Nyman Bass Rosin

I was hesitant on buying Pop's after seeing some reviews over there and I'm glad I was! This rosin is perfect for my bow. The foil can be tedious and slightly annoying to peel off at times but besides that, it was worked really well for me :)

I'm not a rosin expert. This is my fourth rosin -- I got it on recommendation to use with an octave violin. In that application, it grabs the string well but the tone is very nice; not "rosiny" like I half expected. Not a lot of powder, either, although what does get on the violin takes more effort to clean off.The container is a little weird. The rosin is foil-wrapped inside a nicely sealed plastic can. When I peeled the tape the block had sharp edges which threatened to snag the bow hairs. I carved it down flat with a penknife before using it.

My repairman recommended this rosin a number of years ago and I love it! Rosin, applied to the horse hair on the bow, helps the horse hair grip the string and Nymans is appreciably better at this than any other bass rosin on the market. Because of its gripping power, you don’t need a lot and the bass sounds better without the scratchiness of too much rosin. The only caveats are that it only lasts about a year, and leaves a powdery residue, meaning you have to clean the bass more often, but even so, Nymans rosin is totally worth these small issues.

All was fine- packaging & product. Received in timely manner.

I learned from a professional bassist at SF Symphony that my prior rosin was not sticky enough. Rosin suitable for Cellos just does not hack it for Bass strings. I tried this out for a Christmas Carols sign-along and had much better grip on the strings and a noticeable increase in volume. It is a hard rosin in a foil metal cup but with just the right stickiness factor once applied. So it earned its five stars this week.

The best!

Great product that does the job, no complaints..

My only other frame of reference is Pop's and this is pretty hard and dry in comparison. My bow technique is pretty horrible but this seems to exacerbate the scratchiness of the tone when I play whereas Pop's did not. I'll keep using since others swear by it and practice, maybe I'll come around. It's not bad by any means, just not as easy to pull as Pop's, it really is showing my technique deficiencies.