I purchased a Glasser carbon fiber violin a few months ago because I wanted an acoustically pure test bed for modifications (and no, @bocaholly , I am not going to submit it to the hih operation).  I got a cf chin guard for it because, well, why not.

 I saw no reason for it to have a Wittner tail piece with integrated fine tuners because it already has Knilling Perfection pegs.  I found a good deal on a metal Frirsz tail piece (unfortunately, not the skeletonized one) so that is going on.  And, of course, a Wittner Isny shoulder rest.

The luthier at Glasser did a nice job on it.  It has a name brand bridge and it is well fitted and heart carved (it is now roasted).  The sound post is mounted almost under the treble bridge foot, which is odd, but I am going to leave it there for now.

It is a heavy violin and comes in a well protecting cardboard shipping box without a bow.  It is my most expensive purchase but it appears to be a bargain for what I paid for it.  I have not played it yet.  Since you have expressed an interest, I will find some time in the next few days to perform a set up and try it out for you.  

Hi @DennisS and others.  Is your sound post very close to the bridge as mine?

I don’t know the model of strings that were placed on it.  Are they synthetic core?  Other makers of carbon fiber violins seem to want steel core strings.  Perhaps this is an attempt to give it more volume.  I noticed that the neck was set without much projection, which tends to reduce instrument volume.  Obviously, there can be no change in this regard.

Other cf violin vendors seem to go with Pirastro Chromcor as the string selection.  I might make a change to them if I find the Larsen wanting.  The strings are cheap enough.  I think that I have assembled enough accessories that I can mix and match to get an acceptable performance out of it.  Hopefully, they have been assembled with enough precision that results can be applied across instruments.   

The only fault I can find in build quality is the fingerboard projection.  Tertis moved the sound post outboard from the bridge to get more volume from his viola design.  We can be rather free in this regard since obviously we have no wood grain pattern to worry about.

It make sense that the bow selection is important.  Fortunately I stumbled upon a very nice German pernambuco bow that should fit the bill nicely.

I have Knilling Perfection pegs on several of my violins and can tell you they do not add or subtract from the acoustics of the instrument, except that they allow the avoidance of fine tuners on the tail piece.  Extending the after string length and lowering tail piece mass does make an acoustic difference.  Glasser did not fully exploit the advantage since it chose to use integral fine tuners on the tail piece and therefore added useless mass.  

Carbon fiber is both the advantage and perhaps burden of this instrument.  It is completely stable and immensely strong.  The more expensive cf instruments (+$2000) capitalize on the strength of the material by making an extremely light instrument.  It has long been said that the best violins are so light that they are just able to accommodate the structural loads placed on them and not one ounce more.  Glasser chose to make a tank of an instrument.  This is likely the reason why they could offer it at such a reasonable cost.  And the reason why they are not flying off the shelves.

Another data point.

Watched a YouTube video of someone with a Luis and Clark cf violin.  She paid a luthier to extensively move around the sound post to achieve the most even sound balance across strings.  He found it best positioned directly under the bridge.

@TheLuckPenny and others.  I own two of them but I have not played them much and have not experimented with them at all (yet).  

You might try the NS metal strings by D’Addario.  Cheap enough.  

I completely agree with your assessment of the tailpiece on the glasser.  My first thought would be to try a 3/4 sized harp style using boxwood as the material.  Look up my thread on making a bungee cord sound post retainer before the change.  I use kevlar cord material to hold the tailpiece on the end pin.  

Please let me know what you decide because I will be going down the same road in the near future.

@bocaholly .  Thank you for pointing me in this direction.  I see a gold version and another without any colour designation (except for the Fiddlerman Shop).  I am colour blind.  Is the green description assumed if the word gold does not appear on the package?

@AndrewH and others.  I reread the thread and I did not find any reference to doing this on the cheap.  The glasser cf violin is an interesting product but has well documented tonal limitations.  Since I obtained my examples rather inexpensively, I am willing to spend a little money to experiment.  I am disappointed in the lack of longevity associated with these strings.  

Projection seems to be an associated issue and I wonder if a heavy string set would be advantageous.  The structure certainly could handle them.