Double Bass Repair & Restoration

An inside view of Upton Bass String Instrument Co.'s Instrument Repair & Restoration Workshop. Our sister website, www.StringRepair.com was originally created to communicate with our clients about the progress of their project, as well as to better display our double bass repair & restoration capabilities in conjunction with UptonBass.com. StringRepair.com was launched in 2005 and was one of the first active repair blogs on the web, opening the door to better transparency to the client from the back room of the workshop.

Today, Upton Bass String Instrument Co. continues to offer world-class repairs of all instruments in the violin family, and our active repairs are showcased below and on the following pages.

While StringRepair.com is not actively updated today, we keep it up as it's become a great reference source for many workshops worldwide. We hope you enjoy the collection!

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Eric Revis with the Branford Marsalis Quartet

Here are some great photos of our hero Eric Revis playing with the Branford Marsalis Quartet at the GPAC in Memphis, on April 14. Yet another story of Upton owners looking out for each other all over the world – Eric normally plays his travel Brescian, but in this instance was planning on using a backline…

Brooklyn Taxi Disaster Double Bass Renewed

This was a very customized double bass, based on French Mirecourt designs, with violin corners added, in a very J.T. Lamy French red much beloved by Brooklyn jazz phenom Max Johnson. Hard to categorize with our current models (former-Professor-quasi-Brescian?), this bass serves as another example of – if you don’t see exactly what you dream of…

Baroque Bass Removable Neck Conversion

If you’re going to travel safely with something as big as a double bass, you need to reduce the footprint of the instrument and make it easier for TSA & Airline workers to handle. This Baroque bass was brought in to us to have it’s neck converted to a removable neck to meet the owners…