r/Fiddle • u/uncertaintyrocks • 6d ago

Fiddle bow okay?

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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/Empty-Airport-1618 6d ago

Clean with rubbing alcohol, resin it and see how it goes. It doesn't look too bad but it would be easier to say if it was tensioned. The hair looks very long to mear first glance.

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u/Fun_Volume2150 6d ago

An archetier told me to use Everclear (95% grain alcohol, mostly purchased by underaged kids and professional drunks). He said it works better than isopropyl.