Best "Cheap" Violin Bow?

[Rico Suave]

Necro-thread resurrection from 5 years ago

Have inexpensive carbon fiber bows improved since then?  Have any brands earned acclaim?

 

[J-G]

On 11/24/2018 at 4:18 PM, germain said:

What do you consider cheap. 100 or 1000? Get the lowest end ARCUS bow such as Arcus Sinfonia and you will be set for life...

I guess I took this advice a couple of years ago when I was browsing through the bows at my local music store and found an Arcus Sonata model.  Came back with my fiddle the next morning, tried it, loved it.  Forty-seven grams of heaven.  Price was $600 Canadian.  Feeling set for life. 

[germain]

21 hours ago, J-G said:

I guess I took this advice a couple of years ago when I was browsing through the bows at my local music store and found an Arcus Sonata model.  Came back with my fiddle the next morning, tried it, loved it.  Forty-seven grams of heaven.  Price was $600 Canadian.  Feeling set for life. 

Glad to hear and it seems you got a great deal. These are the older Austrian bows. I have a few of them. Many people say the Austrian production line was better than the new German factory in Wurzburg. Who knows...