Double Bass Upton Bass Club

[Bigbassguy]

Littericky,
Don't play there again

 

[craigb43]

My new UB Standard made it safely to Bend OR. today , I am a lucky guy ,

happy 4th !

 

[jondiener]

My new UB Standard made it safely to Bend OR. today , I am a lucky guy , View attachment 1170075 happy 4th !

Congrats! There's nothing like uncrating an Upton! Amazing how well they travel with so little packing material.

Enjoy!

 

[PaperbackRyder]

Yeah sure, but was it in tune?
Beautiful ax, man. Enjoy!

 

[Bigbassguy]

Isn't is funny how these things make us happy. Im in Seattle jumping for joy.
Set up and ready to go?

 

[Bigbassguy]

Grown men
Wonderful!

 

[Bigbassguy]

What kind of strings?

 

[craigb43]

What kind of strings?

D’Addario Zyex strings

 

[Bigbassguy]

Are these like innovation rockabilly?

 

[MTN.bass72]

My new UB Standard made it safely to Bend OR. today , I am a lucky guy , View attachment 1170075 happy 4th !

Congrats! It's gorgeous! Can't wait to have my own

 

[Bigbassguy]

Road trip to Bend to check it out!

 

[Tom Howland]

Drummers are typically subdividing as part of the drum pattern they play. Bassists aren't. Foot tapping helps a lot.

My new UB Standard made it safely to Bend OR. today , I am a lucky guy , View attachment 1170075 happy 4th !

Very cool, enjoy. I spent three years out in Bend and Ashland OR. Very pretty part of the good old USA.

 

[Holdsg]

my setup yesterday for country/americana/originals band gig

 

[Bigbassguy]

Very cool, enjoy. I spent three years out in Bend and Ashland OR. Very pretty part of the good old USA.

 

[Bigbassguy]

All the toys!

 

[sowilson]

Luckily, I stumbled across one on craigslist a week or two later. The seller was offering it at a great price, plus it had some factory extras - the solo swoop, dot markers - and the ebony parts are beautiful. The tailpiece has a nice blonde streak.
As if the deal was not sweet enough, it also included an RS pickup, Ingles stand, a 'playing' stand, black haired German bow and quiver, bow case, Dlx Mooradian bag, bib, rosin, extra strings - everything I would have been looking for had I purchased one from Upton directly.
And to top it all off - I couldn't believe it! - after I handed over the cash, the seller gave me 5% back without asking.
I don't know if I was earning major bass karma, or cashing some in, but it totally made my day and I drove home with a big smile on my face. He said he was expecting some haggling, but the whole deal was so good I didn't even bother.

Anyway, I'm the happy fourth owner of Opus 224, 2010. She sounds great with Evah Pirazzis!

Sounds like the one advertised on Craigslist in NJ - what a great deal

 

[Jay Corwin]

My new UB Standard made it safely to Bend OR. today , I am a lucky guy , View attachment 1170075 happy 4th !

Kepp the box in case you need to bury someone.

 

[MTN.bass72]

Kepp the box in case you need to bury someone.

Or he could put the bass back in , and ship it to me
But in all seriousness, I returned my Shen SB80 today... will be dropping a deposit very soon on a Standard Laminate. Which is what I should've done in the first place. Lesson learned

 

[Bigbassguy]

Where is the standards made?

 

[MTN.bass72]

Where is the standards made?

All models are made in Mystic, Connecticut