An upright or double bass provides the lowest tones in an orchestra, but also can play the rhythmic background to a jazz improvisation or the solid foundation of a bluegrass song. It can be played ...

Tired of pickups that can’t capture the subtlety of bowing or the punch of plucking, I set out to create something better.

Kate Davis talked to Art Beat about her attraction to the bass and writing her own songs before a recent performance at Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland. While she makes playing ...

“People want to come in and play the basses. I hear this over and over, they say 'I've always wanted to come,' or 'this is the shop! I've always imagined what it looked like,'” says Toni Buffa, who ...