violin carbon

i didnt find any reviews either. can someone send a link to a japanese forum maybe there we will read something with auto translate.

arg0 wrote: arg0 wrote: jonyer1980 wrote: OMG I've been waiting this for ages. Now my ej virus was healed :( I bet in a year or so they will rename it Violin Outer Carbon and release an Inner Carbon. This post of mine was from 9/9/17. It seems I was right (or just lucky): Violin Inner Carbon was released in September 2018: http://www.nittaku.com/catalog/2018autumn-winter/book/pdf/11.pdf Anyone had a chance to test it?

After initially really struggling with this blade (basically finding it amazing at looping from mid distance, but very unpredicatable for everything else), I have changed to lighter rubbers (Stiga Mantra S and Nexy Karis M in 2.0) and added a grip tape. The total weight is now 182g.

fatt wrote: I am done testing that beauty. I am going back to all wood Violin so I can play instead of trying to finish anything off in a hurry. Yes, that's what carbon blades makes me do: rush; then my game goes to limbo!  I am selling one of my 2 VC right there and it comes with 2 almost new rubbers, R47 and R42, both in 2.0.

I enjoy your live blogging :)
I see you _really_ want VC to work for you.

Personally, I lost a bit of interest in the blade when you wrote "The divine feel of the all wood Violin is gone". That was a hard hit, though it didn't come unexpected: quite the opposite, it's in line with similar impressions that people got from the Acoustic Carbon Outer.

Maybe I should wait a few more years for Nittaku to release Violin Carbon Inner LG (if they ever do), or a 7-ply version of Violin. Or maybe I should simply be happy with Nexy Arche, which is the blade that comes closest so far to a slightly stiffer and faster Violin. It doesn't have the same feeling or the same perfect handle, but somehow something just clicked when I played with it first, and I'm going back to it again and again after having tried other blades.

Sounds like you are trying hard to make it work, which is a good thing, it's how we reach a new height .  From what described the blade seem to have similar characteristic as the Stiga Offensive Carbon,which I think works best when ream up with medium hard rubber like T05, BF M2, etc...

fatt wrote: I also agree but I still think I made several mistakes: playing somebody better, gluing max on both sides. The gap between my play and what I think it is was too big when I chose to try ova max in the fh on a carbon blade; that was childish. I make great shots too but they would never compensate the waste that follow them. Of course the hits were fantastic and looping amateur chops - most of them high but low missiles were coming back sometimes - was effortless with the right relaxed pendulum stroke that I consider the ultimate exercise in terms of efficiency when learning to fh loop: “you can loop chops 20 times relax, you can loop $&@%ING ANYTHING!”...ok back to topic, the 50deg sponge is too hard for my stroke and I am better aware now (i am done with ova btw, a couple soon FS both black, 2.0 1 month and max used 2 hours); the weight was also bad: 90g, tearmender is 6 to 8g (I am generous), it was a bit too much at 196 gr and I compensated holding the paddle close to the neck; there bh driving was super with the R47. My bh loop was just fine I am confident there so no surprises. Next time I will try the R47 bh and OVA fh both in 2.0 that are on the all wood violin, going easy on the glue. If I can bring the weight down to 188 I’ll be fine. With the Acoustic Carbon I had a weird experience that is happening again: the sweet spot is less than what I expected but I’m not going to be picky, it does not pretend to be a 102g Schlager. They made a decision about the thickness of the carbon and the breakaway from all wood is not brutal, we’re still in the violin world, of course with a harder feel but we certainly keep the same comfort in areas like blocking and pushing where I did not notice a decline from whatever I do with the all wood counterpart, maybe even an improvement in blocks. They wanted to cover the “new plastic ball era” getting that paddle out but hey! Just in case the 2 all wood are not going anywhere. I got the additional speed I wanted, it’s very stable, top notch quality, I’ll keep them for a while but h0n1g sure hit it: I did not fall in love and if I make it work it will be a marriage de raison. I am also considering going down to 42 on the bh keeping the 47 for the fh (anybody want to trade a R42 2.0 or max, Black for an OVA black 2.0?”). Until I’ve tried those combos I won’t jump to conclusions. Please do not take this as a review, more like random rambling in the bus on my way home; also forgive my misspellings, poor grammar and disorganized sentence structure. I did not mean anything malicious. More to come?

If I had known you were gonna have such senseless random ramblings from riding the bus home maybe next time I'll drop you off at your place instead of the bus stop! Lol

icontek wrote: h0n1g wrote: A blade you don't immediately love is a blade you will never love in my opinion. I've probably tried over 60 blades and I've never once ended up with one that I didn't immediately take a liking to in the first 10 minutes. No matter if I 'lost' or 'won'. Just sayin' So true. It's the reason the blade collection has gotten smaller over the years.

Does this mean I put you back on the tester list for BBC

h0n1g wrote: A blade you don't immediately love is a blade you will never love in my opinion. I've probably tried over 60 blades and I've never once ended up with one that I didn't immediately take a liking to in the first 10 minutes. No matter if I 'lost' or 'won'. Just sayin'

I generally agree with your comment above.  I have experienced the same thing, with one exception.

I own a Clipper and never like it (back in the 38 mm celluloid ball era).   Today, in the 40+ plastic ball era, I think Clipper is a really good blade.

fatt wrote: I think it’s me not the blade. I need more time with it.

Meh? Really?

How about spin? You wrote the throw is lower than regular violin, but it's still a 5.3mm blade, so I would expect it to be rather flexible and quite easy to generate spin with. Or is it rather a flat hitters' and blockers' blade?

On sale items do not qualify for the 30% or 25% off discount. Sometimes I need to wait until the sale ends to get a better deal. 

Forgot to mention that the ST version sold out in few days. Maybe they didn't have many in stock.