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Originally Posted by Thomas Erickson
I think a lot of what is described here falls into what I would term "grossly thick" and thus, in skilled responsible hands, deserving of some alteration.
I probably get a little excited about the issue, but my main objection is to the regraduation of basses that are decent, average instruments in an attempt to get something extraordinary. Which, I think, happens more often than we might like to imagine as players look to improve instruments they already own, and shops look to make an easy sell of a bass that otherwise might sit around.
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And why is it wrong to take an average bass, likely graduated in a haphazard manner, and improve upon what's there? Is the player damaged by better tone? Is the instrument damaged by being better made? Granted, there do exist "luthiers" who would do the world a favor by having their digits surgically removed. But I don't see the harm in trying to improve on a mediocre sound, providing the practitioner knows what he/she is doing.