Vintage upright
basses that work.

Been playing these
since the '80s.

When I bought my first upright bass in the '80s, the best options were the same basses you can still find today — Kay, King Morton, American Standard. Built from the '30s through the '70s out of laminated plywood, these are the instruments everyday players could actually afford and carry to a gig.

The carved stuff — your ten-to-sixty-thousand-dollar orchestral bass — nobody's hauling that onto a stage at a bar. These old laminates are what the music was built on.

Over the years I moved from playing to fixing them, and from minor repairs to the more involved work: neck resets, soundpost fitting, bridge work, structural repairs. I occasionally have a bass ready to sell. This site is here so you know where to find me.

Not a shop. Not a business. Just someone who knows these instruments.