Would I benefit from a new bow?

[Ken Smith]

Michael, a Violin does not need the pull strength like a Bass does for Bowing.

Just imagine a Bass in your left hand playing like butter with all the smoothness, depth and power without any effort and then imagine a Bow on that Bass that bows like butter from Frog to Tip effortlessly never having to use any wrist pressure to play the note unless dynamics are needed. The Bow just dances on the String any which way you want it to as if you almost have magic technique that you never had before. After 2 or 3 hours of playing, you hands feel fine as if all you did was type a Post on this Forum.

That's what it's like to play a Great Bass and Bow. I do it every day and believe me, "I" can tell the difference even if some others can't.

Experience doesn't come in a bottle. Maybe in 5, 10 or even 20 years you will understand what I am talking about from actually experiencing this rather than just reading or arguing about it.