Fiddlerman Wood Violin Shoulder Rest for 4/4 and 3/4 with Collapsible and Height Adjustable Feet

Use it a lot but still have to pad out the bottom end

This is a very nice and attractive looking shoulder rest. Its finish compliments my violin well. It's easily adjustable and fits in my violin case well. It helps tremendously in relieving neck strain which is important to me since I have a neck injury. It also feels very well built. Even the plastic parts are solid and feel well made. It is padded and that padding is comfortable. Overall I'm very satisfied with this shoulder rest.

Fits well, and the wood looks amazing.

I bought two of these for my kids - while I don't use a rest, they are required to have one by their instructor. And while the instructor suggested using one of those thick car-wash sponges, I decided instead to get real shoulder rests. This is a real shoulder rest. I like that it's wood with foam padding, instead of all plastic or foam-on-metal. The wood adds a little je ne sais quoi to the rig. I found it easy to adjust, though I kind of wish the width adjustment were a sliding bracket instead of a choice of three holes on each side. The height is adjusted by screwing the attachment bracket up or down, and again I kind of wish that were a slider instead of a screw to make the adjustment a little more exact. That said, it fits both me and my kids perfectly, so those criticisms are pretty much academic. The brackets are made such that I'm not worried that they'll scratch the instrument, and the rest itself is really quite comfortable. My ear is not trained well enough to tell you if it robs the instrument of any tone or projection, but for the instruments they'll be fitted to (a Stentor II and a Cremona SV-175) that's not a prime consideration at this point. The takeaway here is that this is a very well designed and made shoulder rest, something that, like the instrument it supports, will last for years with proper care. I really like it a lot.

Had this for about a year and a half. The rubber starts to peel off from the top. This wasn't exactly cheap. Imagine if you have to keep buying a new shoulder rest every 1 1/2 years.