The name Abraham Prescott is to double bassists what Stradivari is to violinists. Prescott double basses and viols, mostly built in the first half of the 19th Century in New Hampshire, have been owned and performed on by some of the most celebrated bassists in the world, Scott LaFaro, Arvel Shaw, Tiny Martin and Lawrence…
SOLD: Horst Grunert “Gasparo da Salo” Model Double Bass, 1985
Horst Grünert double bass – beautifully made from the 1980s, his Gasparo da Salo model. Grunert is a master luthier who still builds and restores instruments in his small shop in Bavaria.
[gallery ids="145242,145246,145238"]
SOLD: UB Standard Hybrid Double Bass 2009
SOLD: Excellent condition gamba-cornered Upton hybrid, in top shape with many extras
SOLD: UB Hybrid Standard Double Bass 2008
A fine example of a violin-cornered Hybrid, beautifully played in and maintained
“Murray” Concord Model Upton Double Basses
Back in 2012, Baltimore and D.C. first-call bassist and educator Max Murray commissioned one of our first showpiece Concord models. Built with an adjustable neck, this bass was the first to get Prescott uncut ff-holes, and the first to get hat peg tuners with plates in tribute to the Scott Lafaro Prescott. We featured this…
SOLD: UB Bostonian Double Bass c2011
A Legacy Bostonian Model Upton Double Bass made in 2012
Not For Sale: Moses A. Tewkesbury Double Bass, 1844, Chester, New Hampshire
A beautiful example of a great early American contrabass from Moses Tewkesbury, one of Abraham Prescott’s longtime luthiers.
[gallery ids="132898,132897,132896"]SOLD: G. A. Pfretzschner Aluminum Double Bass
G.A. Pfretzchner Aluminum Double Bass, includes accumulated research on aluminum basses
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7