How tight is your bow?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Joshua phelps

I have a great nurnberger its one made by his son but still my prized possesion since im poor the bow needs a rehair badly I think the hair has been on for about ten years & rather than breaking lots of hairs it's just so smooth it won't grab no matter how much rosin you put on (I'm sure pops would work). Where do you guys get your bows rehaired? Also Ken what style bow do you use?

Many of the Bows here I have used personally; http://www.kensmithbasses.com/doublebasses/bows/

Thomas - I agree on pops. I tried a cake pops & it melted in my studio in the dead of winter. It is a huge mess & especially for the top. I love oak rosin all around plus the added benefit of just taking a soft cloth to go over the top after practice & the very occasional polish to clean my bass & not having to use something way more harse like kolsteins to get huge clumps of rosin off. Ken - you play french & German bows? Which do you prefer?

Ken - I just realized that there were like 20 French & only 1 german & those were ksb bows. Guess I have my answer

[Ken Smith]

ONLY French, and good ones. My old Bow was a Sartory. It doesn't get better than that at any price.