Cecilio Electric/Silent Violin, Full Size, Metallic White

夜の練習用に購入しました。
セットに問題なく、チューニングすればすぐに使える状態でした。音も普通のバイオリンに比べれば、半分くらいで、問題はないと思います。
ヘッドホンも今のところ、必要なしで大丈夫な範囲です。
ただ、弾いていると指板の塗装の色が落ちて、指が真っ黒になります。洗えば問題ないですが…。
ペグは少し緩みやすいのと、駒も少し高めなので、色々と調整する予定です。
本体はちょっと重いので、長時間の練習には向いていないのかもしれませんね。
セットの弓は軽く、慣れないため自前の弓で弾いています。
それでも、値段は手頃でいいと思います。

Spent a decade playing the violin as a kid/teen, but wanted to give it ago again now as an adult. Seemed fun and affordable.

Overall, my experience after a few hours with it has left me pleasantly surprised.

-Quick delivery.
-9V battery came sealed and worked as expect. Putting it in backwards the first time did not kill the instrument- whew.
-The bow looks and feels like a proper bow — it didn’t feel like cheap crap, sounded fine to me,
-The rosin seemed fine. It didn’t come scored, but it was effective. time will tell.
– About the same weight as a normal violin; perhaps a tad lighter.
– It is a quiet violin — much quieter than an accoustic violin, but it still does make ‘some’ noise.
– The strings are proper strings — they held their tuning well enough and didn’t break despite over tuning them by quite a bit at first.
– Looks great for the price. The red metallic one has a mild wood grain-like added to it, and the metallic aspect is pretty mild.
– It feels like a proper 4/4 full size violin — if it’s off, I can’t notice it.
– the neck of the violin feels proper size; not much problem hitting notes or holding it.
– the headphones it comes with are super cheap, but they work and sound accurate. Only problem I had with them is that they distort when playing the G/D strings at high volume. Comfortable enough and the cable doesn’t get in the way.
– Tone control is nice I guess, but the default level is all I will likely ever use.
– Volume is full volume with the included headphones feels about as loud as a good acoustic ; I forget that I’m playing an electric violin pretty quicky.
– It sounds just like a normal violin with the headphones on — not an expensive one, but your basic student violin. I bought some other strings, so Im expecting even better sounds soon. I might save them for when I break a string though… it sounds good enough with the included strings for now. Not bad honestly — student grade?
– The tuning pegs did not come loose. whew.

My only complaint so far is that the bridge is a bit awkward — it isn’t mirror balanced — one side is a bit flat, making it hard to not hit both strings at once. I don’t recall seeing this with my other violins — seems misshapen a bit. I will probably order a new one or steal one from some old violins I have here.

I’m totally pleased with this purchase; if only it had an auto tuner. =)

一番不具合に感じたのが、重いこと。本物のバイオリンの1.5倍くらいの重さがあるので、長時間弾いていると首が疲れます。筋トレにはいいのかもしれません。音は、文句はありません。あと、個人的には駒が高かったので少しだけ削って使用しています。

The violin is great. It is not absolutely perfect, but for the price you pay, it is amazing. I’ve played for over 17 years (since I was 5)

To start, anything this cheap for any instrument can be expected to be pretty trashy. This violin is so much better than that and is easily worth the $400 it used to be.

I hesitated a lot to make this purchase because of some of the negative feedback. Honestly a lot of that negative feedback is coming from 2 types of people:

1: New players who have no idea what they are talking about and just complain when the instrument didn’t work out for them easily and perfectly. They complain about the tuners (which are perfectly fine for a brand new instrument which will obviously slip in the beginning).
2. People who legitimately got a bad product. I actually bought this violin 3 years ago and it came broken. The electronics didn’t work, but the return policy was fantastic. At first the company sent me new electronics for free. When it still didn’t work they offered me a new violin for free, but I decided just to return it then. So yes, you might get a bad product, but the company policies are great and will right any wrongs if you give them the chance before freaking out and writing a bad review.

Just a few CONS:

-Bridge is actually pretty high, but NOTE: Every violin bridge comes needing work. There is no such thing as a previously fitted bridge from manufacturing. So people need to stop complaining about this too. Sand it down some, fix the action, and it’s perfect.
-The bow is a little bit heavy and not the highest quality. What did you expect? It works perfectly, is perfect for playing, and for the price justifies any shortcomings and some.
-There is some loose piece (probably wood chip) inside the area they hollowed the violin out for the pickup. This rattles if you shake the violin or turn it upside down. So that really bothers my OCD, but still, is not that big an issue to cry.
-A bit of the metallic finish at the scroll did get sprayed onto the fingerboard/fretboard (can’t remember what it’s called, getting my guitar terms mixed in here). Again, it does not influence the playability, but it does represent a sloppy finish.

OVERALL

The violin is so awesome. It’s sound is pretty darn good plugged straight into an amp or through the headphones. Plug it into an effects board, and the tones get too sweet to describe. Sand down the bridge a bit and the action is perfect. Ignore the inner jiggling of the loose wood chip and the sloppy finish and you’ll be well on your way to enjoying a fantastic instrument at a better than fantastic price!