Brett -
Please do not confuse sound with the timbre, tone and colors an instrument produce. I consider sound something much more specific to the person. The sound is the individual sound that the person produces. Obviously a better bass will have more refined overtones and produce a better timbre than an Englehardt. What I meant was that if we take two players of a very high level and have them play the same bass with the same bow, they bass will sound completely different. And that is because each player produces their own unique sound.
Ken -
The point of what my teacher says is that when your bow has an audible pitch that when you play that note on your bass the bow can vibrate because the frequencies are matched and that can have a negative effect on your playing and be very difficult to do. My teacher is known for having some crazy theories but I'm not really sure what to think about this one.
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