Upton Bass: Abraham Prescott Double Bass

Upton Bass: Abraham Prescott Double Bass

We believe this Double Bass is a 1820's Prescott most likely made in the later days of the Deerfield, NH workshop and showing the hand of Dearborn. The instrument has a greater sense of refinement than some of the early Prescott's that can have huge or akward scrolls but still has the extra turns of his early instruments. The ff holes show more refinement, but the instrument still maintains the individuality of an instrument created without forms. The bass was fully restored by Jeff Bollbach during which time a new back was created for it. Examination of the ff holes shows clear evidence of the "tabs" being cut at a much earlier date. During it's last restoration Rubner tuners were installed to the pegbox after cheek grafts had been performed. This instrument has been in various shops over the past few years for sale or evaluation before coming to Upton Bass. A few items needed correction before going on our showroom floor, and we decided that $100 Rubner tuners, although reliable, were not fitting the basses potential, so we cut brass plates and outfitted them with Sloane tuners. A new Bridge, Fingerboard, Nut and soundpost were put on the bass as well and now this bass has one of the all time best double bass tones we have ever heard. It simply makes you smile to play it!

Now Available in our Boston Showroom

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• upton bass
• abraham prescott
• double bass
• bass
• upright bass

[amutemusic]

@ bout 2:00 in is where babies come from! good stuff bro.

[trailriding4life]

Too cool!

[anahatatutu]

Beautiful bass but it would be nice to hear it with the bow.

[bigolbassguy]

Just a thought - It would be nice to hear a bass of this quality through a good mic - Gotta get out the bow, too.

[Fenderbender1996]

awesome guys :) keep up the great work

[mindbodylightsound10]

I want one.