Here is my new upright from Upton Bass Co made to order specifically for me. Notable options are that it is left-handed, of course, and has a removable neck. The neck slides along a steel dovetail track by using a hex wrench through a small hole in the back, much like adjusting a truss rod.

I spent a few years dreaming up this bass. I’ve always loved the classic shapes of Fender basses, but I like to see them with natural woods, hand-picked hardware and unusual mods. I don’t usually name my basses, but Zenge came to mind for this one because it has a Wenge neck from Warmoth and

This is as “normal” a bass as it gets for me: A left-handed 4-string passive precision bass. The pots are Volume & Tone, yet I opted for a 6-way Varitone instead of the traditional tone pot. The neck is true P Bass width of 1-11/16″ at the nut. I planned this to be my vintage-like

I love this company! BassMods.com. They make wonderful affordable Fender-inspired custom basses. They are very lefty-friendly. And they all have relatively wide string spacing at the bridge (19mm). On request, they upgraded the pickups to Nordstrand “Big Splits”. And they installed they’re own model of active/passive preamp, with

I’m so lucky to have acquired this bass! I bought it from fellow Southpaw – the extraordinary bassist Jennifer Leitham, known in Southern California & the East coast. Anyhow, she was kind enough to sell it to me and I like to think I’ve put it to good use. It is my main bass, so

Made in Romania, 1999
Strings: Pirastro Obligatos
Pickup: David Gage Realist Lifeline