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 Here are links and resources of interest to owners of American Standard and King basses.

Incredible yet affordable custom basses and accessories. A complete sales and service facility located in Michigan. The website is one of the coolest on the web and his products are, quite simply, astounding.


 		 The H.N. White Company, the original manufacturer of the American Standard and King basses. Chris Charvat, archivist and historian for the H. N. White Company maintains the only website maintained by the H. N. White family. Go here for the definitive history of H.N. White Co.

 		 A great community of bassists with a wide range of abilities, interests, and experience with upright and electric basses. Eclectic and THE place to be seen.
 
Upton Bass String Instrument Co. Logo THE premier American Standard upright bass luthier and sales advisor, Gary 'gets' the American Standard bass thing  and has extensive experience rebuilding and breathing life into these old warhorses. Both his luthier work and accessories are highly recommended for use with your American Standard and/or King basses.
Rockabillybass.com - dedicated to the rockabilly bass player
A great community of Kool Kats, these bassists are experts on rockabilly bass equipment, performance, and slap bass technique.
 

 		 Excellent West coast bass shop offering a wide range of new and used basses, accessories, and services.
 
The best bass shop in the Pacific Northwest. They have fine basses and one of the very best luthieries. Ask to speak with Bryce--he knows his basses and knows a good American Standard or King Mortone when he sees one.

 

 A great community of bluegrass bass experts discussing bluegrass basses, equipment, performance, and recording.
 


 

  

East coast bass shop offering a wide range of new basses, accessories, and services. Undoubtedly the largest collection of links to upright bass services on the Web.
 

Sources
Below is a list of sources who were instrumental in helping with the construction of this website's database.

Kent 'Superman' Blanton
He knows more about what an American Standard is supposed to sound like than anyone on the planet. Superman has used them extensively for several years and is one of the people responsible for ensuring the American Standard's legendary status in the bluegrass and country scenes.

Dennis Crouch
A true 'bassist's bassist', he has recorded and performed with American Standards in movies (most recently, "Walk the Line--he played BRILLIANTLY on the soundtrack), on the Opry, with Del McCoury, Nashville Bluegrass Band, and a host of other greats, using American Standards on the road extensively.

Roger Stowers
An expert on the Kay Bass with years of experience tracking and cataloging Kay upright basses. His website is available HERE.

Chris Charvat
My profound thanks to the archivist and historian for the H.N. White family and corporate history website. He has spent many hours painstakingly building the only website maintained by the H. N. White family. It's a labor of love and the music world appreciates it. The site is located HERE.

Ike Harris
A professional Nashville-based touring and recording bassist and respected educator, Ike has also been a diligent researcher who got me started on this website with his own valuable accumulated data on American Standards. An American Standard aficianado, Ike uses his bass for touring and recording with Crystal Gayle, and the Titan 7 Jazz band.

And thanks to everyone at talkbass.com, nortoncustoms.com, uptonbass.com, and bgBass-L for your support. And THANK YOU to all the contributors to this website.

 

 

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