I had one of these a few. years ago as a rental. It worked pretty well as a rental for a newby... didn't sound too offending, but I always thought it sounded a bit dull. Definitely recommend it if starting out, but maybe plan on upgrading as a reward for all the practicing...
Hi Glen, Fellow Canadian fiddler here, I suggest you give a Gliga violin a try, it will blow the doors off any of those trialed in this video There is a Canadian office in B.C.
Thank you good comparison. I have the VL 80 and it sounds more clear than yours on a few strings ( not muffled ) The last one you played was not balanced in volume per string. I just took out mine now and had not played for a while and I noticed the E string when plucked sounds very dead like you said but not when you play .. I do not recall that before but I have been playing guitar lately. Is there a reason /fix one string could get a somewhat dead sound ? If I twist/angle the bow a tad it sounds better. Do not know if that is normal or not I am just learning. Thank you for your review and I learned about the tapping for tone and plates .. Wow never heard of that before will look into it. BTW I am in Edmonton and the string instrument place where I took it in for the soundpost that fell out said it was an amazing violin for the price. He likes the Eastmans for the same reasons you do. He does not sell them either.
I have the Eastman I started out on it can’t be beat there awesome
In their class, they are very good, no doubt.
I had one of these a few. years ago as a rental. It worked pretty well as a rental for a newby... didn't sound too offending, but I always thought it sounded a bit dull. Definitely recommend it if starting out, but maybe plan on upgrading as a reward for all the practicing...
I agree. The workmanship is pretty good, and it's even across the strings. Would be a good first instrument
Hi Glen, Fellow Canadian fiddler here, I suggest you give a Gliga violin a try, it will blow the doors off any of those trialed in this video There is a Canadian office in B.C.
I love my Cecilio
Thank you good comparison. I have the VL 80 and it sounds more clear than yours on a few strings ( not muffled ) The last one you played was not balanced in volume per string. I just took out mine now and had not played for a while and I noticed the E string when plucked sounds very dead like you said but not when you play .. I do not recall that before but I have been playing guitar lately. Is there a reason /fix one string could get a somewhat dead sound ? If I twist/angle the bow a tad it sounds better. Do not know if that is normal or not I am just learning. Thank you for your review and I learned about the tapping for tone and plates .. Wow never heard of that before will look into it. BTW I am in Edmonton and the string instrument place where I took it in for the soundpost that fell out said it was an amazing violin for the price. He likes the Eastmans for the same reasons you do. He does not sell them either.
What strings are you using on these models??
These ones are Thomastik Dominant, which is what it came with. Personally, I like Zyex or Pro Arte.