Question about getting violin bow re-haired.?

I have a really cheap bow and you can tell just buy looking at it.

I'm wondering. If I had it re-haired with real horse hair how much would it be? Also, how much would it be if I replaced with synthetic hairs?

The horse hair has specific qualities that synthetic hairs do not, and you'll get a better sound with horse hair. I believe it's around $50 to get it rehaired (that's on the medium/high side depending on how quality you want to go.

I'm not sure on the synthetic hairs...if you want any type of quality sound coming out of the violin at all, make sure the bow at least has good hair and rosin. It'll really make a difference!

Get the real horse hair. Don't muck about. You need a good bow with good hair and good strings too. That is even more important than a good violin. Even a great violin would sound like rubbish with cheap and nasty bow/hair/strings.

in many areas a cheap bow costs less than a rehair ... I have never met anyone who would even think of doing a rehair with synthetic hair .... in New York City I've had rehairs for $60US out here in California you can still find a rehair (a really good one) for $20US

reall hairs are much better ,sinthetic are no good.go 2 a music store and find out how much it costs i got my done 4 a good price..........

If your bow is worth less than about $50-60, getting it re-haired would simply be a waste of money. It's costs about that, in MN anyway, to get your bow haired with horse hair. I'm not so sure you'd want to even consider nylon or synthetics. My recommendation is you should buy a bow that isn't so cheap. If you can go beyond fiberglass or cheap wood and into a pernambuco that'd be a good start. From there, you should experiment with different bows in your price range (generally, more expensive means better quality) until you find one that works well with your instrument. Because the truth of the matter is, re-hairing extremely cheap bows doesn't do much to improve the sound or the quality of the playing, and it's honestly a waste of money.