Many of the staff at Upton Bass are veteran bass players and when we daydream about our own Upton bass, we’d most likely land in the performance/price sweet spot of a flat back hybrid. You get all of the stability and toughness of a hybrid with the remarkable response of our lightweight flatbacks with the tone-developed ‘propeller’ bracing.
So you’d think that might narrow things down, but every one Jack puts the finishing touches on makes the choice harder! We’ll feature a few of these outstanding hybrids over the next couple weeks – unlike any we’ve seen elsewhere and just outstanding as expressive musical instruments.
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The Mittenwald model is the larger sibling to our Bohemian double bass, with tough gamba corners and great versatility. This Opus 859 is strung with Belcantos for orchestra – a hybrid string would put the same bass equally at home in a jazz combo.