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Since I was little, even smaller than I am today, I have always wanted to play "Electric Violin".
Back in the day when I was starting out there were few "Electric Violins" commercially available, now they are everywhere...but they are not truely Electric, the vast majority are Electro - Acoustic.
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An Octave Violin is an instrument tuned one octave below a standard violin and is sometimes called a baritone violin.
An Octave Viola is tuned one octave below a standard viola, which is the same tuning as a Cello.
Adrian Dwyer - a good friend of mine and Jazz Bass Player - asked me to set up and repair his old violin in readiness to send to a project on the Greek Island of Lesvos (Lesbos) founded by Maria Francisca Rocca Arbelaez and her mother.
This inspiration project prompted me to approach one of my suppliers - The Sound Post Ltd in Wiltshire. I knew that a good number of new violins are returned because of damage or imperfections, and thought we could maximise the shipment with instruments that I could bring back to life with a few repairs and TLC.
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This is a 24bit digital 2.4Ghz (ISM unlicensed) 4 channel system comprising physically identical 1/4" jack "Bugs" with fully articulated angled joints.
Read More“Pre Amps” are always being spoken about in connection with amplifying violins.
It is important to understand what function they perform as part of your system.
“Pre Amps” are mysterious, often miss-understood and therefore miss-used. The reason for the confusion is that the title “Pre Amp” is often generically used to describe a box of tricks that provides many functions, the pre amp being just one.
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