ViolinSmart EV13 Solid Wood Electric Violin with Ebony Fittings (4/4 Full Size)

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List Price: $499.00
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• ViolinSmart EV13 4/4 Full Size Electric Silent Violin
• Hand-carved solid maple wood body with ebony fingerboard, pegs and chin rest. Durable alloy tailpiece
• Powered by a 9V Alkaline battery (included)
• Includes lightweight hard case, Brazil wood bow with unbleached genuine Mongolian horsehair, rosin, bridge, aux cable and headphones
• One year warranty against manufacturer defect

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The quality of this instrument is okay as it is not a finely crafted work.

Cons: The cheap quality bridge transfers the sound to the piezoelectric pickup poorly (I cut and fitted a new bridge to solve, though someone less skillful may need a shop to do this), the bridge is a centimeter or two too close to the tail of the instrument, this affects the fingering a bit, and the pegs are not fitted to their holes and only barely fit the holes in some cases. The tail piece needs replacement as the fine tuners are stiff and barely useable (though this is somewhat remedied by replacing the bridge with one properly fitted, and a little bit of grease on the threads). The rosin and headphones are good for use in a scrap heap?

Pros: The chin rest and pegs are made of the same beautiful wood, and are well crafted. The bow that comes with it is decent quality and has good balance. The instrument holds its tuning well once properly tuned. Though the case is cheap, everything fits well and protects from shocks as it is made from cloth covered form fitted Styrofoam. Once the strings are replaced with decent quality strings, the instrument has a nice warm sound and even though it is electric, can still be heard fairly well without using headphones.

Overall, for a first time electric violin, and as a practice instrument this has a good value for its price, since quality electric violins run on the upside of $700 (the piezoelectric pickup is $120 alone.) This is exactly what I needed as I hate to annoy my neighbors in my apartment complex by playing in the wee hours of the night.