Personally, I have no experience with Arcus bows (I own a Carbow), but I will quote a review the Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi posten on the 2xBasslist some days ago. Hope this will be of any help.
Vincent
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I have used ARCUS " Sinfonia " Carbon Bow for one month and half. One Arcus Distributor ( in Italy ), when I have decided not to buy it ( $ 1.500 at least ) , was going to sell me at $ 1000 , just to develope it among students and collegues. In my opinion, I think it was a good price, but , at the end, I've realized an Emilio Slaviero's bow ( Cremona ) at $ 1200 is much better. However it's only my very personal opinion.
Arcus " Sinfonia " carbon bow :
Votes are expressed 10/10.
Sound : 7.5/10 ( with Nyman rosin and Pops )
Balancement : 8,5/10
Weight : 9/10 ( but it's very soggetive )
Grip from Frog to the end : 9/10
Grip at the Frog ( tallone ) : 7.5/10
Grip at the end ( punta ) : 7.5/10
Different bowings : 7.5/10 ( generally considerated )
Spiccato ( for example ) : 6.5/10
Balzato : 7/10
Detaché : 6/10 and so on...
Details of construction : 9/10
Hair : 6,5/10 ( probably with my Cremona hair some vote would have been better ... but I couldn't change it ! )
Picchettato : 7/10
Volteggio : 7,5/10
Richness of harmonics : 7/10
Price/quality : if sold at $ 1.500 my vote is 5/10
Is there someone who has had the same bow, so to compare the results ?
Regards
Vito Liuzzi
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