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Note : Please read the  information below here before going to a respective page for bow of your interest. This information is essential and SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS not repeated on the other pages.

NOTE: TO ORDER AND PAY FOR YOUR CHOICE INCREDIBOW, CLICK ON THE PAGE ON THE NAVIGATION BAR AT THE TOP OR BOTTOM OF THIS OR ANY PAGE AND FOLLOW THE INFORMATION ON THE RIGHT HAND PANEL.  Start here on the right hand panel for payment options.

Essential information about Incredibows:

1. We only make bows using Carbon Fiber sticks.  We use NO WOOD in any bows, although we can make them LOOK like wood. (See Colors page for options)

2. We use NO Horsehair.  ALL the "hair" is made of tough polymer filament designed to grab the strings well (when rosined) and last literally for YEARS! Bow AND hair is warranted to last a minimum of three years.  Some musicians have regularly used the same Incredibow for four years now, without loss of even one hair!  WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THIS BOW WILL LAST WITH PROPER CARE.

3. All the bows bow "outward" and the hair is permanently tensioned.  They are NOT designed for rehairing - if it wears out before three years we'll send you a new bow. We'll also give generous trade-in value on a new bow.

4. BOW WEIGHT: Over 95% of our Incredibows are now sold in FEATHERWEIGHT version - almost HALF the weight of traditional bows - and not even possible to achieve as traditional wood bows.  Incredibow "hair" grabs the strings of your instrument better than the traditional horsehair or other synthetic hair.  You will experience a new freedom of play, reduced fatigue and faster bow response than ever expected!  However, we will make your Incredibow any weight you want, upon request at no extra charge.  If you don't specify weight, you will receive our featherweight version.

5. BOW LENGTH:  We can make your bow ANY LENGTH you want at no extra charge as well- specify size (eg 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 etc.) or specify length in inches or centimeters.  Again, if you don't specify length we will ship the full (4/4) length of 29" for violin or viola and 28" for cello. (We have made a working Incredibow only 2" long, and a couple bows have been 32" long!)

 We now are offering THREE DESIGNS OF INCREDIBOWS, available for violin, viola or cello Or Omnibow

      A.  The first design we call the Incredibow ORIGINAL.  It has a frog something like traditional bows and includes our unique "modified octagonal grip" that we've been making for several years.  If you don't specify frog type we'll send you one like this. Here's a picture:

Incredibow ORIGINAL design

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OTHER STICK COLORS AND FINISHES 

The other standard Incredibow sticks are available in THREE types of stick finishes; (1.) BASIC smooth sanded graphite (formerly called "No Frills" and least expensive),  (2) newest polished graphite with transparent gloss coat ("Black Panther"), and (3), our unique array of COLORS available in PVC film covering.

1. The first is least expensive and most durable: BASIC INCREDIBOW with graphite satin stick. THIS BOW WE HAVE CALLED "NO FRILLS" AND HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR MORE POPULAR BOWS. THIS BASIC INCREDIBOW AND HAS ALL THE QUALITIES OF OUR INCREDIBOWS, BUT ONLY AVAILABLE IN UNFINISHED GRAPHITE FEATHERWEIGHT STYLE. RUGGED, SUITABLE FOR ALL VENUES.

BASIC INCREDIBOW FOR VIOLIN, VIOLA OR CELLO (ALSO CALLED "NO FRILLS")

2. "BLACK PANTHER" - Polished graphite, coated with gloss transparent coating.  BEAUTIFUL AND DURABLE FINISH. IT LOOKS N EARLY BLACK COLOR WITH GRAPHITE FIBER "GRAIN".

FIVE POLISHED GRAPHITE STICKS READY FOR ASSEMBLY

3.  CHOICE OF MANY PVC "FILM" COVERINGS ON THE STICK  - WOOD LOOK, SPARKLEY, HOLOGRAOPHICS, STONE,  METALLICS -  MORE - CLICK "COLORS" PAGE HERE: Colors

Two more Incredibow options:

 OMNIBOW!  ONE Incredibow that can be used on several different instruments - from fiddle to cello, musical saw to dulcimer.  We've learned from feedback that many musicians play several bowed instruments, some already using one Incredibow for all their instruments! So we've designed the Omnibow to handle most any bowed instrument.  Order a Violabow go to our "Omnibow" page click here: Omnibow

 (Note: Omnibow is the same as Viola Incredibow.)

OPTION TWO: High Tension Incredibow

THIS OPTION IS ESPECIALLY FOR MUSICIANS USING INSTRUMENTS WITH MORE THAN 4 STRINGS - A

 HIGH TENSION INCREDIBOW !

AVAILABLE AS AN OPTION FOR ANY INCREDIBOW

HIGH TENSION INCREDIBOW - SAME DIAMETER STICK FOR ALL BOWS

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Something not even possible with a horsehair bow - at least DOUBLE the tension of the usual bow!  This utilizes a DOUBLE THICK WALL in our sticks, allowing the high tension without adding more arc in the bow.  However, these high tension bows are of medium weight, due to the thicker wall - NOT available in the featherweight version.

This also has the wider stick thickness (AS WITH OUR CELLOBOWS) for any of the violin, viola or cello HIGH TENSION option. (NOT yet available in polished graphite finish).

When ordering, add $30 to usual price of Incredibow

YOU MAY CLICK ON BOW OF YOUR CHOICE HERE:

Violin Incredibow    Viola Incredibow    Cello Incredibow    Omnibow

MORE INFORMATION REGARDING INCREDIBOW FUNCTION AND OTHER DETAILS:

Nearly indestructible, Incredibow is fast becoming the favorite bow of many professional and amateur fiddlers, violinists, violists and cellists throughout the world! (Not to mention the musical saw musicians for whom Incredibow was originally designed - plus many other bowed instruments such as Nyckleharpa, bowed guitar, bowed dulcimer and more!)

Consider this: relatively little has changed in bowmaking in at least the past 250 years! Only the stick composition is new in some cases. Line up several brands and price range bows - from $80 to $8,000 bows - they all look alike - and they all look like the bows of hundreds of years ago! What other technology stopped changing it's product 250 years ago?

Sturdy and affordable, Incredibow has changed all that.

Why buy an Incredibow?

Different musicians have found different reasons to invest in an Incredibow.  Here are some:

1. Clarity of sound: folks find Incredibow produces a sound not available with most wood bows and/or horsehair. Clean, crisp full range tones - and absence of "hair noise"!

2. Great grab/ good volume with little effort. 

3. Need for less rosin and less frequent rosining.

4. Everlasting hair!  Professional musicians who regularly had to rehair their traditional bows every few weeks or months, now have used their Incredibow for over FOUR years and still not losing even one hair!  We do not know the life of our Incredihair!  It is warranted for three years' minimum.

5. Immediate playability:  With our fixed tension Incredibows you never need to loosen or tighten the hair band.  It is always ready - for those brief moments to practice at home and ready to go when jamming.

6. Play in humid weather!  When other fiddlers are putting their bows and fiddles away, you can keep on playing!

7. Health/ comfort in playing.  Several Incredibow owners are now playing again when they had believed that their playing days were over.  With our featherweight bow and comfortable frog/ grip, musicians now find that they are back, able to play for hours at a time when they had fatigue and pain with traditional bows.  CHECK A RECENT TESTIMONIAL LETTER WE RECEIVED - SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

8. PRICE and guarantee.  Two of our customers reports that they have found Incredibow preferable to their $6,000 wood bow !  Two other musicians have reported replacing their $2,000 bows with Incredibows.  Many other musicians report Incredibows compare in quality/ tone to bows costing hundreds of dollars more.  And NO ONE will treat you better as far as doing what we can to have a satisfied customer.

But don't take our word for it - just Google "Incredibow" or get into Fiddle Forum, Sessions or Cello Society or other discussion boards and find out what folks are saying about Incredibows.

You can buy an Incredibow right here from the folks who invented it and handcraft the bows, or go to our "Associates" page and purchase an Incredibow from one of our resellers.    THANKS! 

NOTE: ALL OF OUR INCREDIBOWS ARE NOW MADE WITH A HALF INCH EXTENSION AS "PINKIE REST" BEHIND THE FROG, AND ALL "STANDARD" FROGS ARE SMOOTH BLACK "RUBBER" WITHOUT "EYES" SIMILAR TO PICTURE BELOW.

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NEWEST COLOR OPTION: "EMERALD" -  a FLASHY HOLOGRAPHIC 3-D GREEN STICK.

ALSO NEW ARE THE PINK, SCARLET OR CARIBBEAN "BLING"

NOW ALSO SCARLET BLING !  BEAUTIFUL RED !!

BLACK PANTHER - POLISHED GRAPHITE

CLICK ON "COLORS" PAGE FOR DETAILS HERE: Colors

When you order, email us IN SEPARATE EMAIL AND TELL US  the COLOR stick, FROG STYLE AND WEIGHT you desire.

ASSOCIATES !

  WE'VE EXPANDED OUR LISTING ON THE ASSOCIATES PAGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND MUSIC RETAIL SHOPS NOW SELLING INCREDIBOWS.  CHECK THEM OUT ON OUR ASSOCIATES PAGE. PERHAPS THERE IS AN ASSOCIATE NEAR YOU OR IN YOUR COUNTRY. Place your order through an Associate if you wish - prices are the same and service is at least as fast if not faster. (Once in a while they'll offer an Authorized Dealer Special not advertised here)

CLICK HERE:   Associates

HERE'S AN EMAIL RECENTLY FORWARDED TO US BY OUR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATE, RHYS EVANS OF FIDDLE AUSTRALIA:

G'day Rhys,

Well... What can I say?I would have written sooner to tell you how 
wonderful the incredibow is... but I can't put it down long enough to 
get on the computer! It's brilliant! Simply amazing. I've already put 
in a few solid hours with it... and then when I stop for a cup of tea I
 
can't help wondering how a different tune might now sound so I have to 
pick it up again.

Having it permanently tensioned is great - always ready to go! It 
really is an amazing piece of engineering. As others have said before 
me, I was somewhat skeptical and hoped that it might be merely adequate
 
(the attraction being its' apparent robustness)... but it's so much 
more! Indeed it's light, but that's not to say tactile response and 
feel has been lost or compromised. In fact, things like quick double 
stops on the fly seem so much easier with this bow. It feels like it 
knows what I want to do and does it before I make it a conscious 
decision. Crunchy Donegal triplets are a breeze as are quick 
crossovers.

The "hair" is really something... It took only 40 seconds or so to 
rosin up (I didn't want to over rosin - as per the instructions) and I 
was ready to play. Sooo easy. The tone and voice that's now dancing 
from my fiddle is really exciting! It feels like the handbrake has been
 
taken off and now it can really "sing" (I didn't realise the handbrake 
was even on!) The sound is still as nuanced before; slow airs are so 
full and somehow more "pure". Violin purists might disagree with the 
idea of "new technology" because they may relish in the use of real 
hair and real wood (and a bow that bends the right way)... but they 
might just be doing themselves a disservice by missing out on that 
which modern science has brought to the fore. Had the incredibow been 
around a few hundred years ago I think we'd all accept them as being 
"the standard".

One VERY VERY happy customer!

Can't wait to see what the other Sydney fiddlers think!

Kindest regards,

Chris 

PS - My apologies for my somewhat liberal use of exclamation marks!!! 
If there were bigger, fatter ones I would have used them ;)

SEE OTHER LETTERS OF FEEDBACK ON INCREDIBOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE

ANDREA ROSIN !

WE'RE LEARNING THROUGH FEEDBACK FROM USERS THAT THIS ROSIN CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW OUR INCREDIBOWS WORK AND HOW YOUR INSTRUMENT SOUNDS!  WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GET A CAKE OF THIS ROSIN WHEN YOU ORDER OUR BOWS. (JUST $14)

CLICK ON THE ANDREA PAGE HERE: Andrea Rosin 

NOW AVAILABLE:  INCREDIHAIR:  NOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FAVORITE WOODEN BOW REHAIRED WITH OUR EVERLASTING HAIR - BY OUR AUTHORIZED LUTHIER/ REHAIRER OR YOUR FAVORITE LUTHIER/REHAIRER!

 (NOTE: WE DO NOT REHAIR TRADITIONAL BOWS, SO DON'T SEND YOUR WOOD BOW TO US!)

HOWEVER, FOR THE ULTIMATE BOWING EXPERIENCE AND QUALITY SOUND FROM YOUR INSTRUMENT, YOU'LL NEED OUR COMPLETE INCREDIBOW. BUY AN INCREDIBOW AND ALSO GET ONE OF YOUR WOOD  BOWS REHAIRED WITH INCREDIHAIR, THEN YOU'LL BE READY FOR ANY VENUE - FOR A LONG, LONG TIME!

CLICK ON SPECIALS PAGE HERE : Specials

PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU MAY ORDER THROUGH ANY ASSOCIATE LISTED ON OUR ASSOCIATES PAGE.

CLICK HERE:  Associates

Made with care:

Incredibow is our own patented invention and each Incredibow is hand made by us.  Over sixty separate operations are performed in the assembly and finishing process - to create a bow which looks and functions simply, beautifully with little maintenance.  NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT ON EARTH.
 

Note:

We may not warrant wear and tear on skin or rubber coating on frog or grip area due to differences in how bows are used/abused and cared for by the bow owners.  We will offer a very good trade-in value on the old Incredibow for a new one, however, if we determine unusual wear or abuse of the bow.

Hi-
Just a quick and long-overdue note to say thank you for the wonderful 
bow!

My husband William ordered it for my birthday and though it was a 
little late, it was well worth the wait.  It was immediately 
comfortable and I have come to like it more and more.  My two other 
bows now languish unused even though they are both of good quality, one 
wood and the other a Musicari from France.  I'm just really happy with 
the Incredibow- it feels lovely to use and I'm even happier with the 
sound, especially since we're recording a new album.  I'm not a 
brilliant player but it makes me sound much better than before so of 
course that makes me very happy!

Thank you for the great product and for the great customer relations 
despite being sick over the holidays.

Sincerely,
Felicia Dale.

http://www.pintdale.com

- Stuart Wyatt - http://swyatt.com

========= REVIEW ==========(JANUARY 2007)

I purchased an Incredibow at a festival two and a half years ago, just 
when Dance of Delight were starting to import the beautiful bows. I 
used 
to be a conventional fiddler, until I got my hands on the prototype 6 
string Barnshaw electric violin... and ever since then, I have kept a 
very open mind concerning new technology and innovations in the violin 
world.

What initially caught my eye was the finish. She spoke out to me from 
the stall, with her 'Aurorabow Realis' glare and red hair. Mark then 
really took his time and explained how the bow was made. Carbon-fibre 
rod. 'Unbreakable' hair. Preset tention etc. etc. He explained how he 
snipped a hair off of one of the bows with a pair of cutters, and tried 
to snap the hair by putting one end in a vice, and pulling at the other 
with a pair of pliers.... he failed :)

"Could I have a go please?".... When I did, it was amazing. The bow was 
full of Tartini/Vivaldi rosin (which I would highly recommend for this 
bow), and it made my 6-string sing. What was strange was that I had 
opted for a cello bow... it had a great weight and felt good in the 
hand.... the sound it produced from the violin was fantastic!... 
Needless to say, I did not give the bow back to Mark! I used every 
spare 
penny I had on me to get hold of her. She looked great under the lights 
that night during the Mad Dog gig!

Two and half years on, I HAVE NOT SNAPPED A SINGLE HAIR!!! As I said, I 
used to be a conventional fiddler.... These days, I'm not gentile at 
times with the violin (she can take it, so can the bow), I turn the bow 
around and hammer the strings like a hammer-dulcimer, I have dropped 
the 
bow in puddles, dropped it in beer, on audience members heads... Lets 
just say that I have played countless gigs in extreme conditions, and 
she is as perfect as the day I purchased her.

I used to go through a 'throwaway' bow every couple of months... yet I 
still have the same bow, with the same hair! I can see this bow lasting 
as long as I.

I would say that an incredibow is an essential part of any bowed 
instrument. Until you have tried one, even my enthusiastic comments 
will 
mean nothing... Having it in your hand, drawing it across the 
strings.... its like telling a blind man how to see.

Stuart Wyatt - http://swyatt.com
 

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