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. patina of Luke Skywalker’s landspeeder Eric wrote on aluminum bass history, 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…
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High-gloss French red and hatpeg tuners adorn this carved roundback Brescian – we all took a pause to admire this one!
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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 Sloane tuners add elegant function to the light show going on in the back. There is precious little of this wood remaining, if you envision it in your project, act soon!
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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 listeners from children in public schools to seniors in elder care facilities. In 2018 JFoA contacted us about commissioning an instrument for a musician to encourage their return to the stage – a fully carved Upton Concord. This Concord double bass build features a flat…
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