Magic Rosin - 3G Bach Manuscript - Premium Grade Instrument Rosins for Violin, Viola, and Cello Bows - Excellent Grip - Delivers a Clear, Complex Tone - Purified Transparent Pine Rosin - USA Made

Broken in two, all crumbled, a great disappointment, well and truly overpriced

Love it..for my bow

Not as pictured. The product didn't show multiple colours but it was cut with a facet and caught the light nicely.

Rosen works great, the shape prevents sharp corners and its easy to store and carry. Loads on the bow fast and is just the perfect amount of grippy. Cleans off like any other rosin. Sounds exactly how you want. Only rosin i buy rhese days 10/10

Just a couple of quick notes up top that may or may not be important to you. I don't know if this is hypoallergenic, but it has absolutely no smell upon first opening it. After I roughed it up a bit rosining my bow, I could very, very faintly smell just the tiniest hint of tree resin, but I have an extremely sensitive nose (for better and for worse) so YMMV. If you're not allergic, but looking for an odorless, or near odorless option, this is it. Second, they're not kidding when they say this is crystal clear. At first, I wasn't sure if they were referring to the physical appearance or the tone, and uneasy about the thought of pink rosin shedding all over the place. It turned out to be both. I am in LOVE with the tone I'm getting, but more on that in my actual review below. I bought this rosin on a whim while picking up a new CF student bow to trial since my current bow is a couple of years old, and rehairing it would cost more than a new one. This arrived first, so I cleaned the old rosin off my current bow, rosined up with the Magic 3G, and... Wow. I honestly did not expect this much of a difference, especially on the A and E strings. II typically use D'iadario Kaplain dark rosin because I only practice indoorsin a climate controlled, low humidity environment which is what attracted me to 3G (besides the beautiful cases!). Yet somehow, when I glide my bow across the A and E strings no matter where on the violin I am, it just sounds sweeter andclearer. Now this could easily just be my imagination, or the fact that my current rosins are both about 2 1/2 years old. I did order some fresh Kap dark, that I'll rerosin with once the Magic 3G wears off. But, between that clearer, sweeter tone at the higher end, and it just FEELING really good under my fingertips to play with, I think I just became a repeat customer.

Product arrived shattered twice.