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5 comments about VIOLINSMART Full Size 4/4 Blue Silent Electric Violin - Complete Set.

1. Ok so this is what you do:
   1. get some planetary geared pegs, they exist
   2. get a real tailpiece not plastic, you will
   not need fine tuners with the geared pegs,
   (by the way these geared pegs are for
   violins and they drop the weight of adding
   fine tuners, plus slipping pegs suck)
   3. you get a nice bridge and sand it down to a
   medium height
   4. this is optional, you either sport for a
   luthier to add frets to a real fretboard or
   you add a "fiddle fretter"
   
   Then you will have a fairly awesome/cheap electric fiddle. I play the bass and crossed over not too long ago with this setup, you want to get into those screaming octaves with some serious hoorah this is the way to start. Of course for me the bass is still my first love, but even an electric guitar I've passed over numerous times..... this thing fits the bill.



2. I bought this inexpensive electric violin as a practice instrument and to keep my kids away from my good violin. Here's the verdict:
   
   PROs -- It is reasonably well made (sturdy) with pretty good electronics. The bow is surprisingly well made and nicely balanced. I use it with my good acoustic violin.
   
   CONs -- The set-up is awful. The bridge was not even notched to accept the strings, nor was it well shaped. I took care of that pretty quickly. It comes pre-strung with really poor quality strings. The E string could not even be brought up to pitch before the ball-end popped off the windings. The tailpiece is cheap and not well placed. The tuners are cheap, but usable with fine tuners. Worst of all, the nut (molded into the fingerboard) is notched unevenly, such that the strings are unevenly spaced and too close together for double notes with one string open (especially between the G and D strings). Plus, the string height at the nut is unacceptable.
   
   So, if you purchase this instrument and want to actually play it, you need to include the cost of new tuners, new tailpiece, new strings, and a new nut. Plan on at least another $60 if you are doing the work yourself. Replacing the nut requires sawing off the old molded nut and replacing it with a real ebony nut which is properly notched and finished. If you are not used to working on violins, this may not be your wisest buy. If you are a tinkerer like me, it is a really inexpensive way to get a knockaround violin that has electronic punch.



3. What a waste of money. It was so cheaply constructed. A string snapped as soon as I went to tighten it. There was no sound after all things were plugged in. It came with no directions so we weren't even sure we were doing it right. We ended up sending it back and it took weeks to get our money refunded.



4. I'm a brand new violin player with a whole three days experience, and I have to say it is amazing! I didn't really expect all that much because of the price, but this thing sounds really good. I really like that the bow is real wood and not plastic or anything. Now this is a plastic violin with plastic pegs, but this doesn't affect the sound at all. The pegs slip a little bit making it hard to keep the strings in tune, but I like the practice as a new player. Also the fact that this is electric helps me keep from bothering my roommates. If you are just starting out, this is the violin for you. It will allow you to make a decent sound and you won't have to worry about it getting damaged and broken like a comparably priced wooden violin would. I can't say enough good things about this and I recommend you go with the lowest priced vendor because they also set up the bridge and stuff for free. Hope that helps!



5. Setup requires a little paitence, but after a new tailpiece (wood, with fine tuners), a better set of strings, and some non-slip peg "glue" this instrument ROCKS. This is a great instrumet for a beginner to the violin (though perhaps not music). I spent about 50 extra dollars, and now I've got a great violin that I can practice on withought bothering my roomantes.
   
   The fingerboard is a little off center, but it's off center the right direction, and shouldn't affect playing too much. I had the bridge fly at me a few times (the back of the bridge should be at a 45 degree angle) the first time I tried to tune the new strings, but they relax after a while, and if you get the no-slip peg drops you adjust everything to a lesser extent.
   
   The pegs will slip, the strings it comes with are terrible, and the tailpiece is cheap but all of that is worth fixing for such a cool, relatively cheap, instrument.

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1 comments about ViolinSmart Solid Wood RED color 1/4 Size Teachers Recommended Student Violin + Bow + Case + Rosin Complete Set.

1. You can't beat this price for an appropriate sized violin for my son who will out grow
   this in the next 2 years. Great beginning violin. It comes in a snazzy red, fully equipped
   with a bow, bridge, strings and case! He was thrilled when the UPS truck pulled up in front
   of our house and brought him his first violin!

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