There are 9 String Violins which have a Low Eb (major third above the B String on a 5 String Bass) & also a High A (or eventually High B which is a step above the Soprano High A) that really shimmers.
Electric Violin Shop I find the Solid body instruments the easiest cause it's a "Feedback Free instrument" plus the fretted versions tend to keep you in tune more.
Thanks! Matt for answering my question. I have a Fishman amp, but it just doesn't sound the same. I also have a Fender blues Jr. tube, and it gives me thrills!
Fascinating, will have to get a violin first and have some music bkgd in classical piano, but heard an electric violin recently and wanted to learn how to play just beautiful music.
Spot on. The issue is that guitarists dime a dozen, and violinists (who step into the "rock" world) are certainly fewer. Therefor, we need to cover the acoustic and electric spectrum... not to mention, the pedals that make you sound like something else (like an organ). Loved this video! Specially the comment about bringing your expensive gear to a place packed with drunks, ha! To be fair, that happens to other players as well. At least we don't have to carry a tonne of weight like our drummer friends ;)
Just discovered this fantastic series after watching a bunch of Matt’s shorts. What a great resource, and what a great thing to do for a classical nerd/cool kid wannabe like me.
@UC6W4QkBDKjzTrCNG3pJYIKw Of course Electric Violins might be fantastic for beginners cause it's easier to practice by hooking up a headset to the Audio output. The 7 String Fretted Electric Violin might be the easiest to keep in tune with Geared machine heads, & the 3 additional strings give you a more playable range but they don't have fractional Sized versions yet.
I wonder if there are some magnetic pickups for violin, or at least if it's possible to make your own one? I'm not a violinist, so i never even saw the strings, i don't know what they are made of. I just wanted to build myself fretted electric guitar style violin, but i don't want to spend a fortune on those bridges
puck spirit There are a few mag violin pickups out there, mostly proprietary. Bowed string vibration behaves diffently than plucked/picked string vibration, as well there is a lot of subtlety in bow technique that magnetic pickup doesn't totally capture. Therefore most bowed string pickups are piezoelectric.
Thanks for answer.. Well, i'll still try it) Better, i think with both piezo and mag As you said, electric instrument is electric instrumen, it don't have to sound same as the acoustic)
Here's the Viola D'amore:ruclips.net/video/m1Qmmx7zoO8/видео.html which has 14 Strings (7 playing & 7 sympathetic, Thomastik makes string sets for them in Dominant or Super flexible) tuned to Open D Major, & to achieve both Low end power & High end Clarity Acoustically, the body is actually tapered (Thin on one side & thick on the other side). It's recommended to use a CodaBow Joule for Viola.
Hi! Matt! can U do a vid. about tube amps. I love the true to life sound, unlike solid state amps. Solide state is more cost effective, but I love the true to life sound of a tube amp, which is the way I want to sound. True to life! Thanks!
Good question. Here's the thing - we don't really carry any tube amps. It's not a simple thing to plug a violin into a tube amp because of the impedance mismatch, so we'd be setting our average customer up for a massive headache. It's a good question, though, and I might consider seeing if a local guitar shop would let me spend some time in there and shoot a video for our more advanced customers. The honest truth is that some of the high-end simulators out there (Line6 Helix, Fractal Audio AXE-FX, Kemper) are SO good that you won't be able to tell the difference between them and a "real amp". They are also more electric-violin-friendly, too, because they can adjust for input impedance in a way that tube amps can't.
There are 9 String Violins which have a Low Eb (major third above the B String on a 5 String Bass) & also a High A (or eventually High B which is a step above the Soprano High A) that really shimmers.
Electric Violin Shop I find the Solid body instruments the easiest cause it's a "Feedback Free instrument" plus the fretted versions tend to keep you in tune more.
They also make Acoustic-Electric Violins in Carbon Fiber, & they have a really special "Feedback Free Pickup" that prevents feedback.
There are 7 String Acoustic Violins too & to achieve low end power and high end clarity acoustically the body is just a tad bit deeper.
There are 5 String Acoustic Violins too and Bobby Hicks played them.
Thanks! Matt for answering my question. I have a Fishman amp, but it just doesn't sound the same. I also have a Fender blues Jr. tube, and it gives me thrills!
Fascinating, will have to get a violin first and have some music bkgd in classical piano, but heard an electric violin recently and wanted to learn how to play just beautiful music.
Now we have 9 String Violins which go from Low Eb all the way up to a High A (eventually a High B at a .003).
Spot on. The issue is that guitarists dime a dozen, and violinists (who step into the "rock" world) are certainly fewer. Therefor, we need to cover the acoustic and electric spectrum... not to mention, the pedals that make you sound like something else (like an organ). Loved this video! Specially the comment about bringing your expensive gear to a place packed with drunks, ha! To be fair, that happens to other players as well. At least we don't have to carry a tonne of weight like our drummer friends ;)
Sonic Violins made Acoustic-Electric Violins that don't feedback because they have a really special made "Feedback free pickup".
Just discovered this fantastic series after watching a bunch of Matt’s shorts. What a great resource, and what a great thing to do for a classical nerd/cool kid wannabe like me.
Being a multi-instrumentalist I'm getting something like a 6 String Cobra Cello soon.
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Of course Electric Violins might be fantastic for beginners cause it's easier to practice by hooking up a headset to the Audio output. The 7 String Fretted Electric Violin might be the easiest to keep in tune with Geared machine heads, & the 3 additional strings give you a more playable range but they don't have fractional Sized versions yet.
I wonder if there are some magnetic pickups for violin, or at least if it's possible to make your own one? I'm not a violinist, so i never even saw the strings, i don't know what they are made of. I just wanted to build myself fretted electric guitar style violin, but i don't want to spend a fortune on those bridges
puck spirit There are a few mag violin pickups out there, mostly proprietary. Bowed string vibration behaves diffently than plucked/picked string vibration, as well there is a lot of subtlety in bow technique that magnetic pickup doesn't totally capture. Therefore most bowed string pickups are piezoelectric.
Thanks for answer.. Well, i'll still try it) Better, i think with both piezo and mag
As you said, electric instrument is electric instrumen, it don't have to sound same as the acoustic)
Check out THE video from Rebecca Faber (Reverb Channel) where she shows a Magnetic Pickup from Swiss Maker "Schertler" with Effekts and all.
Here's the Viola D'amore:ruclips.net/video/m1Qmmx7zoO8/видео.html which has 14 Strings (7 playing & 7 sympathetic, Thomastik makes string sets for them in Dominant or Super flexible) tuned to Open D Major, & to achieve both Low end power & High end Clarity Acoustically, the body is actually tapered (Thin on one side & thick on the other side). It's recommended to use a CodaBow Joule for Viola.
Hi! Matt! can U do a vid. about tube amps. I love the true to life sound, unlike solid state amps. Solide state is more cost effective, but I love the true to life sound of a tube amp, which is the way I want to sound. True to life! Thanks!
Good question. Here's the thing - we don't really carry any tube amps. It's not a simple thing to plug a violin into a tube amp because of the impedance mismatch, so we'd be setting our average customer up for a massive headache. It's a good question, though, and I might consider seeing if a local guitar shop would let me spend some time in there and shoot a video for our more advanced customers.
The honest truth is that some of the high-end simulators out there (Line6 Helix, Fractal Audio AXE-FX, Kemper) are SO good that you won't be able to tell the difference between them and a "real amp". They are also more electric-violin-friendly, too, because they can adjust for input impedance in a way that tube amps can't.
they now have 3D printed violins!