Recent content by joinercape1

The Kay is a great old bass, early '40's I've been told, but it's pretty beat, been gigged for most of it's life. I'm no classical player, I practice acro a lot but use the bow only occasionally on gigs, which are anything from duos to big bands, what we call "GB" around here. The Upton is a far...

For what it's worth, I owned a Shen for a little over a year, which I bought from Upton. I was coming from an old Kay which had great sound and playability but required constant fiddling (pardon the pun) to keep it together and playable. The Shen was nicer looking and easier to play but had very...

Just another two cents worth here....I have used TI flats for years, in fact the set on my trusty P bass has been on there for over five years, and they are still fine, in fact still brighter and softer than a set of DR flats (stainless) I just put on my Jazz five string. So the cost of the TI's...

Talk to Gary or Eric at Upton Bass, they make a great bow in house for about $600.00, They call it "Brazilwood" rather than pernambuco but I've had one for three years and compared it to many far more expensive bows and it leaves nothing to be desired. Some terrific players have sat in and been...