (assuming you’re reading this on Friday March 19th!). We have a special place in our hearts with this show as it was where we first introduced publicly our Brescian model! We’ll be hauling that Brescian to the show (it’s Gary’s personal…
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