Is it worthy of consideration that character can also be taken as a lack of versatility
I don't think (...) versatility comes into it..
Character is a stand alone virtue maybe?
Character is like the end of the sentence : )
doesn't have/need to be characterized further? It just is?
No I think (...) Character allows versatility
Character allows many avenues
(old Chinese proverb ; )
"less" Character would be narrow/ a narrowing.
You pay up for Character whereas in the old days of drums it was pretty much "Standard"
the market has been since sliced and diced (the top and bottom)
used to have Student, Semi-Pro, Pro and Elite
now (in some corners) there's 4 Student, 11 Semi-Pro, 6- Pro and 4- Elite
more not necessarily better choices just sliced and diced better for price points