Where to buy electric violin?

Question

My 13 year old daughter has been playing violin for 4 years and loves the electric violin. She plays all the time and is involved in summer music camp as well as classes throughout the year. I am interested in getting her an electric violin. I do not want to spend a great deal of money and I see that they range from $90.00 upwards of $5,000.00. I cannot find comments on the inexpensive violins so I have no way of juding them. I do not want a toy, but as I said, I do not want to spend a lot either, she's not a professional.

Help. Websites? Personal reviews? etc.

Answer 1

there are a lo of store that you cab buy one from for example you could go to Sharmusic.com

they have specialized employees that can help you choose the right ones.

There is a also samash.com.

The have a couple of electric violin that are pretty cheap.

I would recommend maybe looking up mark wood he is an electric violinist and he designs his own violin I'm sure your daughter would love the designs. Those kind are not expensive the can have cheap ones at the budget that you are in.

Answer 2

DON'T GET A YAMAHA ELECTRIC VIOLIN!

OR A RAVE.. or whatever shar sells.

http://www.woodviolins.com/html/stingray...

^thats an awesome "entry" level electric violin.  Its based on one of their popular instruments.

and its runs for 799 dollars USD....

if she chooses to go through with it, they make custom instruments (beware, they get expensive. the one i want was 4,395 as of december 07) that are commonly used by professionals.

zeta is ok....

but I'm going to be a bit biased, as I am i'm apart of the wood violin message board.

www.woodviolins.com/wvmb

you can join and they'll give you comments on electric violins.. they're going to be biased towards Wood violins though...

Answer 3

There are several places to look for electric violins.  You can go online and look at: South West Strings (swstrings.com) -They have amazing customer service, call them if you have any questions about instruments [phone]

-  or http://www.electricviolinshop.com/yamaha... part of yamaha.  This website from yamaha describes the types of electric violins they sell.  I am a violinist and I play the electric and acoustic violin.  From my expierence, the best electric instument for the money is the Yamaha silent violin.

You may also want to look at getting a five string instrument. http://www.electricviolinshop.com/catalo...

I bought a four string and I regret it.  It has a C string as well as the normal violin strings.  It will last your child longer, so the extra money may be worth it.

You can also go to shar music.  It also has the yamaha silent violins and others as well.  http://www.sharmusic.com/electricviolins...

Here are the silend violins from sharmusic

Yamaha Concert Select Silent 4-String Electric Violin

Custom KUN shoulder rest with adjustable height, ebony pegs and fingerboard. Built-in preamp with reverb settings offers better signal processing and a more refined tone than less expensive student electric violins. Available in black, candy-apple red, or antique brown. Yamaha Products cannot be shipping outside the United States. Item # YV1

$ 599.00



  

Yamaha Silent 4-String Electric Violin

Deigned for both silent practice and performance settings. Features the traditional body styling of the Yamaha Electric violin, plus an upgraded dual piezo pickup system, providing a more powerful output signal with more tonal balance and a nicer bass response. Available in black, brown, cardinal red, and ocean blue. Yamaha Products cannot be shipping outside the United States. Item # YSV4

$ 1,050.00



  

Yamaha 4-String Electric Violin

Rugged stage and studio model provides the durability, powerful tone, and rapid adjustment capacity needed for the professional electric string player. Feature a revolutionary pickup system with sensors under each string that resonate 3-dimensionally, providing amazing tone. Available in amber brown, pearl red, and cosmic blue. Yamaha Products cannot be shipping outside the United States. Item # YEV4

$ 1,150.00

Answer 4

ebay or craigslist

Answer 5

eBay cheap as chips