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Buffet Questions

Author: Elkwoman46
Date: 2011-11-02 20:42

Greetings again.
I have spent a lot of time researching this board and the internet for answers for questions that I have regarding what is considered the "Pre" Buffet editions, basically Evettes "and so forth" that were made in Paris and Germany some time ago, prior to being bought out by Germany, then made in Germany some, and prior to being bought back again, so to speak...

Here is what is puzzling me. If an Evette plastic model is considered the pre-B12's...does that mean all of them that were made, even ones that had shiny plastic? When it is called "pre" so to speak, is that basically referring to the intonation holes and placement, or the construction of the parts, or ?

The same question goes with the Pre E11's, but wooden...

I ask because when I look at the current ones, I am at a loss to understand because Buffet for example declares in a sense that their products are progressive in a sense, improved upon, evolving, etc.

Furthermore, I gather that some state that the Pre E11's in wood were better than today's models of the Buffet E11, mostly due to the fact that the wood of yesterday is better than today, which obviously is a valid statement per shortage of wood of that density today.

Yet, does anyone know the bottom line exactly why they are called "pre's" when I don't think they appear to be the same, yes? Or am I mistaken?

For those who are reading this, to drive home a point...if someone went out and bought, for example, a vintage plastic Evette, would it sound the same as a current Buffet B12? Or are they really nonetheless two different species all together? That basically is my question...would one find the same sounds on what is deemed as "pre's", or not?

I see a lot of mention of the materials used, but not so much about the sound quality between the two eras. That is what I would like to know.

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