Im interested in buying a violin, but i dont know anything about the companies or woods or bows used.
anyone have a suggestion for me
my price range is 200-400 bucks

i was looking at this one
http://www.misupply.com/Silver-Creek-SC3EL-Acoustic-Electric-Violin-470315-i1145124.misupply

i want it to be electric

This post was edited by weasleface on Feb 3 2010 10:38am

Stradivarius (:

This

are those in the 200-400 dollar range?

because forget it if its any higher

The copies maybe, but other than that, forget it.

ok thanks

cuz im looking for good companies between 200-400 not some 2000 dollar violin

im just a beginner at the violin lol

oh, I thought you meant $200k-$400k (:

lol

youve got 2 options, i suggest the first:

go to a violin shop and look at used ones. for 400 you are not looking for a specific brand, there are tens of thousands at this price range with fake labels. -this doesnt make them bad, in fact you should should expect it. mine was $1200 and says "antonius stradivarius cremonesis, faciebad anno 1716, made in czechoslovakia". my boss says it is probably a german village fiddle from early 1900 at the earliest. doesnt matter anyways, it is the sound you are paying for.

if you just want a new violin you will be buying a chinese violin. i suggest something from century strings distributer. if you go to buy a violin, go to a shop that also does full repair. they will not stock violins made out of crappy woods and probably setup the violins themselves/fix any problems out-of-the-box. we sell "angel taylor v-100" violins (from century strings) new at $400 and they are the lowest quality we would sell someone.

This post was edited by juliusjuice on Feb 5 2010 05:14pm

ah ok thank you very much for the info

now these stores are indepenantly owned right?
there is no franchise that does this?

cuz i dont know of any store that does stocks alot of violins and does full repairs on them