Cecilio 4/4CEVN-2BK Solid Wood Electric/Silent Violin with Ebony Fittings in Style 2 - Full Size - Black Metallic

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。

I recently got back into violin playing after a 20 year hiatus. One of the biggest issues is that I often find myself wanting to practice, but not being able to for fear of disturbing the neighbors in my apartment complex. I think this violin is going to be a good solution to that problem. I intend to mostly just leave the batteries out and play it without any amplification. In the following video, that's what I'm doing, and I'm cranking down on it as loud as I can. It's audible, but still not very loud. With my other violin, I would definitely be waking up the neighbors, but I think this should be alright if I just sort of take it easy on the bow. I think if I play it with a heavy practice mute, it should be reasonable to practice at any hour.https://youtu.be/Xl56-oBnIKkCons:The bow is pretty cheap. It's good enough for beginners, but if you are planning to play any rapid staccato, it's going to bounce out of control. A better bow would fix that. I tried the included bow once, and put it away. I can use it for a spare periodically when I send my normal bow in to get re-haired.The strings are pretty cheap. At some point, I'll probably replace them with Dominants. Amusingly, a set of Dominants costs about $50, so a substantial proportion of the cost of the instrument will then be in strings.The pegs are very slippery. You can fix that with either some rosin rubbed onto the parts of the peg that contact the peg box, or use some peg compound. (Which I think is just rosin in a liquid form so it's easier to apply.) Without the peg compound, the pegs will slip and the instrument will go out of tune while playing it.I had to replace one of the fine tuners because it was bent, and not turning easily. I had some spares, so this was easy. Replacement fine tuners are only a few dollars on Amazon.Also on the same note, when tuning up for the first time, make sure that the fine tuners are properly screwed in. There's a tuning screw, and a mounting screw below that. On mine, the mounting screws were loose, causing the instrument to go out of tune frequently.Pros:I get to practice my violin in my apartment at night.I think it sounds decent, but a bit more metallic than a real violin. Changing the strings will probably fix that.It more or less feels like a regular violin when you are playing it.The construction feels solid enough, so hopefully it will last.The price makes it a great place to start. A real student violin should cost $500-$1000, just to get one that isn't too hard to play and sounds semi-decent.I would definitely recommend that new players get an experienced violinist to help them set up the instrument for the first time, because although the instrument arrived in a mostly playable condition, I did have to do a lot of little things to make it play well. Nothing was difficult or expensive to correct, but if I hadn't already known how to do the repairs/modifications, it would have been frustrating.

That's me, not the violin. Well, actually, it sorta is the violin, too.If you've priced a lot of musical instruments, you've noticed they fall into roughly three groups; professional models start in the low thousands and go up (up, up, up) from there. Student models can come in from a little over $1K to as low as a couple hundred bucks. And under a hundred bucks? That's a toy. The change is very abrupt. The differences between student and professional models need a professional (or a very good student) to really tell. A toy, on the other hand, is unplayable, and would be less than useless for a student (as it would at best teach them all the wrong things -- and more often than not, drive them away from the instrument with the misapprehension that the problem lies with THEM.)I'm saying all this because this is one of those rare birds that is priced like a toy but delivers a good solid student instrument. This isn't a thousand-dollar instrument. But it belongs among the $400-600 student instruments. And you are paying less.Now about that "adult beginner" thing. A child has more access to academic tutoring. To music rooms and private lessons in studios and all of that. They should get a standard acoustic violin with all the peccadillos attendant to that type. Where this ELECTRIC violin truly shines is with the adult beginner, the self-taught and the dilettante; in short, with people who want to be able to "give it a go" at a stringed instrument without losing the lease on their apartment due to the awful noises issuing from it.It isn't silent. It is, however, quiet. Quiet enough you can practice in a thin-walled apartment or an upstairs bedroom without anyone making a fuss. It is just loud enough on its own so you don't really need headphones.The other part of "adult beginner" is I am old and have messed around with a lot of music-related things over the years and I read a ton. So I knew better than to make a lot of first-timer buyer assumptions. For instance; it comes assembled (I hesitate to say "set up") but not tuned. Really, it should come with the bridge in a box and the strings in their packs, but never mind. As an experienced buyer of bargain instruments I didn't even bother tuning the strings it came with and dropped thirty bucks on a new set of Thomastik Alphayue's. I had no trouble with peg slippage (the reverse, actually), but then I'm a uke player and used to having to shove the pegs in to make them firm up.The electronics worked (sans headphones, which came out of the box with one dead channel already but who cares? I've got better headphones already). But that's not really fair to ask of me, because I'm an electronics tinkerer and as long as the pickup was okay I really didn't care if the electronics worked. The finish was nice and none of it came off on my hands, everything seemed straight and nothing has fallen off. In short, a fantastic instrument.A word of caution. I get the impression from other reviews that Cecilio's build quality is excellent but their quality control lacking. You might get a lemon. So box it back up and have them ship another. Because I got one with no issues I've been able to detect. Well, okay...the hairs on the bow are a wee bit ragged, but it is a starter bow anyhow, and a nice student-quality carbon fibre is only another thirty bucks or so. The two purchases I made within a few weeks of starting to play were a Snark tuner and a Resonance shoulder rest. The Snark works just fine clipped to the upper bout, which puts it at a comfortable viewing angle. So give it a good inspection, put some decent strings on it, and be prepared to add a few more bits and pieces to pimp the ride a little, and I think it will support the adult beginner for the first few years of learning to play a violin.

I'm giving this 4 stars because I was looking for a cheap and quiet electric violin and I'm happy with the result. If you're a serious performer, I would recommend saving up for something a little better.Assembly of the violin was a little tricky, but with a bit of Googling I got it to work. People have commented that the pegs always slip, but I found that pushing them in a little bit gave me the friction I needed. I didn't need to buy peg oil or take this to a professional to set up.The rosin included is crap. Go to a local store and pick up something better for 5-10 bucks. I haven't tried the headphones, but I can tell by looking at them that they are garbage.But here's the good news: the violin is nice and quiet when not plugged in. This is perfect for someone like me who is just starting out on the instrument. When plugged in, you can get some good sounds with some EQ and reverb. The feel of the neck and strings on the left hand is nice. I'm no expert on bows and strings, but they are both functioning, so that's good news. It's also good that this includes a case and patch cord.If you're starting out on the violin, this is the one to get. It's affordable and quiet. I'm very happy that I got this violin to start off my journey into string instruments.

Got here in 3 days before I even received my shoulder rest. The violin arrived packaged well enough, a few loose hairs on the bow and the headphones are pretty much junk. The rosin is plenty good for a starter like me but my teacher prefers dark so I'm using that. The bow is very nice but feels like it wont last very long but will suffice to learn with. As for the violin itself; the pegs are really lose and have to be pressed in to set them when your tuning, not a problem when you figure it out. The fine tuners will help once you have the string in the right pitch. Its also a little heavier than I expected and noticeably more when compared to an acoustic. I should also add that it is NOT completely silent. The case is more than enough to protect this violin as long as your not dropping it from too high or trowing it out windows. I do enjoy the straps to wear it on my back. It takes a 9v battery that is included. All in all I am happy with this purchase and will be buying an acoustic violin from this seller in the future when I've had more classes and I can play coherently. Only reason I took off a star was for the headphones and my rosin was rattling around the compartment of the case and the trouble the pegs gave me along with a few minor scratches on the body. But thats just me being picky. Very good starting instrument for those who need to be quiet and want good quality for a great price.