Yita Music

[stan haskins]

Does anyone here have any experience with the yita music bows (Chinese company selling through an ebay store? They're selling snakewood bows, as well as pernambuco and brazilwood. There's already a thread at TBDB, they seem to be getting pretty good reviews so far.

[Ken Smith]

Seems to be just another Bow 'seller' from China who also sells Violins, Basses and chin rests etc, etc, etc.. NOT a maker of anything but an on-line dealer or music stuff made in China ranging in quality from low to medium at best from what I have seen.

Let me know when a *Pro Bassist (*Orchestral Pro earning his living with a Bow in a Symphony) makes a good review of one of his offerings. Be sure to judge the review well by who it's coming from. Anyone buying Bows on Ebay starting with a bid of $49. cannot expect to use it in the NY Philharmonic. About 80% of the worlds Bows and near that of String instruments are made in China today. Quality doesn't come cheap. Most of the TB posters on there all day are not Professional players. Judge the comments by the level of the player Bow-wise that make them.

[Ken Smith]

By the way, can you call the guy up on the Phone and discuss weights and balances or ask him to just the Bow while playing a Bass over the Phone for you?

Make sure who you buy a Bow from knows the difference between 'Spicatto and Stucco' or 'Spicatto and Spaghetti'!

If you want a good value Chinese Bow with good reviews on here, TB or Ebay, pro or amateur player, you found it. KSB!

My Bows are also available thru Arnold Schnitzer, Jeff Bollbach, Nick Lloyd, Kevin McConnell (UArts, Philly) and Sleek Elite (Japan and Asia).

If you want to buy a Bow first time out or upgrade from your current Bow, consult a professional. It might help you from making a bad purchase and save some money by getting it right the first time.

[stan haskins]

Point well taken, Ken.

[tim givens]

i picked up a carbon fiber bow from yita just for the hell of it, but i really love it. for $$ it's a great deal. grabs the note very nicely and quickly. on the downside it is very bright sounding.

[Katie Long]

I know that my teacher Peter Buckoke loves his snakewood one...but it is the second one he has had from them as the first one warped the wrong way. It's a good bow from what he says and I would imagine he's seen a lot of bows. He recommended them to one of my colleagues who is looking for a new stick so he must think something of them, although one does wonder if the one that he sent back has just been put straight back up on ebay...!