Double Bass Repair & Restoration

With classic automobiles, you might call this a Retro Rod…vintage body with a new engine underneath. This early 20th Century Mittenwald double bass is ready for the next 100 thanks to some creative thinking and collaboration between its new owner and Upton Bass! Not long ago, this bass was cobbled together and overlooked, but had…

Behold – three amazing available instruments in the Brescian style with shoulders you can hang on. Going back a century in this Italian-via-England (to Mystic!) bloodline, all of these examples move a huge amount of air and are a blast to play.

This Saturday, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra presents “Fantastic Fantasies” at the Garde Arts Center in New London, Connecticut. We’re proud to participate and are especially looking forward to Thomas Green’s performance of Vanhal’s Concerto for Double Bass.  A special offer for this concert only: all federal workers furloughed or working without pay during the government…

This year we’re taking a little time to reflect on where we’ve come since Upton Bass started as a specialist shop in 1999. Here’s a first in a series of videos where we take a look at where we’ve been and where we are headed!

Our collection of set up new (and used) Thomas and George Martin double basses keeps growing here at Upton Bass. Freshly set up: a 2018 4/4 Model with a newly fitted, fully gated, bespoke Upton Bass C-extension. Our extensions are handmade and custom fitted, developed to be both comfortably playable and to work with zero…

So many basses! Basses being played, basses being tuned, basses restrung, hot-rodded, in for a polish, leaving the building, basses in giant crates being expertly whisked off to worldwide destinations…  Sometimes our Vintage section can’t keep up – if you are looking for something in particular, better to just call! Come to think of it,…

We’ve dropped the price on two of the rarest vintage Kays you can find – by 500 bucks!  If you’ve been very good this year, tell Santa and leave out the milk and cookies. Or just snag one for yourself before he gets to them! 

Or maybe not? Either way, you can follow our social media! Some people still aren’t on Facebook. Or they were, and they bailed. Maybe you want to keep the virtual maelstrom at arms length to help your bass playing. Reminded of an interview with Keith Moon – “Why do you need so many Rolls Royces…

Hope everybody has a wonderful holiday, surrounded by great people, great food and great music. We will be closed Thanksgiving Day, but the shop will be open our normal hours this Friday and Saturday. Stop by! Thanks for being part of our family – from the whole Upton Bass crew!

This is a finely crafted Emile Kuehnl double bass bow, French grip, valued at $1,200. FREE to one promising bass player! Upton Bass has been entrusted by a generous donor to find this bow’s next home. Our intention is to find a student double bassist who deserves an excellent world-class handmade wooden bow!  Click Here…