Welcome to Upton Bass! We are Upright Bass builders located in Mystic, Connecticut USA. Please check out this brief welcome video from founder and owner Gary Upton!

Whether you are looking to buy, repair or custom order your dream upright bass, you’ve come to the right place! Upton Bass builds around 200 instruments a year, fully in our New England workshop. These are not “shells” of Asian or Eastern European factory instruments – each one is hand made custom-ordered to your preferences.

Need bass help? Give us a call +1 (860) 535-9399 or Email us or fill out our instrument inquiry!

Please enjoy our site, our Fine, Vintage & Used Basses listings are always changing. Our new Upton Basses can be fully customized to fit your style. And our upright bass Accessories are the best we have found – when we can’t find something better, we’ll make it ourselves!