Tag: Brescian

“Deneen” Brescian Double Bass, Opus 130

UBassAdmin 7th August 2022
High-gloss French red and hatpeg tuners adorn this carved roundback Brescian – we all took a pause to admire this one! 

Upton “Bulkin” Brescian Hybrid Double Bass, Opus 769, 2021

UBassAdmin 15th February 2021
This Upton Brescian Hybrid double bass, one of the first of the new year, is built with sugar maple veneers on the back and sides with matching neck. German spruce top. Upgraded tuners and “micro-dot” inlays. Spirocores and a Rev Solo pickup for reinforcement and recording. Somebody’s new gigging partner – what a great list of choices! Brescian Hybrid German spruce top Vermont Sugar Maple veneer for back & sides with matched neck German made “Lauren Pierce” tuners, antiqued Solo “Swoop” Fingerboard Micro dot inlays Cold brown top coated varnish over intense yellow ground coats with building layers of ambers

“Camp” Brescian Model Double Bass

UBassAdmin 27th June 2020
Yet another amazing Brescian build completed! The “Camp” Brescian double bass features deeply figured Big Leaf Maple and a very special back. One centered piece of this select tonewood makes up the vast majority of the carved back, including nearly all of the arching. Gary thoughts on the Camp Brescian: “This really reminds me of this Flemish cello we had by Ambrose De-Comble, late 1700s… I love that we chose to do a three piece back, so there’s not a center seam. I love what this does for the sound and for the flames traveling through.” The hat peg tuners…

“Bullet” Brescian Model Double Bass

UBassAdmin 8th May 2020
Luthier’s notes from Eric: “Most amazing Brescian yet! Deep ribs (almost 9″!) spalted big leaf Maple that kept ruining blades as it had a bullet in it!” We imagined several stories – was the tree outside Elvis’s window? Was the lumber in the trunk of Steve McQueen’s Mustang? The depth in the wood and pathless imbedding as the tree grew suggests a much older story. The new owner agreed the bullet was such an interesting feature of the “spalting” that it should remain! Highly flamed Maple was selected for the neck and scroll. The Brescian was completed with high-gloss dark…

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