Alfred Stingl by Höfner AS22 V4/4 Violin Bow

Good

Good Boe for its price

Amazing choice (at least for guitar and other experimental usages)

Well,

I guess my review won't be exactly for the violinists out there since I chose this product to use with my Les Paul to get a bit more authentic, sonically very "tearing" high distorted and reverberated ebow-esque wailing tones.

For this particular usage this works just fine. The quality seems average and all the hairs were intact at least. I really don't know all the intricacies that should be noted when buying a bow like this, but at least it brought what I wanted to produce sonically with my instruments and did everything I wanted surprisingly good.

I also love how you can control the "pressure" or more like the velocity of the sound you are producing with the bow by putting a bit more "weight" to the bowing action and with distortion and reverb (also delay with lot of quick repeats but throwing the mix lower) it creates amazing soundscapes, artifacts from the distortion, harmonies and undertones which can't be produced with an E-Bow.

No regrets on my part at this purchase. Give it a whirl if you understood what I meant and if you are considering to use these things for the same application as I do.

At this price point it's hard to get a better bow

There's really nothing negative I can say about this bow, considering what it costs. Comparing it to bows costing 10 or 100 times more wouldn't be fair. But as a beginner bow just to see if a violin is your cup of tea this is perfect.

Very good bow

I'm very satisfied with this bow, it's good quality and well built and works well

Very happy with it!

I always seem to be using things for purposes they were not designed.

I got this to use on guitar and as such I have no experience with bows. I can however say this was perfect for my needs and I'm happily using it to this day.

It was far less costly than anything I could get locally and I was happy to 'take a chance' I could use it with guitar. I'm very happy with the sound so if anything should happen to my bow, I would immediately buy another.

For my specific needs, this is great and very reasonably priced!

Exceptional bow

As someone who has only used relatively cheaper bows thus far, perhaps I'm not the best one to give a opinion on the matter, but this wooden bow is certainly better than the other cheap ones I have tried.

It has a nice curve and grip, with the hairs being kept close together even when thoroughly loosened. It's well balanced and easy to hold, and slides well across the strings.

If someone is looking to buy a beginner bow, this is well recommended. Cheaper bows than this will lead to frustration, and choke quite easily. And the price is more than reasonable.

good!

good and not expensive.