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Upton Bass String Instrument Co NewsletterVolume 41 - May 16th, 2011
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Well here we are...San Fransisco, California just before the 2011 International Society of the Double Bass convention!  As I type, Gary is playing the competition instrument which we have been going over all morning!  Polishing, cleaning, adjusting and playing.  It cannot get any better at this point, and I am proud to say I have put my best foot forward and am excited to be representing Upton Bass in this effort. 

Two years ago Gary and I drove to State College, Pennsylvania with a last minute bass made out of standard wood but utilizing all the customizations that made up the Gary Karr model.  After scrutinizing our work, we thought the best we could do would be a certificate for tone, and were humbled with an UNCONDITIONAL SILVER MEDAL for tone!

This years effort finds us selecting wood most luthiers dream about, and creating a new concept bass building off of some of the Gary Karr features.  We hope to at least repeat our 2009 results, and are hopeful to get a workmanship nod this year.  The ultimate will be Friday night though when the bass is played on stage in Gary Karr's performance by Jonathan Camps!

Wish us luck!  And if you are attending this years convention please stop by and say "Hi" to Gary and I!  We will be in room 135. Or, if you're in the area call us and maybe we can meet up for drinks!  1-860-334-6458.  And be sure to "friend" Gary on Face Book to get real time updates and pictures from the show as it happens!

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Eric Roy
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The ISB proudly announces a very special evening, Gary Karr & Friends, on Friday, June 10th at the 2011 ISB Convention at San Francisco State University. Gary returns for his first ISB convention appearance since 2001 to host an evening of solo and ensemble music performed by and with some of the gifted bassists who have studied with him over the years. Join us for a magical evening of music and bass love honoring our founder, the great Gary Karr!

Tony Falanga  

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Upton Bass: Tony Falanga, bassists for Ornette Coleman plays an award winning double bass made by Eric Rene Roy, head luthier of Upton Bass String Instrument Co. This bass was made for the 2009 ISB Makers Competition for which it won a Silver Medal for Tone.

 

2009 ISB Silver Medal for Tone
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Eric from Upton Bass showing off the new Gary Karr model Upton Bass on his award winning double bass.