Bully anyone who suggests anything other than Upton? You're really over the edge now. Seems you're getting desperate. I have not done that, I do not do that, and I will not do that. Yes, I have been enthusiastic about Upton's products. That is based on my experience with those products and being a happy customer. I usually do not offer negative opinions about any brand. You brought up the Kremona in the context of suggesting that the Uptons might lack value. That was difficult to ignore, given my subjective judgment that that particular bass falls far short, along many dimensions, of not only the Professor but many other fine basses that have been discussed in these threads. Still, the Kremona, for some, may be a fine choice, given its price. This is all beside the point. I suggested as folly your questioning the quality and value of the Upton Professor based on your erroneous generalization from a set of pictures.
You were never personally attacked. Gee, I thought you were asserting that you never stated an opinion. Flip-flop.
Of course my judgments, and anyone else's with regard to basses is subjective. That's what opinions are.
I agree and have not violated that. You seem not to be able to tolerate the disagreement you find so healthy. Once again, you did not even admit to stating an opinion about the instruments. When an opinion is stated, anyone has the right to assess it's value by considering the source and the bases on which it was formed. I played the basses, you looked at pictures. I don't expect anyone to adopt a preference for this or that bass on the basis of my experiences.
Of all people to play the role of the wounded, Dave!
) close to $60,000.00 worth of double basses, so I was speaking of the under-$2K category in general. But I see that when purchased from Upton, the UB ply, the Englehardts, and the Shen SB100 (probably the Shen more comparable to the UB) are $1900, $1859/$1949, and $1800 respectively. I'm sure you can get an Englehardt for cheaper, but it would come without the professional set-up which makes or breaks these basses and which you would have to shell out a good chunk of change for anyway. The lowest priced Shen will save you $450 from Upton (and you can find it for less elsewhere, but then you have to pay for shipping or taxes); I bought one for a high school once and played it for a few days before I delivered it, and although it was pretty groovy I wouldn't put it in quite the same category as the Upton. I don't mean to come across as if I'm saying that $450 is an insignificant sum of money or something, and I know nothing is more frustrating for a first-time bass buyer with $1500 tops than to have someone say "listen, just plan on spending $2K and get the [insert bass here]." But if I did have $2K to spend, I'd probably spend it on the UB rather than on the Shen or Engle of equal price, and instead of buying the Shen SB80 or the poorly-set-up Englehardt and dropping the remaining $450 on bows/ amps/accessories. That's just me, though; IMHO, YMMV, AFAIK, FWIW, FWIS ("from where I'm standing"--did I just make that one up?), QED, Res Ipsa Loquitur, et cetera.
