in your heart of hearts would you rather play your wooden upright or one of these composite jobs.
Yes, I love the look of my bass but I did replace my Knoll pernambuco bow with a better bow that happens to be made from carbon fiber.
I didn't mean that Yo Yo Ma preferred the CF cello over his Strad. It's just that I don't think he will play under any circumstances a bad instrument.
And a Steinberger, to my ears, does not sound inferior or inherently different from good quality wooden body basses.