Violin Forum/Message Board

Russell · Junior Member Joined: 16 Jan 2013 Posts: 19

Is there anyone on the forum that is interested in electric violins? Plans or anything concerning the electric violin? Very Happy

kjb · Super Member Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385

are you talking solid body or acoustic electric, you may look here also

http://www.fiddleforum.com/fiddleforum/index.php?action=forum

Russell · Junior Member Joined: 16 Jan 2013 Posts: 19

Im thinking solid bodys , they are interesting to me and I like the sound ive been hearing .

kjb · Super Member Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385

i am kicking the idea around, but it is after the future 5 string which is just getting started along with finishing two other vso's.
But I don't have any definite idea on pickups yet, have a few piezos from ebay and a bridge that were not that expensive .

ctviolin · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:07 pm Post subject:

I still haven't put a p/u on it - but I'm still thinking about it.
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ctviolin · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:52 pm Post subject:

And one of my classical violins came back wanting a fiddler style pick up on it so now it has one and a lower/flatter fiddling bridge.

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ctviolin · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:55 pm Post subject:

Has anyone thought about making magnetic pole pickups for a violin?

like on an electric guitar ? - I'd love to put some (homemade - that is) on my solid body electric.
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kjb · Super Member Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385

looks good ct the one you made.

the magnetic pickups , I did read about that on the fiddle forum, they put them in the finger board and of course you have to use metal strings. I am not sure if I followed the thread all the way through or if he gave up on that. I can;'t remember not surprising!

antonio · Member Joined: 21 Sep 2008 Posts: 27 Location: Croatia

Hi, I didn't want to make a new topic because this one might be appropriate. I just wanted to show you my electric violin. It's made of spruce, except neck which is made of maple. It is not hollow, so it is a bit heavy, but I held some electric violins that are heavy pretty much the same. It has bridge pickup and preamp inside the body, It can be connected to the guitar amplifier or you can play it without it just with headphones, and it works ok. Specs: Function : 1V + 1T Active
Input Impedance : 10Mω
Frequency Response : 20Hz ~ 20KHz

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