Ed Maday has built instruments from the violin and viol family as well as mandolins and guitars in his Long Island shop for forty years. Everything he makes features beautiful woods and his old-school carving skill – this larger bass features a museum-quality horsehead scroll!
A Low Note’s Worth a Thousand Words
Gary auditions a couple of easily-overlooked basses in the loft this week – Here are new videos of the Stamitz bass and Dittrich bass – both great values available on our Vintage page:
Vintage Bass Listings – New This Week!
August 13, 2022 Just put up a one-owner Kay M-1 from 1955 and a great fully-carved Budil from a high-end jazz club: This Dittrich just took a huge price break, and this century-old Morelli has a fresh Upton restoration!
Back-to-School Bass Bow Special Offer
FREE CASE with any bow over $500, through Labor Day! We just got in some beautiful new Pernambuco bows from the Marco Raposo collective in Brazil: We also have some great values on vintage fine bows – check out this deeply discounted S. Kolstein & Son NY bow and newly refreshed W. Seifert bow:
“Deneen” Brescian Double Bass, Opus 130
High-gloss French red and hatpeg tuners adorn this carved roundback Brescian – we all took a pause to admire this one!
Summer Price Drops on Basses!
Double basses on sale! It’s roasting outside but the basses are inside, cool and comfortable. August always means a bit of chaos here, as carloads of new Berklee, Julliard, Eastman, Oberlin, Hart (etc. etc. etc.) students look for the bass that they can lean on all year. If they were thinking ahead, they’re taking delivery…
How To Trade Fours! With Lynn Seaton
Lynn writes: “Here are two audience videos from last week’s North Texas Jazz Combo Workshop where I play the WONDERFUL bass you made for me. I am so grateful.” Lynn Seaton, artist (Count Basie Orchestra, Diane Schuur, Bucky Pizzarelli), esteemed educator and definitely not Santa in summer disguise, just sent us these vids! Check out…
Back to School Basses!
Upton has your back-to-school basses covered! These fine double basses are ready to ship – or spend an afternoon at our shop and find the perfect match. Beat the last-minute surge of student bassists and take advantage of our inventory now – these sub-$10K carved instruments won’t hold you back! Consider these beautiful Brazilian bows…
“Tutu” Spalted Maple Concord Double Bass, Opus 220
Dramatic flame shimmers through the back and sides of this special Spalted Maple Concord (2202022). We bought the entire tree of this lightning-struck Bigleaf Maple from the Pacific Northwest. It’s already resulted in some amazing instruments and this two-piece back sets that bar just a bit higher. Travel neck and a rare last set of…
“Jazz Foundation of America” Concord Model Double Bass
The Jazz Foundation of America was created to bring assistance to musicians needing emergency medical, housing and disaster relief. Additionally, the organization creates dignified paid work opportunities for artists to perform with free concerts at schools, hospitals, and nursing homes. Each year they produce almost 1,000 concerts in 17 states and reach more than 80,000…
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