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Eminence Basses... We Finally Have the News You've Been Waiting For.
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
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Apr 21st 2022
25 Years? Could It Really Be?
Time has really flown by. Here's a brief history of how we got here...Back when Bob Gollihur first started selling bass-related items on his website back in 1997, he really didn't know where it was going to go. He had been hosting an upright bass page at his personal Gollihur.com domain for a while. It was mostly just a helpful compendium of interesting upright bass links that he'd discovered in the early, lawless days of the internet (before Google and other high-tech search engines made it so
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Feb 22nd 2022
Songs for a New World
This post doesn't really apply to the majority of my customers, who are too far away, geographically, for them to realistically attend a show in Southern New Jersey - but I'm proud to be performing in a theater production of Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for a New World." The show is a theatrical song cycle musical that has truly fabulous music, and I'm wearing a lot of hats during the show. Various numbers have me singing solos, duets, and group numbers, playing upright or electric bass, gu
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Feb 8th 2022
Happy New Year! And a Recipe for You!
Here we are, at the end of another very strange and unusual year.
2021 saw a nice rebound in people having playing opportunities, and
while there are still major things going on -- between COVID-related
restrictions and Supply-Chain issues, it's been... ah...
interesting to say the least -- we're still here, making music together.
The
Gollihur Music crew hopes that it's been a safe, healthy, prosperous, and musical year for
you and your loved ones. And sends best wishes for a w
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Dec 31st 2021
Holiday Crunch Time!
We're getting down to the wire, as far as getting gift-y items to you in time for holiday gift-giving. Every year, we post a calendar of order deadlines (and shipping options) to get your stuff on time.With everything going on with the Post Office right now, I urge you to order early - and not count on their "service expectations," especially as we get closer to Christmas. It's just not that likely -- with the added volume, reduced staff, and other factors that are making them less efficient (th
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Dec 10th 2021