Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2004/07

From: "Liz Ward" <elizabethward@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Electric Violin help
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:40:01 -0400

It's rather like clarinets in that there is an element of getting what you
pay for, but that is not the whole story. I deal in violins but only
acoustic. Could I suggest you go here:

http://www.fiddleforum.com/fiddleforum/index.php

scroll down to the "amplified strings" section and ask the experts there.

Liz

----- Original Message -----
From: <GrabnerWG@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:31 PM
Subject: [kl] Electric Violin help

> My son, age 14 and a violin player, asked for an electric violin for his
> birthday. I know absolutely nothing about them. I got out the catalogs and
looked
> at prices. They range from a couple of hundred dollars to thousands.
>
> I'm reluctant to spend a lot of money, as I really don't know yet exactly
> what he is planning on using it for.
>
> Any recommendations out there from others? Any electric violin players out
> there?
>
> Walter Grabner
> http://www.clarinetxpress.com/
> World-class clarinet mouthpieces, but no electric violins!!!
>
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