Bow woods

[Joshua Phelps]

Originally Posted by Thomas Erickson

I played at least one snakewood bow and some point, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was or even who had it. My only impression was that it was "different", and not in a good way; but who knows, that may not have anything to do with the wood itself.

True. My first pernambuco bow had horrible camber & felt horrible to play but it defiantly wasn't the wood that made that bow a junker