Carbon Fiber Violin Bow 3/4 Size VINGOBOW 100VB 69 cm Three Quarters for Advanced Student Straight Parisian Eyes Ebony Frog Unbleached Mongolian Black Horse Hair Powerful and Wild Tone Smooth Screw

UPDATE: 2/21/2024: I am still enamered with this bow. The quality of tone I get out of my violin using it with Magic clear rosin is just incredible, and what's more, it looks as good as the day I got it, not a single hair out of place yet.I'd also swear I don't need to rosin my bow nearly as often, though again that may be a combination of bow and rosin. As I've said previously, this bow loves a dark rosin, and I love it!EDIT: 12/25/2023 (Yes, really :D Merry Christmas!)This bow loves a dark rosin. See the end of my review for more details, but TL:DR: if you're not getting good tone, switch to a stickier dark rosin like D'iadario Kaplain Dark or Magic 3G.Yes, I am a Vine Voice. No, this is not a Vine Voice review. I am happy to have paid full price for this bow, and it was worth every penny.Okay, just a really fast warning for those of you in an organized orchestra setting. Ask your director first, if it's okay for you to use a black haired bow. Some of them are ferociously strict about uniformity of appearance. If you only plan to use it for practice or non traditional settings, then ignore this and read on!So off the top, quality is really impressive. The carbon fiber stick is flexible like any good bow should be, but not *too* flexible. It's a tiny bit lighter than my old bow, but it's got better balance. I don't find myself fighting with it nearly as much to get a clean note at either tip or frog. Whether that's due to balance or weight, I can't say. I'll have to ask my mentor later, but it feels natural playing fast or slow, and I am in love with it.I can't speak to this bow's quality for an intermediate or advanced player. I've only been playing the violin for 2 years, and of those two years, I had to stop for six months because of an old, unrelated shoulder injury flaring up. So my sound is not going to be on par with someone who's been playing since they were 2 years old, but as an adult student with 30 years of musicianship under her belt, I like to think I know a good violin sound from the tortured screeching I was making when I first started, and this bow, for me, performs on par with my $100 student brazilwood bow.As for the black vs white hair debate, I've been told by teachers and advanced students that black hair has a drastic effect on the tone. I don't know a single one of them that's told me that, that have actually tried p laying with one. It's always "I know cellists who use a black bow because xyz which is bad for violin" so your mileage may vary.For me, as a student? I can't hear that drastic of a difference. Some caveats though: I play with dark rosin. I love the feel of a good, sticky rosin on my bow, and the sound that I get out of my violin. And to me, I can't hear a noticable difference between this and my white hair bows when using Magic 3G or Kaplain Dark in general playing.I can really make it bite and growl if I want to, but I can also make it sing. On fast pieces (Irish jigs in particular), it's as sweet and warm as my Hoffmann bow, again, to my ear, and I've gotten no complaints yet from the neighbors either. If you've got $50, maybe give this one or the Viotti a chance. I was going to try the Viotti next, but now I'm going to keep this one for awhile and see if I still love it in a year, as much as I do now.UPDATE: So after spending some time, and several hours of practice with this bow, I've found that it REALLY likes a dark rosin. I'm actually using Magic 3G, which is a clear rosin, but it's sticky like dark rosin. I tried out my light D'iadario Kaplain, and it was gliding over the strings instead of really biting down.This may just be because I'm playing indoors, in winter, which means super low humidity, but like I said in the TLDR at the top, if you're having problems even after rosining your bow, get a darker rosin, or Magic 3G (I love this stuff!). I stand by my original review, the bow is easily on par with, or better than, my gen 1 Fiddlerman carbon fiber bow I bought 3 years ago, which honestly didn't impress me nearly as much as this one has. :)

Very nice balance and well made

I bought this bow for one of my students and after few months of playing this student really enjoy playing with it. He feels this is a better bow than his old Brazilwood bow which became warped after one year. This bow is easy to rosin and the hair is full, the sound it draws is consistent and smooth. A highly recommended bow for beginners.

This is a very nice bow for the price. It costs less then rehairing a used bow.

This is for my daughter who is now in her second year of learning violin. This bow makes very obviously better sound quality than the first bow she had that came with her violin. She mentions how straight and flat the hairs are in comparison with her last one. Sounds good and she loves it.

My daughter has several bows. This one is her go to. She loves it!!

Well worth the money and far better quality than the brazilwood bows that come packaged with student outfits. Don't hesitate, just buy this one and use the brazilwood as your backup. Easier to bow with, more comfortable fittings, better hair, an absolute must especially at the price. My daughter loves it, she just says it "easier" to play with. I have tested it and find it quite acceptable for a student, and I usually play with a $500 Jonpaul bow.

This bow was useable--better than the cheap wooden one I ordered first, but I didn't like how it sounds, and it seemed to need more rosin every half hour or so of playing. I'm sending it back. I ordered the Giuliani carbon fiber bow. It's twice the price, but it does sound better and is easier to handle.

Awesome bow great for playing I would recommend any day to buy

Es un buen producto, se me ve muy bonito pero sobre todo es muy ligero a la hora de tocar o de realizar algún ejercicio con el arco, el agarre que tiene la crin del arco con la cuerda del violín es un poco más rígido con la crin de otro tipo de arco, sin embargo no cuesta mucho acostumbrarse, además de que el sonido que emite es bueno

It’s a violin bow… works good.. as advertised

Fue recomendación del maestro de mi niño y hemos notado un mejor sonido con el

Using this on my Yamaha silent violin and it has a really rich and lovely sound. The bow appears to be made from high quality materials and was well packaged!