Strauss Brazilwood Student Violin Bow, half-line, 1/2 Review

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(More customer reviews)Since I am the first person to give a review I want everyone to know that I am purely a newbie to the violin. Please be kind to me for I am quite ignorant. If anybody out there has any advice it would be mucho appreciated.
I started playing 4 months ago and I started out with a loaner bow. I had to give the bow back so here I was trying to learn about bows while trying to reach decision to buy a bow. The budget gave out.
When I took it out of the box I noticed that it wasnt very "bowed". The stick was fairly straight. Unlike my loaner bow which was very bowed/concave when loosend. Immediately I noticed a difference in the sound and as I begain to play the stick vibrated. It vibrated to the point that I literally lost control and the bow flew from my hand.
I was very disapointed. So I began my quest for information. I took the bow to a musician and he had the same problem. I rosined, played, then I wiped the rosin and started from scratch. I rosin then played increasing the amount but never got a decent sound. Scatchy, dull, lifeless sound along with the vibration of the stick that made it almost impossible to play celitic music without losing the bow.
I adjusted the tension and only when the tension was soo much so that the stick bowed upward did it seem to "die down" and not vibrate or jump off the strings so bad. I had over an inch space between the strings and the stick. I was told that 1/4 in is sufficient enough for a good quality bow.
I also read on the internet that when loosened, the strings should be uniform. I noticed that the strings hung differently. I took a credit card and ran it down the strings and they were crossed. I read that this is poor quality workmanship.
They call this a student bow. I cannot believe that any student could learn on this bow. I will tell you that I did not contact the vendor of this bow. I was told repeatedly by many people to purchase a pernambuca bow. So I did instead of trying to get an exchange. I suppose it could be a fluke and they actually produce an affordable product that someone can play. I learned from this and I am sharing what I learned. Save yourself the $20 and spend atleast $80 more dollars and get a pernambuca.
I was so frustrated thinking that it was my technique. I realized 3 days ago when my new bow arrive, that it was not my technique.



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