Is there a diference?

[Emre Tufekci]

My ears are not tuned as well as most the pro's here but when I recently got my BSR5EG, there were two identical basses in the shop. One had been sitting on display and the other had never been taken out of the case.

After playing them both for 15-20 minutes I could hear that one had a slightly more bottom end on one and the other was sharper in the mid range. I ended up getting the one on display as opposed to the nicely stored one as it was more to my liking.

My BSR5EG (cocobolo) and BSR4EG (Quilted maple) sound nothing alike and serve completely different purposes. Of course my BSR5J is completely different then those two but there is also the factor of pickups, neck, wood...etc involved on that so that doesn't count.

I think it's nice to have the contribution of the wood to the sound as opposed to the mass produced "consistent" waves of the big manufacturers.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Emre Tufekci

I think it's nice to have the contribution of the wood to the sound as opposed to the mass produced "consistent" waves of the big manufacturers.

I would argue that you can find differences, all things being equal; even when the same order of woods are used on any instrument. It's up to the player to determine what works for them.