I am exceptionally lucky to own and play an 1850s German bass. It came to me a few years ago in one piece, but it was going to need work in the medium-term. Enter the door at South Portland High School. More accurately, almost enter the door at South Portland High School.
That would be a six-inch crack. There are ways to fix it from the outside but the back braces were loose. Over the past 170 years some of the repairs were kinda sketchy and others were just in need of attention.
So it went off to our friends at Upton bass. There's not much point in doing The Half Resto, is there? This bass got The Full Resto. So you go from this:
To this:
and wind up with Ariel pretty happy about this:
and Sam very happy to be playing this:
Friends, I am mighty happy to have my bass back! It sounds just amazing -- the depth of time but with the benefit of "all really together now" and the righteous growl of Jack Hanlon's fingerboard work. And of course, the simple joy of getting back on a viol-shaped flatback -- sigh, that's the bass for me -- and that little extra 3% from a 43" string-length. (For you guitar-players, that's exactly like going from a Les Paul to a Strat, or from an L-50 to an L-5. It's a firm note. There's room to punch it.)
Thank you Gary, Eric, Ariel, Jack, Chris and all in The Big Red Barn. I'm lucky and I know it.
36 pics at my Imgur
I am proud to represent Upton Bass String Instrument Corp. as its attorney. Besides that, I like those people and I think really well of their work. This is not a neutral post from an unaffiliated person.
That would be a six-inch crack. There are ways to fix it from the outside but the back braces were loose. Over the past 170 years some of the repairs were kinda sketchy and others were just in need of attention.
So it went off to our friends at Upton bass. There's not much point in doing The Half Resto, is there? This bass got The Full Resto. So you go from this:
To this:
and wind up with Ariel pretty happy about this:
and Sam very happy to be playing this:
Friends, I am mighty happy to have my bass back! It sounds just amazing -- the depth of time but with the benefit of "all really together now" and the righteous growl of Jack Hanlon's fingerboard work. And of course, the simple joy of getting back on a viol-shaped flatback -- sigh, that's the bass for me -- and that little extra 3% from a 43" string-length. (For you guitar-players, that's exactly like going from a Les Paul to a Strat, or from an L-50 to an L-5. It's a firm note. There's room to punch it.)
Thank you Gary, Eric, Ariel, Jack, Chris and all in The Big Red Barn. I'm lucky and I know it.
36 pics at my Imgur
I am proud to represent Upton Bass String Instrument Corp. as its attorney. Besides that, I like those people and I think really well of their work. This is not a neutral post from an unaffiliated person.
