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12-13-2012, 02:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bar Mills, Maine | | | Video on new Upton "Concord" ("Prescott - styled) Bass
http://youtu.be/9_rfw5MvJfw
I'm curious to see the finished instrument !
Art Fahie
Maine
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12-14-2012, 05:51 AM
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Euphonic Audio "Player" | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Portland, ME | | | I saw this particular bass in the white at the Upton barn and it was just a bold, powerful statement of bass-craft.
This is something I have thought the Uptons should do since the day they moved production from Eastern Europe to Connecticut. It's a natural fit within their design portfolio. It's also a perfect expression of what they're trying to do: Design and build basses on the spot in New England. The chance to build the classic "Yankee bass" model is just too good to overlook.
This instrument is a reflection of hard work brought to fruition.
Last edited by Sam Sherry : 12-14-2012 at 05:53 AM.
Reason: Disclaimer: I am the Uptons' attorney. These comments are not an unbiased review.
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12-14-2012, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Astute. All those European masters copied for their exemplary designs. Why not do the same with the American's. |
12-14-2012, 08:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: West Chester, PA | | | Strange... When I click the link, all I get is a black window. Even when I search for it in the .com version of you tube.
Perhaps I need a flash update. A thumbnail shows up in the search though and it looks nice.
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12-14-2012, 10:02 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfax, VA | | | I like the looks of that bass. I'm somehow taking a liking to the Busetto corners since I find violin corners a little too ornate and gamba corners too plain.
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12-14-2012, 11:45 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seacoast of NH | | | To me, the Busetto style brings to mind Ford's overly ugly Edsel. Here in NH, Concord has a softer pronounciation than I heard on the video. His was more like the supersonic plane, the Concorde.
Last edited by mdcbass : 12-14-2012 at 12:07 PM.
Reason: typo
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12-14-2012, 12:02 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur; Mem. #1, EPC | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mdcbass  To me, the Busetto sytle brings to mind Ford's overly ugly Edsel. Here in NH, Concord has a softer pronounciation than I heard on the video. His was more like the supersonic plane, the Concorde. | Then I guess you won't be buying one. I'm not much of a fan of Busetto corners either. As for the pronunciation of "Concord," many of us know how weirdly New Englanders sometimes speak. I'd like to hear how you say "Busetto."  Check here.
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12-14-2012, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: western MA | | +1 Quote:
Originally Posted by mdcbass To me, the Busetto sytle brings to mind Ford's overly ugly Edsel. Here in NH, Concord has a softer pronounciation than I heard on the video. His was more like the supersonic plane, the Concorde. |
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12-14-2012, 12:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seacoast of NH | | | Nope, I'm a Gamba guy. I've been here nearly 40 years and haven't mastered the local dialect yet. |
12-14-2012, 04:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dallas,Tx. | | Looking forward to some sound clips soon, of this guy!  |
12-15-2012, 11:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Montreal, QC, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Champagne Strange... When I click the link, all I get is a black window. Even when I search for it in the .com version of you tube.
Perhaps I need a flash update. A thumbnail shows up in the search though and it looks nice. | I had this happen to me too recently. If you use Apple Safari...
Go to Safari -> Preferences -> Privacy (tab)
On cookies and... click [details]
search for youtube
select all and remove them, or just delete all the website data.
Should be all good afterwards. (If you're using another browser do the same thing with it. ) |
12-16-2012, 12:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: West Chester, PA | | | Yep, Safari. That did the trick. Thanks!
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12-16-2012, 07:59 AM
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Vice President: Upton Bass String Instrument Co. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Warwick, RI & Stonington, CT | | | FINISHED! Studio pics & listing on Tuesday...video to follow!!! |
12-16-2012, 08:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seacoast of NH | | | Mind the pronounciation of Concord, now. |
12-16-2012, 08:15 AM
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Vice President: Upton Bass String Instrument Co. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Warwick, RI & Stonington, CT | | | Should we use our best Kennedy accents and call it "CONK-ID"? |
12-16-2012, 09:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Laramie, Wyoming | | | It's the CONK-id, Stinky!
- Mayor Quimby |
12-16-2012, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seacoast of NH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Rene Roy Should we use our best Kennedy accents and call it "CONK-ID"? | Yes, I think that would be authentic. You could also refer to Percy Kilbride's accent in the Ma & Pa Kettle movies to approximate how Abraham Prescott may have said it.
Last edited by mdcbass : 12-16-2012 at 09:21 AM.
Reason: correction
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12-16-2012, 09:28 AM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur; Mem. #1, EPC | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | | The model is the Concord. However you pronounce it, let's talk about the bass! Eric, can you say more about the targeted characteristics of the Concord vs. the Brescian in terms of sound?
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12-16-2012, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dallas,Tx. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by drurb The model is the Concord. However you pronounce it, let's talk about the bass! Eric, can you say more about the targeted characteristics of the Concord vs. the Brescian in terms of sound? | Love to hear that
Last edited by lrhbass : 12-22-2012 at 01:56 PM.
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12-17-2012, 07:50 AM
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Euphonic Audio "Player" | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Portland, ME | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mdcbass To me, the Busetto style brings to mind Ford's overly ugly Edsel. | I've always seen it as an Empire furniture thing. Done right it projects old-school Power.
Lotta people don't dig Empire furniture. But a for-real Prescott Busetto model is something to behold!
Last edited by Sam Sherry : 12-17-2012 at 03:04 PM.
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