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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Thank you for all the great eMails about the NEW UptonBass.com website!  So many of you sent eMails in (including Gary Karr & Kristin Korb!) praising the sites great looks AND usable format.  Thank you! I love the pats on the backs (who doesn’t) but let us know if you see something off too!  With…