10. Comparing acoustic violin vs electric violin : Deck the Hall

"Deck The Hall"

I play it on electric violin then on acoustic violin.

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9. Comparing acoustic vs electric violin : Annie Laurie

"Annie Laurie"

I play this song on the acoustic violin muted then, on the electric violin without amplification.

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8. Comparing acoustic vs electric violin : Away in a Manger

"Away in a Manger"

The above is the song I play to compare an acoustic violin with an electric violin.

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7. Comparing acoustic vs electric violin : Auld Lang Syne

"Auld Lang Syne"

I play this song on the acoustic violin, then on the electric violin.

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6. How silent is an electric violin?

This is the sheet music for the song "Amazing Grace" which I play to compare how silent an electric violent is in comparison to an acoustic violin.

I play it 3 times:

1. Acoustic violin

2. Acoustic violin - with mute attached

3. Electric violin ( without plugging into amplifier )

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5. Comparing acoustic vs electric violin : Physical differences

Acoustic violin : Spicato
Electric violin : Irin

Front length

 

Back length

 

Side length comparison

 Bridge and soundhole

 

Bridge closeup view

 

Fingerboard

 

Tuning pegs

Bottom

 

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4. Testing my new electric violin amplifier

The electric violin, without plugging into the amplifier is very soft. You can play it in the middle of the night without disturbing anyone. And you don't even need to attach any violin mute!

The violin LINE-OUT

Amp INPUT

From the front

The mono jacks of the cable used to connect the violin to the amplifier. The smaller jack goes into the violin, whilst the larger jack goes into the amplifier

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3. Unboxing my new guitar and electric violin amplifier speaker

These are the pictures of the process of unboxing my new Guitar Amplifier which I shall be using for my new electric violin. 

The first picture is the front of the box. 

 

Next is the back of the box

 

The front of the amplifier

The back of the amplifier with the battery compartment opened.  The battery compartment is at the bottom. It uses a 9V battery.  Alternatively you can also use an external 9V power adapter.

The back again, with the battery compartment closed.

Close up view of the front controls. On the left is the INPUT jack to connect to the electric violin. Next is the VOLUME control.  Then, TONE control and the last knob on the right is the OD ( Over Drive).

The top view

 

Specifications:

  

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2. My new foldable table and music room

Here I am sitting in my music room

This is my new foldable metal table

I will be doing lots of work on this table.

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1. Unboxing my new electric violin

This series of blogs and accompanying youtube videos is to document my comparisons between acoustic violin and the electric violin.  Starting off, today, I post here the photos taken during the unboxing of my new electric violin.

Below is the violin in the case

Next is the violin and the accessories taken out of the case

Holding the violin showing the front face

Next is the back view

Side view

Showing the controller knobs and jacks

A = PHONE ( Headphone )

B = MIC

C = LINE OUT

D = TONE

E = VOLUME

F = ON-OFF 

G = 9V BATTERY COMPARTMENT

Vertical view of knobs and jacks

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