Klarinet Archive - Posting 000224.txt from 2004/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Electric Violin help
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 08:05:24 -0400

At 05:31 PM 7/5/2004 -0400, Walter Grabner wrote:
>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?

A possibility to consider is the Yamaha Silent Violin. Its main purpose is
as a "practice" violin, which plays relatively quietly since there is no
resonating body to amplify the sound, and the player listens to the "full"
sound though its own internal amplifier and headphones. You can add reverb
and/or play accompaniment tapes and CD's through this amplifier also for
play-along use. It can, however, also be hooked up through a conventional
amplifier and used as a "normal" electric violin. I think they retail in
the $800 range, but the versatility could be a plus.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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