franzose

The other benefit of bowing, that does not concern your intonation, is the "opening up" of your sound, especially in the thumb positions. Bowing makes your bass vibrate a lot more than pizzing and this improves the souns of your instrument. I experienced that espacially in the thumb positions. At the beginning, some notes were hard to ring and sustain. Playing regularily with the bow has open up those notes, that are now clearly and fully ringing. It also opens your mind because it's so different, but so beautiful.