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And even thats not a record.

Steve.

Actually for what it is I thought a bit low price. Sad to see such things go
to an anonymous collector ..shouldnt be allowed .

There are people who argue / believe that a Strat violin fiddle thing does
actually
sound superior to a good standard violin & worth a very high price.
But its seems a general rule with all musical instruments that around Ł700
is the top justified for playability / musical quality .
Anything beyond that is about the thing as an object (hello Gibson !)
Maybe the exception is a grand piano ..might be worth going to say Ł1500.
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Trimble Bracegirdle wrote in message
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Stick them both through a high-gain distortion pedal and you wont hear a
bit of difference.

Steve.

Steve Robinson wrote:

I think its certainly possible to play power chords (fifths) on a
violin, so you can avoid all those nasty amp/3rd harmonics when youre
doing metal. Dont tell Yngwie.

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Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:


?!

I can think of several instruments where youd have to pay far more than
that to get the bare minimum professional grade.


adrian

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On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:56:51 +0100, Adrian Clark
wrote:


Quite - whilst Ł700 will get you a very playable guitar and something
of pro standard, when it comes to most orchestral instruments youll
have to pay far more.

For example, a reasonable student grade Bb trumpet can be had for
about Ł300, but it really wont be that good.

Something worth starting on will set you back
about...well....Ł700..........

Yeah, you can get a cheap Chinese student cello for about Ł400, but it
would need about Ł300 worth of work to set it up to play well.

A pro cellist or trumpeter wouldnt bat an eye at spending four
figures - and were not talking a grand, either.

A pro violinist could esasily spend that much on a bow.

Steve.

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:30:33 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
wrote:


Its very possible.

In about 1975 I got a band together that aimed to play sort of jazz
rock fusion. We had some sort of vague idea that wed do a sort of
Mahavishnu Orchestra type thing.

One snag - no violin player.

So, I bought a s/h fiddle, slapped a Barcus Berry pick up on it and
proceeded to play it through my rig, which at that time consisted of a
Marshall 100w valve top and two 4x12 cabs, a fuzz box, a wah and a
borrowed tape echo.

As I couldnt play fiddle to save my life, I was reduced to playing
what I pretentiously called ambient noises when I wasnt playing bad
modal guitar licks.

Suffice to say that the band got no work whatsoever and only existed
in rehearsal form.

I later gave the fiddle away to a mates daughter who wanted to learn
proper violin playing.

Steve.

Steve Robinson wrote in
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Depends what sort of batteries* you use in the pedal...

*(TM) Eric Johnson

Cheers.