Carbon Fiber Violin Bow Full 4/4 Size VINGOBOW 100V Advanced Level 74.5cm 4 4 Parisian Eyes Ebony Frog Real Mongolian White Horse Hair Warm Clear Tone Straight Smooth Screw Great Flexibility

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. :)

Great student and professional bow! I love the sound and ease of playing! Perfect bow for a student or professional! I am using it more than any of my other bows and considering buying another one!Got this particular model bow for my viola too!Thank you Amazon and VingoBow!

I was surprised, but this very reasonably priced CF bow is strong, straight, does not wobble in the weak upper third and brings out a bright sound. I am a professional player, needed another for my studio. Will be great for any full size student outfit, and I like it for a good spare. I do wish the stick did not have such a plastic look to it though. Visually, I would pass this up but it plays well.

Really decent for the money. Huge upgrade over the bow that came with the cheap violin set. Looks good too.

Beautiful black hair with plenty of grab

I bought this without realizing I had one just like it that I forgot about. The wood one that I was using was warped. I guess that's a good reason to get a composite bow.

First off, this bow would *not* take rosin. I know that unbleached hair takes longer to take on rosin, but I was some 400+ strokes in and it was just starting to resonate the strings on my violin on parts of it.Second, I had it for only a few days, and tensioned it up a couple of times while I was rosining it, and then the hair slipped out of the frog end and the little piece of wood slipped out too, rendering it useless. I've shipped it back for a refund, which was at least successful. Got another carbon fiber, black hair bow from another manufacturer, and it took only like 30-40 strokes for it to take on rosin, and it's working great.Sorry guys, this one's just not right.

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.