Comments on: Lawrence Wolfe plays Koussevitzky on carbon fiber bass http://doublebassblog.org/2007/08/lawrence-wolfe-plays-koussevitzky-on-carbon-fiber-bass.html double bass news, stories, downloads, podcasts, and more! Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jason Heath http://doublebassblog.org/2007/08/lawrence-wolfe-plays-koussevitzky-on-carbon-fiber-bass.html/comment-page-1#comment-951 Jason Heath Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:50:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=1480#comment-951 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. 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.

]]> By: Joe Lewis http://doublebassblog.org/2007/08/lawrence-wolfe-plays-koussevitzky-on-carbon-fiber-bass.html/comment-page-1#comment-950 Joe Lewis Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:46:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=1480#comment-950 Hey it's my old teach Mr. Wolfe! Hey it’s my old teach Mr. Wolfe!

]]> By: Anonymous http://doublebassblog.org/2007/08/lawrence-wolfe-plays-koussevitzky-on-carbon-fiber-bass.html/comment-page-1#comment-949 Anonymous Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:13:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=1480#comment-949 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.<br/><br/>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. 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.

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