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Originally Posted by Ken McKay
Well, I kinda agree with you there Ken. But a flat back is a viol and a roundback is violin. Each type has a characteristic timbre regardless of the shape of the instrument. Psychoacoustics and playing style also have an effect on the sound of a given instrument but the mental exercises transfer to reality. For example ask yourself what if this bass had that back or what if this roundback bass had a flat back? Armed with all of the available knowledge we have, as well as tradition and a good ear, the puzzle comes together.
In other words expected results are born from understanding.
Attached is William Browns double bass dissertation in pdf.
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Ok, you expect me or someone to read this 136 page study and make something out of it? From this study, what advancement on the making or repairing the DB has come about?
I think the Wood and The Varnish has a lot to do with the sound of a bass as well. The Player not so much. Maybe a good player can get a better sound than the Plummer can but even if my wife pulls the stings on my Storioni it will sound like the Storioni.