Lawrence Wolfe plays Koussevitzky on carbon fiber bass
This is a video of Lawrence Wolfe, assistant principal bass of the Boston Symphony and bass instructor at the New England Conservatory, performing some short Koussevitzky pieces on a Luis and Clark carbon fiber bass and bow. Quite a nice sound, although a player like Mr. Wolfe could make a $500 bass sound fantastic. This is a very impressive testament to the quality of these basses!
(submitted by K2pro)
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Slight correction: He actually wasn’t using a carbon fiber bow. I was at the performance, and when I asked him why, he said his carbon fiber bow was too gummed up with rosin from a previous BSO performance.
He also allowed me to play the bass, which was really interesting. It sounded like what you’d expect a carbon fiber instrument to sound like. It was very hard to hear under your own ear, but from a few feet away, it sounded like a bathtub. Also, the fingerboard was made of the same material, and was hollow, so whenever you put a finger down a little rougher than usual, there was a loud clicking noise, as you can hear in the video.
Hey it’s my old teach Mr. Wolfe!
Thanks for the clarification about the bow and the fingerboard material. Something tells me that bassists wouldn’t want this as a main instrument, but as a secondary/outdoor/extreme situation bass it would probably be ideal.