High-shouldered Brescian with solid Maple back and many extras! Call for more info +1 (860) 535-9399
[gallery columns="1" size="large" link="file" ids="162614"]SALE PENDING: Upton Brescian Double Bass, Opus 238 2023
JUST SOLD! Still have a beauty in the shop: Upton Brescian Double Bass, Opus 234 2023
Call for more info +1 (860) 535-9399
[gallery columns="1" size="large" ids="162596"]SOLD: Upton Bohemian Double Bass, 7/8ths with C-Extension
Beautiful 7/8ths carved roundback with C-Extension and much more! For more info please call: +1 (860) 535-9399
[gallery columns="1" size="large" ids="163293"]Bass Shop featured in American Trails Magazine
The bass shop was splashed all over the pages of a European travel magazine this week – the travelogue American Trails caters to tourists from Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. They found us in Mystic for a chat with Gary and some great bass building pictures! The full American Trails article can be found here…
Ten Years of the Brescian Model Double Bass – The First Builds
The Brescian Model Double Bass was being designed and prototyped at the same time we were raising our post-and-beam workshop in 2012. From the original Upton Hawkes pattern, our gravitational pull was always towards giant Italy-via-England contrabasses – violin patterns with broad proportions built enormous for lavish orchestra sections. The Upton Brescian Model was our…
Ten Years of the Concord Model Upton Double Bass
The Concord Model double bass was one of our first ambitious design projects once Upton Bass moved into our own post-and-beam workshop in Mystic. It was born out of a long admiration for Prescott basses and a realization Upton Bass had to have a model paying tribute to New England stringmaking history! An homage to…
Upton Bass Hybrid Deluxe Double Bass, 2011
Upton Bass Hybrid Deluxe Flatback from 2011. Just arrived, for more info call the shop! +1 (860) 535-9399
[gallery columns="1" size="large" ids="162299"]Bass Hero Quotes – Wall Art from Upton Bass!
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…
Bass Hero Quotes – Blake Hinson Wall Art Sign
Our Inspirational Bass Hero Quotes are laserburned into leftover Upton Bass tonewood pieces!
Every piece is unique, actual sign might vary from those pictured. Each sign measures approximately 18″ x 4.5″ in size.
Words of wisdom from Blake Hinson (New York Philarmonic), “A day playing bass beats the heck out of working for a living.”
Bass Hero Quotes – Travis Book Woodburn Wall Art Sign
Our Inspirational Bass Hero Quotes are laserburned into leftover Upton Bass tonewood pieces!
Every piece is unique, actual sign might vary from those pictured. Each sign measures approximately 18″ x 4.5″ in size.
Travis Book, “Stay upright!”
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