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. If you’d like to have your shop added or see one that should be added the list, feel free to email jasonheath -at- doublebassblog.org.
For an excellent luthier directory that extensively covers Europe, check out Jonas Lohnse’s Luthiers Google Map.
United States
California
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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
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Lemur Music
LemurMusic-Everything for the Double Bass
website: www.lemurmusic.com
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
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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
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John Lemoine Violins
5011 Belt Rd., N.W.
Washington, DC 20016
http://www.lemoineviolins.com/
Illinois
Classic Contrabass
Website: www.allthingsbass.com
Location and contact info:
Wheeling, IL
(847)670-0322
michelle@allthingsbass.com
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Martin Sheridan
Sycamore, Illinois (west of Elgin)
Location and contact info:
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SMR Double Basses
Website: www.smrdoublebasses.com
Location and contact info:
Evanston, IL
(847)733-9098
smr@smrdoublebasses.com
(map)
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Sonksen Strings
Website: www.sonksenstrings.com
Location and contact info:
Chicago, IL
workshop: (312) 421-6472
cell: (312) 339-9607
mark@sonksenstrings.com
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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
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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
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Massachusetts
Michael Hartery
15 Channel Center Street
Studio 502
Boston MA 02210
Mhartery@aol.com
978.500.8848
Nahrmann Bass Shop
319 Nashua Rd.
Billerica MA 01821
Tel/Fax: 978 667 0206
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 Jersey
Riccardi’s Violin Shop
Riccardi’s Violin Shop specializing in double bass repairs and string instrument restoration. Our expertise extends past the
double bass and encompasses the other instruments of the quartet: the violin, the viola, and the cello. Repairs, bow re-hairing and restoration of violins, violas, cellos, and string basses are the core business of Riccardi’s Violin Shop in South Jersey.
Website: www.riccardisviolinshop.com
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)
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David Gage String Instruments
36 Walker St, New York, NY
(212) 274-1322
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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
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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.
Robert Tice, Luthier
HC1 Box 465
Sciota, PA 18354
570-992-5695
Website: www.RobertTice.com
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
United Kingdom
http://www.janika.co.uk/ – based in United Kingdom and ships worldwide.
Add a luthier? Email jasonheath -at- doublebassblog.org.
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