Jamerson
August 27, 2025
Fantastic bow for the beginner cellist. I opted for this over the prodigy. This was my first upgrade over the crappy fiberglass free bow that you get at a luthier. This bow is a bit heavy, but it grabs the strings well and produces a proper sound. I had to really struggle to get this kind of sound with a crappy bow.Expensive but it is a niche product, and I am pretty happy with my purchase. My logic is that even if I find a nice Pernambuco wood bow that I fall in love with, I will always have a rock solid fiberglass backup.
Cynrig
August 12, 2025
I bought it as a spare bow but it’s surprisingly strong and agile and with good balance. As other reviews have noted, It produces a brighter sound than my pernambuco bow but performs equally well. Excellent bow for an advanced player or a beginner. Frog at thumb placement is a bit sharp to the touch, I now have a new callus on my thumb.
Ren Waldman
July 21, 2025
I absolutely love my CodaBow! I was using a knock off carbon fiber bow that broke a week prior to an important cello audition before I purchased the Cello CodaBow Diamond NX from FiddlerShop. There was a slight problem with my order, and the owner of FiddlerShop went way above and beyond to ensure I received the bow in time for my audition! The bow is light, responsive, and well balanced, and I am extremely happy with the purchase.
Neill Jones
July 8, 2025
This bow articulates adequately on the string, produces a rich full sound, and performs fluid movement with on and off the string bowing patterns. It provides a brighter sound as compared to my pernambuco bow but performs equally well. Excellent bow for a more advanced player or even a beginner.Frog at thumb placement is a bit sharp to the touch and new hairs on bow require a LOT of rosin to grip strings.
Anon
June 27, 2025
The bow is no surprise, the usual and expected top quality and value.However, the vendor, Music Supplies Now, has provided what I think is unprecedented customer service on what for me was a fairly complicated purchase. Couldn't have been done any better.
Paul Hughes
April 5, 2025
Solidly-made bow. Good tone, albeit a bit unfocused. Overall I’m very happy with it as an outdoor/backup bow!
John H.
February 1, 2025
I also own a CodaBow Prodigy. and I'm just as please with the Prodigy. The Diamond is about 1/8 inch longer.
jhartChicago
January 24, 2025
Good quality bow for sure, but opted for something else. The return to FiddlerShop was a hassle and return shipping expensive. The provided return label was rejected by the post office.