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[updated - this position has been filled!]“Day Job” Available for Qualified Upright Bass PlayerUS:You know who we are, you're here on the page! So you know that we’re a well-known, leading upright bass online retailer who has been in business for over a quarter century. We specialize in the needs of the upright bassist – from strings, to bows, to pickups and electronics, to amps, sheet music, and the instruments themselves. We ship worldwide.YOU:You’re a legitimate upright bassist in the Sout …

This is a "reprint" of a blog entry that Bob wrote several years ago that I recently came across. It was posted on a previous version of our site, and I thought it would be nice to put it back in rotation in memory of Bob. Miss you, Dad! - Mark You probably recall the moment when you first got an upright bass... You'll distinctly remember when you were administered the Official Upright Bass Owner Pledge: Raise your right hand and repeat after me:  "I (state your name), heretofore …

Enjoy this lovely conversation between Mark and Jason Heath of the Contrabass Conversations Podcast. Click this link to visit his page and listen to the interview! …

We are deeply saddened to announce that Bob Gollihur, the founder of Gollihur Music (formerly Wordsmith Associates Music) has passed away at the age of 71 on July 20, 2022.Bob has been quite well-known within the bass-playing community for decades. He majored in double bass in college, and played his first paying gig as a union card-carrying 13-year-old in 1963, as seen in the photo to the left (and he continued playing regularly over the years, into his 70s). But he was most widely recogni …

The Eminence Electric Upright Bass has been a favorite product at Gollihur Music for decades; since Bob first discovered the bass we've been very strong supporters of it (and the wonderful Gary and Karen Bartig of G. Edward Lutherie). As one of the few acoustically "true" electric upright basses (EUBs), we've been proud to be the top US dealer for Eminence Basses for many years. The worldwide supply chain issues that have plagued most manufacturing and retail opera …