NS Upright Bass Artists
Derek Menchan

Bassist, Concert Cellist, Multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer known by pseudonym “The Griot” – Derek Menchan is, and will always be, a genuine Renaissance man. In addition to his musical endeavors, this college instructor of the humanities, philosophy, and music is working to achieve his doctorate degree. On breaks between semesters and studies, Derek sequesters himself to his studio “That Mruzick Laboratories,” for what he calls his “Arts Immersion Summers.” During these periods he creates vivid and entertaining videos using the Accapella app and developing the follow up to his debut album, The Griot Swings the Classics.
“Having first played an NS bass well over 25 years ago, while window-shopping and dreaming, I will never forget the amazing feel—the action of the strings—and, man, I fell in love. Now, I am rather ecstatic to own two of them, a CR5M Upright Bass and EU6 Upright Bass.”
It’s really like Nietzsche says: “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
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Jeremy Arrowood
NXT Double Bass
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Randy Barnes
CR4M Double Bass, NXT4a Double Bass
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Roberto Bernardinello
WAV4 Upright Bass
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Quintin Berry
NXT Double Bass
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Ron Bienstock
NXT4 Upright Bass
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Giorgos Bouldis
CR4M Upright Bass
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Wayne Brewer
WAV4c Upright Bass, WAV4 Violin
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Michael Burd
CR Double Bass
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John Burgess
CR Double Bass
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Jeff Byrd
NXT Double Bass
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Lee Chapman
CR Double Bass
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Noor Che’ree
CR5 RADIUS Bass Guitar, NXT4 Double Bass
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Tony Cimorosi
CR Double Bass
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Jonathan Clark
CR Double Bass
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Les Claypool
CR5M Double Bass
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Annie Clements
CR4 Double Bass
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Jacob Collier
NXT Double Bass
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Evan Coniglio
CR Double Bass
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Jim Creegan
WAV Double Bass
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Patrick Cupples
NXT Upright Bass
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Carlos Del Pino
CR Double Bass
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Rob Derhak
WAV Double Bass
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Grant Emerson
NXT Double Bass
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Andrea Fascetti
NXT4 Double Bass
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Zac Flynn
CR5M Upright Bass
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Zach Fowler
NXT5 Double Bass
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Adam Frederick
NXT Double Bass, CR RADIUS Bass Guitar, NXT5a RADIUS Bass Guitar
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Brittany Frompovich
CR5M Double Bass, CR5 & 6 RADIUS Bass Guitars
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Justin Gray
NXT Double Bass
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Amos Heller
CR4M Double Bass
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Pepe Hernandez
CR5 RADIUS Bass Guitars, NXT4 Double Bass
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James “Hutch” Hutchinson
CR4M Double Bass, CR4 Omni Bass
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Dominic Illingworth
NXT Double Bass
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Lionel Dean Jarvis
CR5M Upright Bass
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Polo Jones
CR Double Bass
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Reed Jones
NXT4a Double Bass
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Ju-ken
CR5M Upright Bass
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Ryan Kienle
CR Double Bass
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Laurence Knight
CR Double Bass
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Bakithi Kumalo
NXT Upright Bass
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Matt Labesse
CR Double Bass
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Paul Langosch
CR Double Bass
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Dominic Lauzon
NXT Double Bass
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Tony Levin
CR Upright Bass, CR Cello
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Rob Malone
CR4M Double Bass
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Rick Marcel
CR5 RADIUS Bass Guitar, NXT4 Upright Bass
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Anne-Colombe Martin
CR4M Upright Bass
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Derek Menchan
EU6 Upright Bass, CR5M Upright Bass, NXT5a Upright Bass
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Michael Micucci
CR5M Upright Bass, CR5 RADIUS Bass Guitar
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John Montalbano
US5 RADIUS Bass Guitar, CR5M Double Bass
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Jonathan Moody
CR5M Upright Bass
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Glen Moore
CR Double Bass
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Joseph Patrick Moore
CR Double Bass
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Alex Muri
NXT4 Upright Bass
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Jeremy Nesse
CR Double Bass
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Louis Ochoa
CR RADIUS Bass Guitar, NXT Double Bass
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Koki Ohno
CR Double Bass
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Chance Wilder Onody
CR4M Double Bass, CR5 Piccolo Bass
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Suraaj Parab “BasSuraaj”
NXT4 Upright Bass
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Kyle Perkins
CR Double Bass
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Tom Peters
EU Double Bass
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Daniel Pritchett “Dream Upright”
CR Upright Bass
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John Regan
CR Double Bass
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Benny Rietveld
CR5M Double Bass
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George E. Rodgers III
CR Double Bass
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Mike Rosch
EU6 Double Bass
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Dango Rose
CR4M Upright Bass
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Carolyn Routh
CR4 RADIUS Bass Guitar, CR5M Upright Bass
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Zach Rudulph
NXT Double Bass
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Britt Sheffield
NXT Upright Bass
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Noah Sierota
NXT4a Upright Basss
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Sean O’Bryan Smith
NXT Double Bass, NXT Cello
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Jamaaladeen Tacuma
WAV RADIUS Bass Guitar, WAV Upright Bass
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Michael Thurber
CR RADIUS Bass Guitar, NXT Double Bass
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Nick Villalobos
CR5M Upright Bass
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Matt Wallace
CR Double Bass
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Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells
CR RADIUS Bass Guitar, NXT Double Bass
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Doug Wimbish
CR Double Bass, CR Omni Bass
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Patrick Wreford
CR Double Bass
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Chris Wyse
NXT4a Upright Bass, NXT4a Omni Bass