Basses take a LOT of tonewood – and as we work and watch the scraps fall, we couldn’t help but think – they don’t all have to go into the wood stove! Here at the workshop we get some nice trim pieces cut outside the lines on our bass backs once joined – they are…
Building Your Dream Double Bass
Our approach to creating your perfect bass – communication is key! Buying an Upton bass is a personal process that we are happy to guide you through. We love it when you can visit the shop, but not all can, and most do not! The majority of our customers order basses from their homes around…
Upton Busetto Double Bass Gallery
Here’s a full gallery of our recently finished Busetto copy! Follow the posts below for more info on this bass and the remarkable Nina Bernat. This bass was built from direct tracings of a Gia. Maria del Busetto double bass viol from the late 17th Century. This beautiful, diminutive cello-shaped instrument clearly does not have…
Nina Bernat in Performance
Here are some recent outstanding Bottesini performances from double bassist Nina Bernat! You can find these and much more at her website: NinaBernat.com For this Fantasia, Nina plays the 17th Century Busetto double bass copied for our Busetto Model: …and the pitch and energy in this Gran Duo performance is so impressive!
Introduction to the Upton Busetto
And Nina Bernat! Gary shows off our recently completed Busetto double bass, copied from a 17th Century Gia Maria del Busetto instrument. Full gallery of this Upton to come! Call Gary for more on this remarkable bass: +1 (860) 535-9399 or submit an inquiry
Bohemian Summer!
Upton Bohemian Model Opus 144 There’s a way to build an entry-level Bohemian. This is not that! When a bassist asks for a next-level instrument using the compact Bohemian package, extraordinary instruments always result. Fully carved roundback of BigLeaf Maple and a high-arched deluxe top – this bass falls into your hands and rings with…
From Project Bass to Graduation Day!
What a great story – Jeremy Baguyos, Professor of Double Bass/Music Technology at University of Nebraska Omaha, sent us an update on an old 3-string double bass that was pretty much falling apart, a shell of dried antique wood. It was an Ebay contestant from our bass barn in the cold winter of 2020! Professor…
June Vintage Newcomers
Happy Father’s Day! A few interesting basses have just become available here at Upton Bass – in the museum-piece category is this breathtaking Prescott from the early 1800s with Busetto corners: This original-size Abraham Prescott double bass been very well maintained since its restoration in the 1980s, and has clearly been played a lot. For…
Carlene Hutchins and her New Violin Family of String Instruments
This beauty just came in to the shop – at first glance, a pancake bass? Turns out this ‘Small Bass Violin’ is part of an eight-instrument set made by the American stringmaking pioneer Carlene Hutchins (1911-2009). Carlene was born in New England and built string instruments in Montclair, New Jersey up until she left us…
Vintage Update: Affordable Excellence to the Exotic
A quick look at some great double basses new to our Vintage & Used page – a big, light and loud New Standard, a compact German classic and a large-voiced player from Patagonia! Nice to see the aging patina on this familiar New Standard (with that American Standard plywood shape) – this one’s a great…
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