I am not a professional musician by any means–I play the keyboard moderately well, but a couple of years ago I decided to broaden my horizons a little, so bought a violin (from Amazon, of course…) I watched numerous videos both before and after that purchase, and a few that stuck with me ‘poo-pooed’ the use of a shoulder rest, as if that somehow was an affront to the ‘purist’ philosophy. Well, I listened to that and toughed it out–failing to make any progress whatsoever–until just the other night when I watched a virtuoso violinist play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Guess what? She used a shoulder rest. Well, deciding to be a moron no longer, I spent a little time reading reviews and settled on this, for both the price and apparent quality. I received it today, a day early even with Prime, and then watched a short Youtube video on how to install it. Oh. My. God. What an amazing difference! The rest installed tightly and perfectly, and within thirty seconds I was holding the instrument comfortably under my neck without touching it at all, and playing scales, etc., better than I had over the two years I suffered without it. To heck with the ‘purist’; do yourself a favor and buy one of these–now!

I really like the Everest shoulder rest, because it grips the violin well and doesn’t fall off. I’ve had Kun pads in the past, but in recent years they changed the type of rubber they use, and it causes the pad to slip off the violin frequently. The Everest also has solid rubber feet, so it poses no danger to the violin; on a Kun, the rubber will eventually wear down to bare metal. The Everest appears to be well-made, and even has thicher shoulder padding- very comfortable!

I bought this for my daughter who has been playing violin for about 4 yrs now. This is high quality and excellently constructed with nice solid rubber legs that will not damage your instrument, I believe this is even better than a Kun she used to have that we paid almost for. If you are comparing this with a Resonans TRUST ME, pay the couple dollars extra and get this, the quality is night and day, she had a Resonans and the exposed metal rivets damaged the wood on her violin, you will never have that problem with the EVEREST, she also said it is the most comfortable shoulder rest she has had and keeps the violin tucked between her chin and shoulder effortlessly hands free.
I ordered mine on Amazon, shipped by “Everjoy Music” and it arrived lightning fast, second day after I ordered it, and that was with FREE shipping!