200!!! I've been watching the count go up thinking 200 sounded like a monumental feat! From some humble beginnings to now, the report has morphed and changed since the first issue in 2010. Originally The Upton Report was just a collection of cool videos I would find on YouTube with an emphasis on entertainment, not sales. Remember, back in 2010 when we started The Upton Report, YouTube wasn't even 5 years old and there weren't any YouTube "celebrities" yet...we had done a few videos our self, with our first YouTube video uploaded on Mar 5, 2009 (and now with over…
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Our good friend Marc Ramirez was excited to share with us the news of a fantastic young bassist who will be playing the Bass Europe "Grant Bass" Upton Brescian that Gary and I brought and donated to the organization in 2012 during the Copenhagen convention. I reached out to Maria on FaceBook to congratulate her on winning and asked her for a bio about her playing career thus far so Upton Report readers could get to know her a bit, and then Michael Klinghoffer reached out to me as well as he was one of her nominators. We'll look for…
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While we were shooting the video in this week's The Upton Report, a customer walked in watched the shoot. She remarked after how refreshing it was to hear me say I didn't know yet what I wanted to tackle first, and that I was overwhelmed with the scope of work that needed to be completed. With so much content being made today, and with so much of that content being overly polished and scripted to show nothing but the picture perfect scenario (and results), hearing the real side to what any craftsman or laborer goes through before beginning a project…
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Going, going...gone! We'll...not quite...but summer is slipping away FAST! It's been a whirlwind of activity here at the Upton Bass Barn this summer with new projects galore! Do you follow us on Instagram? No?!?! We'll you should! It's one of the best ways to get inside tips on what Gary's up to next...and there are some really good teasers over there! While Gary hob knobs with some of the most talented guys in the business working on future top secret projects, i've been knee deep in ancient wood shavings working on a huge job with a tight schedule. In true UB…
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