Full Size 4/4 Electric Violin Set with Case and Accessories - Black

by Barcelona

Product Features

• Full Size 4/4 Electric Silent Violin
• Ebony Pegs, chinrest, fingerboard & tailpiece
• Full Brazil wood Bows with unbleached horsehair
• Comes complete with padded gig bag, rosin, headphones and batteries
• Ideal for the beginning student

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000L01SRI
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,857 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #15 in Musical Instruments > Band & Orchestra > Violins > Electric Violins

Product Description

This beautiful electric violin set is ideal for the beginning student! It features everything you need to get started with your violin. The set inluces a padded case, headphones, cable, bow and rosin. The bow is a full brazilwood bow with unbleached horse hair. The included carrying case makes it convenient to carry to school or orchestra. This violin set makes a great gift and is a great value for the money! Buy with confidence as it comes with a warranty against any manufacturing defects.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars With work, well worth the money, May 8, 2007

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D. McKeon (Ma. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Size 4/4 Electric Violin Set with Case and Accessories - Black

Lets start by saying the final product has a tonal quality I didn't expect from an electric violin. It has that heavy Jim Hendrix, Star Spangled Banner sound when the bass and volume are cranked. Want to rip up some heavy metal, this baby has no problem. Want some sweet classical stuff, it does that also (less volume, less bass, more treble, if thats what you want). The violin arrived with the used look. Touchup paint and light scratch's. The bridge has sting marks on it like someone had tried to use it. Now for the work it took. Starting at the top. The pegs are made of genuine plastic and the string holes appear to be made with a hot pin punched by a machine. The holes were too shallow, only going half way thru the pegs and the strings wouldn't stay in when I started to wind them. I took a pin size drill bit and hand drilled each hole in all four pegs. Easily done. I order four fine tuners because this package only comes with one fine tuner on the E-string. I also upgraded the strings to Thomastik Dominant. Well worth it. The bridge was way too high and had a curve consistant with the neck. Each string was 3/8" over the neck. I sanded the neck down so my stings now were G 7/32", D 7/32", A 5/32" and E being 3/32". After sanding so much wood off, the bridge ends up being too thick and you must also sand this thinner. Having a lower bridge puts less stress on the neck which can lead to the bow and arrow look. You can order a medium size bridge but it may still need to be fitted correctly. The last issue was the head phone jack. The head phone jack is located directly above the 9v. battery and the two don't occupy the same space very well. I took the back off the violin by removing six small screws and was able to make small spacers to re-mount the jack outlet using some household glue that was good for plastic. Couple hours to dry and good as new. When you finally tune the stings, use adaquate amount of peg drop. Plastic on plastic tends to slip. Get yourself a decent electronic tuner that does G, D, A and E. The bow is decent, for it sound ok. Use light sandpaper on the rosin and plenty of rosin. A dry bow is a hissing bow and the electric part really picks it up. The better strings also help quell this effect. Once this is all accomplished. I had a ripping instrument. I would have given it 5 stars except for the work I had to do on it. I recommend beginners try this one.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No better violin for this price, after work, December 19, 2007

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Chutzpuh "The last PC gamer" (Tucson, Az United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Size 4/4 Electric Violin Set with Case and Accessories - Black

I have to say I am very happy with how this turned out for me. I decided to pick up the violin after not playing for several years. With a decent violin starting at about $600 minimum, I decided to go a different route, electric.

First, let me say, you will not be playing this badboy right out of the package. Mine took a bit of work to get into playable shape. Not a huge problem as nearly every violin usually does. I had to replace the strings as the ones in the package are the saddest sounding things I can imagine. For the beginner, I recommend a set of Prelude's. If you have some experience under your belt and can hear the difference, go for a set of Dominant's. I personally went for the Sensicore Octave's, but then again I like playing an odd violin/chello hybrid.

The provided bridge is way to thick, and high. I'm not a master of this but using a bit of sandpaper and a file I was able to cut it down to a serviceable size and shape. You may want to buy a new one, but you are going to be stuck shaping it no matter what you do anyway. The top of this violin is flat, not round like the classical ones, so a preshaped one may not do it for you.

The shoulder rest pad is nearly useless. It may be that my neck is too long for the thing, but attempting to hold the violin up with it would give me a horrible cramp. Buying a new rest is tricky due to the width of the violin. I managed to find a nice adjustable length viola rest that fit the bill nicely.

As for the bow, not sure what these people think brazilwood is, but this bow wasn't. Cheap fiberglass strung with what very well could have been plastic. It fell apart within a week for me, though I have noticed other buyers had different experience with this. The thing is not worth the price of rehairing, so you may need a new one depending on your luck. I was lucky enough to have an extra bow lying around so it didn't set me back.

A set of fine tuners on every string is required for this thing as well. While I have finally managed to get all of the pegs to stop slipping, the process of the initial tune is much harder than most violins. Due to the construction, tuning one string offsets the entire assembly and requires you to tune everything again. Fine tuners simplify this greatly.

After all of that, it is a nice sounding violin. Even without use of headphones or amp it has an interesting resonance to it. I would recommend this only if you are willing to put in the work. While it has the potential to be an awesome instrument, the initial effort may be a bit much for some to deal with.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excelent... Yet needs work, February 20, 2009

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J. V. Virrey (Chula Vista , CA US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Size 4/4 Electric Violin Set with Case and Accessories - Black

The violin came in with headphones, strings, rosin, battery, sponge, bow, bridge, pegs, single fine tuner

Now here's what needs attention, the Bridge: it either needs to be sanded lower or you can make deeper notches on the curve of the bridge. Then the Rosin: Sand the rosin so the glare is gone. Headphones: Not built good enough to withstand the sounds and vibrations of the violin (in my case). Pegs: You need strength to shove the pegs in so they don't slip and additionally use Peg Drops. The STRINGS: They are the worst thing out there, they break to 1/4 the normal strength of Red Tag Violin Strings .Highly recommend replacements since my G and D Strings Broke because the braid failed.

Here's the ups

Rigid and very beautiful when it comes to colors ( don't scratch it because it reveals spots of white plastic)

Great electronics.

Light and good quality Bow (hairs exceptional)

Now Even the work is not that bad But it is still Great instrument For Beginners and/ or Intermediates. A huge Recommendation

One More thing, Make sure you get the bridge sanded by a professional or if done by yourself, Use a image so you don't mess up, Warning Make sure the shape is exact because if its not correct it will not work properly.
One Last thing, Buy a Amp because It will make your sound a whole lot louder.

:)