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Originally Posted by Ken Smith
Lol.. and you learned all of this in Law school? 
I do not totally agree with your opinions.
If the wood is too stiff and wont vibrate easily, you wont get too much growl. Growl from the string and growl from the wood are two different types of growls. Usually, the more growl from either, the less the bass bows well.
How loud a bass is up close and how well the sound travels is different depending on the actual bass, light or heavy.
On the salesman thing, it's Steve Swan and from my experience and his reputation is very trustworthy so no need to go there for now. If Steve says it's fully carved, it is. He knows the difference! |
Thanks for all the replies. I played 12 of the 40 basses Steve had in his shop and really loved the sound of the Wilfer. I brought home for audition the Wilfer and 2 other basses on Steve's suggestion that were more "open" sounding-wider bottom, a bit sweeter in the top end.-than the Wilfer End result is that I like the Wilfer best for multiple reasons, including, tone, playability, size, and price. Steve is certainly a guy with great integrity and "trust in the universe," as a result, I really trust him and have decided on the Wilfer. That said, there are some important things I want to do in setting up the bass, including having the fingerboard profile adjusted a bit to suit my jazz pizz playing and adding an adjustable bridge. I'm also toying with taking the strings down from Thomastic Spirocore Mittels to Weichs. I've used Weichs in the past with good outcomes. I'm just a little concerned about losing some of the tonal characteristics of the bass going to a lighter string.