Yes, Black hair will have a courser sound, and white
hair will have a finer sound...you will hear the hair
less with white hair. Tone is most profoundly
affected by the stick itself and how it matches the
tone of the instrument.
~Andy
--- "Eric J. \"Rick\" Allen" <eja2maga@...>
wrote:

> > hello
> > i'm a bass student in wellington, new zealand, and
> i've heard that
> > white bow hair and black bow hair produce
> different tone qualities.
> > can anyone enlighten me on this? i'm about to get
> my bow rehaired and
> > i want to know which colour to get.
> > cheers
> > Mark
> >
> My understanding is that the black bowhair grips the
> string more than does
> white. That would make for more bite, attack,
> sforzando on the strings. I
> guess for my money, the rosin has more to do with
> tone than the hair. I use
> white bowhair, as that's what comes on the bows I've
> used over the last
> several years. I have a very hard attack, so using
> black bowhair would be a
> bad mistake for me, perhaps! One can also read: My
> bowinbg technique
> STINKS, for the most part!
>
> Since I subscribe to the digest, I'm sure others
> more knowledgeable than I
> have probably answered this by now.
>
>
> Peace. Out.
>
> Eric in MN
>
>
>




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