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Double Basses · Models
Acoustic double basses, orchestral bass makers, model families, and related upright-bass variants.
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Samuel Eastman VB95 Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Samuel Eastman VB95 is a student double bass with a hybrid design: a fully carved solid spruce top for a richer, deeper tone paired with laminated maple back and ribs for stability and durability. It carries an ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, a Despiau bridge, Rubner Tyrolean tuning machines, hand-inlaid top purfling, and a hand-applied shaded antique-style varnish. It is offered in Gamba, Violin Corner, and Quenoil patterns and sizes from 3/4 down to 1/8.
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Ascesa VB85 Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Ascesa VB85 is an entry-level double bass from Eastman's Ascesa student line, with a laminated spruce top and laminated maple back and ribs, an ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, a Despiau bridge, and Rubner French-style brass tuning machines, finished in a satin varnish. Built for durability and stability, it is offered in Violin Corner and Gamba patterns in sizes from 3/4 down to 1/8.
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Andreas Eastman VB605 Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Andreas Eastman VB605 is a performance double bass built from premium spruce and flamed European maple, with an ebony fingerboard, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, Rubner French-style brass tuning machines, and a hand-applied German-style antiqued spirit varnish. Individually plate-tuned by master luthiers, it is offered in Gamba, Violin Corner, Quenoil, and Busan patterns in select sizes including 3/4, 5/8, and 7/8.
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Shen SB180 Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Shen SB180 is a hybrid double bass that pairs a fully carved solid spruce top with laminated maple back and ribs, giving a darker, richer tone than an all-plywood bass while retaining the durability of a laminated body. It features a fully carved maple neck and scroll, solid ebony fingerboard, and figured back and ribs that distinguish it from the plainer SB150. It is a popular step-up choice for advancing students and orchestras.
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Upton Brescian Double Bass
Double bass · United States
The Upton Brescian is a hand-built double bass referencing the style Vincenzo Panormo brought to England in the 18th century, which influenced makers such as Lott, Kennedy, Fendt, and Hawkes. Its design features large shoulders, violin corners, deep ribs, dramatic top arching, and a pronounced canted back, giving a powerful, projecting voice favored for both orchestral and jazz playing. It is built by hand at the Upton Bass workshop in Mystic, Connecticut, in carved and hybrid configurations.
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Stentor Conservatoire Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Stentor Conservatoire double bass (model SR1439) is a high quality outfit suitable for the more advanced student, carved from selected solid tonewoods with natural flame, with a fully carved front and back and an ebony fingerboard. It is fitted with full-plate brass machine tuners and supplied with a padded cover and wood bow, and is offered across fractional sizes.
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Stentor Arcadia Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Stentor Arcadia double bass (model SR1470) is part of the top of Stentor's high-grade orchestral range, hand carved from select solid, figured tonewoods with an ebony fingerboard. It is supplied as a complete outfit and represents the most advanced double bass in the Stentor range.
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Upton Standard Double Bass
Double bass · United States
The Upton Standard is built on Upton's Bohemian gamba pattern with a 41.5-inch string length and a D-neck, offered in laminate (plywood), hybrid (carved top with laminated back and ribs), and fully carved solid-wood round-back configurations. A versatile, road-ready bass for students through working players, it is built by hand at the Upton Bass workshop in Mystic, Connecticut.
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Kolstein Busetto Model Bass
Double bass · United States
The Kolstein Busetto Model is a compact professional double bass handcrafted in the Samuel Kolstein bass shop, modeled on a reduced scaling of the famed LaFaro Prescott bass played by Scott LaFaro. The shorter string length suits traveling and smaller players while delivering a full tonal spectrum with strong pizzicato and arco response. It is delivered fully set up to Kolstein specification with an adjustable bass bridge, Heritage strings, a Kolstein Panormo endpin, decorative brass gears, and a Planet Wing pickup.
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Stentor Graduate Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Stentor Graduate double bass (model SR1420) is a step-up double bass outfit for advancing students, carved from solid tonewoods with a solid spruce front and solid maple back and sides. It is supplied as a complete outfit with cover and bow and is offered across fractional sizes.
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Stentor Student Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Stentor Student double bass (model SR1950) is an entry-level orchestral double bass supplied as an outfit with bow and cover. It has a carved or laminated spruce top with maple back and sides, ebony or hardwood fingerboard, and machine tuners, and is offered chiefly in 3/4 size, the standard for orchestral double bass, with smaller fractional sizes for younger players.
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Eastman VB Double Bass Series
China
Eastman's numbered VB double bass range, ordered by grade number from laminated student outfits up to fully carved performance instruments. It spans the Ascesa and Samuel Eastman student lines and the Andreas Eastman performance line, with higher numbers indicating a move from laminated to hybrid and fully carved construction and finer fittings and varnish. Models are offered in several body patterns and sizes.
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Andreas Eastman VB305 Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Andreas Eastman VB305 is a hand-crafted performance double bass with a fully carved spruce top and maple back and ribs, an ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, Rubner Tyrolean brass tuning machines, and a hand-applied antiqued spirit varnish. It is offered in Gamba, Violin Corner, Quenoil, and Busan patterns across sizes from 1/8 up to 7/8.
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Shen SB80 Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Shen SB80 is Samuel Shen's workhorse laminated double bass, built for schools, rental fleets, and the rigors of gigging. Fully laminated spruce and maple construction with an ultra-tough lacquer finish makes it durable and stable across climates, while a carved maple neck, ebony fingerboard, and Shen shop setup keep it comfortable to play. It is offered in a wide size range from 3/4 down to 1/10.
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Stentor Student II Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Stentor Student II double bass (model SR1438) is a student double bass outfit carved from solid tonewoods, with a solid spruce front and solid maple back and sides for a full, durable sound. A step above the entry-level Student double bass, it is supplied as a complete outfit with bow and cover and is offered across fractional sizes from small fractions up to full size.
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Samuel Eastman VB80 Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Samuel Eastman VB80 is an entry-level double bass with a fully laminated spruce top and laminated maple back and ribs for durability in school and rental use. It carries an ebony fingerboard and fittings, a Despiau bridge, and Rubner Tyrolean brass tuning machines, finished in a high-gloss varnish, and is offered in Gamba and Violin Corner patterns in sizes from 3/4 down to 1/8.
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Stentor Elysia Double Bass
Double bass · China
The Stentor Elysia double bass (model SR1456) is a high-grade handcrafted double bass hand carved from solid tonewoods with a spruce front and figured maple back and sides and an ebony fingerboard. It is part of Stentor's advanced English handcrafted range and supplied as a complete outfit.