The Fiddlerman bow was definitely a bargain, far superior to the cheap wood (difficult to control) and fiberglass (abysmal sound) ones in the same price range that I've tried out in the past. It currently serves as my secondary bow, but it's been almost a year and I can feel it almost needs a rehair. At the price of a rehair, however, I'd rather just buy a new one and move this one to third place.

So I'm going to head over soon to the local shop and test what they've got now in the same price range, but I'll likely end up with a lovely fleur de lys Fiddlerman bow.

Oh, I suspect as much since that was the case a year ago, but I have to head over to the shop one of these days anyway, so I might as well see what they've got in the same price range. I'm also in the search for a new primary bow because my current primary is no longer cutting it for me. There's a possibility I'll splurge on an expensive pernambuco and move my current primary (an old pernambuco) to secondary.

What I've noticed for me is that, for all practical purposes, the Fiddlerman Carbon Fiber is more than enough; I'd recommend it without a doubt to every beginner looking for an affordable bow that they can learn and perform on. Its control and balance are fantastic for a bow in its price range; in my case, on par with my old pernambuco bow (one of the "FRANCE" labeled ones Metropolitan Music used to import probably from Germany).

Its weakness is in the sound, which, while better than the rest in the same price range, has the typical carbon fiber tendency of being overly bright and failing to produce the undertones found in more expensive wooden bows (such as my afforementioned pernambuco).

Anyway, probably this week I'll run down to Ifshin and see if they have anything in the same price range to compete with it.