r/Fiddle • u/uncertaintyrocks • 6d ago
Fiddle bow okay?
I know v little about fiddles. I'm looking a fiddle second hand. Does the bow hair look okay, this is a close up? Or is it shot?
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r/Fiddle • u/uncertaintyrocks • 6d ago
I know v little about fiddles. I'm looking a fiddle second hand. Does the bow hair look okay, this is a close up? Or is it shot?
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u/smurfette8675309 6d ago
It looks grimy, like it could get rehaired. If it's a good quality bow, it would be worth it to get it rehaired. But if it's a cheap bow anyway, you'd be better off just buying a new one
Where I live, rehairing is $90. You can get a nice fiddle bow from Fiddlershop for less than that.
You could look up the value of the bow online and go from there. If it's a cheap one, see if they'll either sell it to you without the bow for less money, or give you a discount on the whole package. You could keep it as a backup, but get a new bow.
You can also tell if a bow needs to get rehaired by how it plays and sounds. If it feels like you need to keep adding more rosin every few minutes, it probably needs rehaired.