Fiddlerman Black Carbon Fiber Weave Violin Bow 4/4

I bought a beginner (hint) set from Yamaha - and while the violin was beautiful the Rosin and bow was not. I obviously didn't know this at the time (hint = I'm a beginner) and I almost gave up the violin! Producing a sound was really difficult, especially coupled with learning wrist motions, arm, and shoulder movements + finger placements. It occurred to me to switch the bow! It got here and I used the same rosin that came with the Yamaha set, and I almost gave up on rosing it as well! It just wouldn't STICK! Then I threw all my faith into the rosin that came with my very first set (it cost total of $110), which turned out to be VASTLY superior to the one that came with the Yamaha set for 8x the cost. This bow took the rosin like a champ and produced WAYY better sound. My joy and enthusiasm for taking up the violin is back and I'm excited to focus on other things besides pressing the bow hard enough (now it just glides). To all the other fellow beginners out there, this bow is great! Very little bouncing and looks very nice. But just as important is the rosin so don't forget to pick some up!

This is a very good entry level bow for the price. It is well made and very sturdy with good playability.

For the price. It's a great bow. Gave it a lower stat at first because it had no rosin. So no sound. I didn't realize being a violin noob that freshly haired bows have no rosin. And y need to cake a base layer onto it. The struggle was real because of conflicting videos and posts. So found a video of this one teacher who is awesome and she said if you're not getting sound. Put more rosin on. For like 10-15 minutes if you have to. Nothing else was working. So I figured why not. And after slathering on rosin from Lonely Pine (original formula) it works so good. Hopefully I can upload a worthy video one of these years so you can hear the sound. So for now I just offer words for excitement. And it just looks so awesome with the weave. It's kind of like a Mandalorian DarkSaber vibes lol.

We got this as a slight step up over the ever popular Fiddlerman Carbon Fiber bow (this is the Carbon Fiber “WEAVE”). The advanced intermediate fiddler this was purchased for found the bow to be “lively and fun”. Coming from fiberglass and inexpensive wooden bows this bow was found to be much more responsive and complimented his playing. A couple hairs did break the first day but otherwise the hair seemed to have nice “bite” and took rosin well. The tension adjustment operated smoothly and had more than adequate range of adjustment. The bow has been played daily for about a month now and there has been no issue. All in all this a great deal on a decent bow with nice fit and finish.

It is a really good bow for beginners I totally recommend it I do not recommend it for professional players but it is a very good beginner bow

There are two hairs that do not connect to the other end and one hair is loose when the bow is tighten, the leather grip smells like plastic. But it is a carbon bow that don’t cost few hundreds so just a reminder for people want to purchase this bow, do not expect excellent build quality from this bow.

For under $100 wasn’t sure whether I was wasting my money instead of going for something pricier but this bow is fantastic. The clear tones are amazing. Feather light. No warp. I’ma beginner and it makes me sound good!

This is not the fiddlerman original bow. I bought the fiddlerman bow recently with the same price i\and it looked a lot different. This bow is heavier than the original fiddlerman and also feels so heavier and harder to maintain balance on it. I don’t recommend it for beginners.