An inside view of Upton Bass String Instrument Co.’s Instrument Repair & Restoration Workshop. Our sister website, www.StringRepair.com was originally created to communicate with our clients about the progress of their project, as well as to better display our double bass repair & restoration capabilities in conjunction with UptonBass.com. StringRepair.com was launched in 2005 and was one of the first active repair blogs on the web, opening the door to better transparency to the client from the back room of the workshop.
Today, Upton Bass String Instrument Co. continues to offer world-class repairs of all instruments in the violin family, and our active repairs are showcased below and on the following pages.
While StringRepair.com is not actively updated today, we keep it up as it’s become a great reference source for many workshops worldwide. We hope you enjoy the collection!
This big crazy Alcoa has been hanging at the shop, now fully sorted with a fresh setup and for sale on our vintage page! Shiny underneath, with weathered paint. Very few come through in original condition - it's pretty cool! Many have been stripped and polished to hot rod chrome, they definitely have a cult following. Eric wrote on aluminum bass history here, going back to 2005. These Alcoas actually were prewar, and may have been built for Interlochen music camp so they were easily stored. The Alcoa basses differ from the Pfretzchner versions in that aluminum is used throughout.…
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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: https://youtu.be/6ww6ZfkFIl4 https://youtube.com/shorts/5ieWw8CmBZE?feature=share
View Full PostAugust 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: Time-travel Kay and Budil cannon This Dittrich just took a huge price break, and this century-old Morelli has a fresh Upton restoration! Dittrich on sale, Morelli perfetto
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Another update from bluegrass road warrior Travis Book - a new album with The Infamous Stringdusters drops midnight TONIGHT and another Grammy nomination are nice ways to get through the winter! "On behalf of the Dusters, I'm so excited to be releasing Toward the Fray Friday, Feb 18 on our record label, Americana Vibes - all the while being Grammy nominated for our most recent album, A Tribute to Bill Monroe. Toward the Fray is our first original music to be released by the band since 2019's Rise Sun." We've been building basses for Travis since we've been building basses. He's…
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