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 down to edit it up. And that's when Dave's all, "you gotta get a new shirt. People are going to think we shot all these on the same day!". Your bass should be like your favorite shirt. It should fit just right...it should bring you…
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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 out he's buddies with another outstanding guy and long time endorse of ours Travis Book of the Infamous Stringdusters. Life loves to put different objects into my orbit (self centered, right!) and it just so happens that Travis is on tour and in CT this…
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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 you might remember Peter from some ad hoc videos we did on the showroom of our old workshop. Peter has a beautiful "legacy" model Upton Bass. Whats a "legacy" model? I call older Upton Basses that don't adhere to anything in our current Hero lineup…
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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 (link at the end of the new video so you can find it fast!). I've had a lot of comments from customers that my quick "3 Axis of Bass Bridge" rant should be a video too...so Dave and I grabbed the camera. While it's not…
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