Carbon Fiber Bows

[Ken Smith]

Once while at a dress rehearsal I switched Bows with a sub in the orchestra so he could try out out as I was selling it. He had a CF Bow and I had one of my Eibert Bows. I played about 5 minutes on his Bow and gave it back to him and asked him how he could play on that. He replied that is was much better than what he had before.

At a Violin I tried two other CF Bows by known companies and to me, they were not as good as a medium Grade wood Bow by any stretch.

This has been my personal experience so far with CF Bows. Not for me and from what I have seen, leave the CF in the golf Clubs and Fishing rods. The Bow needs some wood to match with the tone of the Bass and the Music.