Double bass amplification! Gary's podcast Double Bass & Beyond continues. This fall Gary's been recording a series where he aims to answer some of your most often-asked-about double bass questions. This week he dives into the topic of amplifying your acoustic bass. If it's all just being amplified anyway, why not just use a plywood? Maybe it's not quite that simple... https://open.spotify.com/episode/4u9tWfbm3gV0cl0PJbAp5A Keep an eye on our Podcast page as he adds more! Double Bass Pickups! There are a myriad of double bass pickup choices out there, ranging from the simple to mixed, multiple-source bridge and fingerboard systems. Here's our…
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Updated listings for the end of September! The return-to-school and work season has left us with a lot of Upton upgrades in the works and a lot of re-sorting of customer quivers. Which means - we actually have quite an assortment of Upton basses ready to grab and go! For us, the jewel in the crown is the 2009 ultimate Karr build - this bass blew away a lot of our early expectations, winning an ISB Medal for Tone on one of our first original designs. Add two young Brescian jazz cannons, a carved Bohemian and two affordable gigging hybrids,…
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The bass shop was splashed all over the pages of a European travel magazine this week - the travelogue American Trails caters to tourists from Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. They found us in Mystic for a chat with Gary and some great bass building pictures! The full American Trails article can be found here on page 114 Let us be your musician tourist destination! Find Upton Bass on the coastline, the Upton Bass shop is easily reached from anywhere in the Northeast, also by Amtrak to Mystic between Boston and NYC. Give us a call first, we'd love to…
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The Brescian Model Double Bass was being designed and prototyped at the same time we were raising our post-and-beam workshop in 2012. From the original Upton Hawkes pattern, our gravitational pull was always towards giant Italy-via-England contrabasses - violin patterns with broad proportions built enormous for lavish orchestra sections. The Upton Brescian Model was our new push to create a wide-ribbed bass in this classic style, while applying all of our invention in construction and ergonomics. When we think of a 'Brescian' style (from Northern Italy), we reference the masters such as Gasparo da Salo, Maggini, and Rogeri. Vincenzo Panormo…
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