Double Bass Luthiers
Welcome to our international double bass luthier directory! Though most of our listed shops are in the United States, we are interested in listing shops throughout the world. Please list any shops we don’t have by filling out the form at the bottom of this page, and feel free to add your own listing if you run your own shop!
United States
California
____________
String Bass Shop
Website: www.stringbassshop.com
Location and Contact info:
String Bass Shop
Fort Bragg, California
707-964-2130
info@stringbassshop.com
(map)
by appointment only
_____________
Lemur Music
Lemur Music-Everything for the Double Bass
32238 Paseo Adelanto # B, San Juan Capistrano, CA
(949) 493-8323
Connecticut
Upton Bass String Instrument Company
website: www.stringrepair.com
Location and contact info:
Business Hours: 10 AM—6PM Monday thru Saturday. Closed Sundays. (Eastern Standard)
Address: 27 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, CT, 06355
Via Telephone: 1-860-536-7555
Via Fax: 1-860-536-7555
Via Email: Sales@UptonBass.com
____________
Mike Asetta Bass Repairs
website: www.mikeasetta.com/repairs.htm
Location and Contact info:
Servicing New York and Connecticut
Contact mail@mikeasetta.com or call at 860-685-1621
District of Columbia
Bob’s House of Basses
Website: www.bobshouseofbasses.com
Location and Contact info:
Bob’s House of Basses
P. O. Box 420
Glenn Dale, MD
20769
United States of America
Phone: (301) 805-9407
Fax: (301) 805-9406
bobbasses@aol.com
(map)
Illinois
Classic Contrabass
Website: www.allthingsbass.com
Location and contact info:
Wheeling, IL
(847)670-0322
michelle@allthingsbass.com
(map)
___________
SMR Double Basses
Website: www.smrdoublebasses.com
Location and contact info:
Evanston, IL
(847)733-9098
smr@smrdoublebasses.com
(map)
__________
Sonksen Strings
Website: www.sonksenstrings.com
Location and contact info:
Chicago, IL
workshop: (312) 421-6472
cell: (312) 339-9607
mark@sonksenstrings.com
(map)
Iowa
Heartland String Bass Shop
Website: www.heartlandsbs.com
Location and contact info:
Heartland String Bass Shop is located in Iowa City, IA
Toll free: (866) 730-0731
In Iowa: (319) 339-7271
Email Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand at chris@heartlandsbs.com
(map)
Kansas
KC Strings
Website: www.kcstrings.com
Location and contact info:
K.C. Strings Violin Shop
5842 Merriam Dr.
Merriam, Kansas 66203
Phone: (913)677-0400 - Toll Free (888) 635-5225
anton@kcstrings.com
(map)
Maryland
Nahrmann Bass Shop
319 Nashua Rd.
Billerica MA 01821
Tel/Fax: 978 667 0206
Massachusetts
Michael Hartery
15 Channel Center Street
Studio 502
Boston MA 02210
Mhartery@aol.com
978.500.8848
Michigan
Guarneri House
Website: www.guarnerihouse.com
Location and Contact info:
221 John St. NE • Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 451-4960 • Fax: (616) 451- 9556
E-mail: Sreileymbm@aol.com
(map)
New Mexico
Robertson and Sons Violin Shop
website: http://robertsonviolins.com/index.html
3201 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM
(505) 889-2999
New York
AES Fine Instruments
Arnold E. Schnitzer, Luthier
Website: www.aesbass.com
Location and contact info:
4 Star Cobb Lane
Brewster, NY 10509
845.279.4884
arnold@aesbass.com
(map)
_____________
David Gage String Instruments
36 Walker St, New York, NY
(212) 274-1322
_____________
Paul Strelau
U.S. distributor for Samuel Shen instruments
Website: www.cscproducts.com
Location: Penfield, NY (Rochester area)
North Carolina
J. Condino
Website: www.condino.com
Location and Contact info:
Asheville, NC
(828)450-5440
secondfret@condino.com
(map)
Luthier of mandolin, guitar, and double bass
Pennsylvania
Shank’s Strings
Hours: By appointment Wednesday through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Call or e-mail with any questions.
Nestled in beautiful Elizabethtown, just outside of Harrisburg, in South Central Pennsylvania, Shank’s Strings has been providing world class restoration, repairs, sales and service of string instruments, with a hometown feel, for over 14 years.
Tennessee
Williams Fine Violins
http://www.williamsfineviolins.com
Williams Fine Violins & Luthier Studios
1103 16th Avenue South / Nashville, TN 37212
In the historic “Music Row” neighborhood
1-615-429-2927 / 1-888-791-4208
Makers of fine instruments - Dustin Williams is a double bassist and makes double basses
Washington
Hammond Ashley
Website: www.hammondashley.com
Location and contact info:
320 Third Ave NE
Issaquah, WA 98027
425.392.3963(ph)
Wisconsin
Double Bass Workshop
Website: www.doublebassworkshop.com
Henry Boehm, luthier
Vince Jesse, luthier
Print This Page













































































