Joel Quarrington sits down with Gary to examine in detail his tuning of the double bass in fifths and using it in all applications! If you dare to buck convention, Joel has compelling reasons why it enhances his role in the orchestra. For over forty years, Joel Quarrington has served as the Principal Double Bassist…
Your Kay is a 7/8ths!
Let’s take it to the tape! Gary referees this vexing bass size question.
Mittenwald Opus 129 – What a Carved Back!
This Mittenwald Model Upton double bass displays all the simple functional beauty of the German basses that inspired it. But wow! Everybody in the shop wants to take this one home. Check out the center cut of the back, now ready to resonate for centuries. The lyrical ff-holes bring the whole shape together – pretty…
Double Bass Book for Grade-Schoolers! Catalina Plays the What?
Finally a book for grade-schoolers that centers on the double bass! Do you know a young person who may be interested the largest member of the violin family? This new book from (UB’s own!) author Antonia Aviles is both an introduction to the bass and a fun story about trying something different. There’s a lot…
April Vintage Bass Update
Gary has added overview videos of some moderately priced fully-carved vintage double basses in stock. These are not the largest or flashiest basses in the shop but deserve serious consideration! We hope we can give you a better sense of what each bass is like with a video introduction. Three differing gambas here, a roundback…
Upton Bass Rosin – Available Now!
If you’ve been following us online you might have caught the part where Gary has been in his secret lab (cottage kitchen) testing different recipes for great bow rosin. And if you think that means Gary’s up at dawn and the whole place smells like pine and coffee, you’d be right! Rosin is another one…
Mittenwald Hybrid Double Bass
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…
Upton Double Bass Top Conversion – Plywood to Hybrid
We’ve done this a few times now, to the point we can quantify it and offer as a product! this double bass top replacement service upgrades your existing fully-laminated Upton bass (UB Laminates and Bohemians) into a hybrid with an in-shop top swap. We made a huge number of plywoods over the years, if you…
Upton Gagliano Double Bass
Whenever we make a direct copy of an historic instrument, we make ‘an heir and a spare’ and build two instruments off the new form. The first of our 1781 Gagliano double bass copies, the heir in this case, is already at work in the New York Philarmonic – but Prince Harry here is ready…
March Vintage Double Bass Update
A good value in the fine bass category, this c1900 JT Lamy French double bass with a big price break – it really shines under the bow! This broad-shouldered style of French bass also is favored by some of the best combo and big band jazz guys. It’s just gorgeous: JTL Listed here with new…
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