Vangoa Electric Violin, 3/4 Silent Electric Violin Kit for Beginners Adults Teens Solid Wood Electric Fiddle Starter Set, Red Color

I bought this with the intention of being able to practice quietly, and it serves its purpose. Pros: overall decent quality, nice case and accessories. Here are a few "cons" with the caveat that I was not expecting much for the price: Strings--they actually were OK, but I went ahead and changed them anyway. I put on a set of Red Label strings. Tailpiece-mine works fine, no need to change it. One of the fine tuners was pretty stiff, but I was able to get it working. Tuning Pegs-I read reviews where people complained about the them not holding the strings in tune. These are friction pegs and work fine. The trick is you need to push them in to get enough friction to hold. The manual explains how to do this. Finally, the nut and the bridge: The bridge seemed OK, but I went ahead and put on a Teller bridge and it's definitely better, but not necessary. I should add here that the string action off the fingerboard is within the specs it should be, meaning the bridge isn't to tall or too short. The nut on the other hand was way to high (making the string action too high in the first position), so I filed it down quite a bit using my nut files along the way so I wouldn't need to re-slot it from scratch. The nut appears to be rosewood or ebony (not plastic). So there you have it. It was playable out of the box except for the nut. And if I didn't already have a violin to compare this to, I wouldn't have known the nut was too high and would have played it anyway. It's just easier with proper action. I almost forgot the bow... Let's just say it's usable and I had no trouble rosining it up with the provided rosin. But as you get better at violin you will appreciate a better bow. I'm still a total beginner at violin (long time guitarist) but got a carbon fiber bow on Amazon for around $70 and it's noticeably easier to control. A couple months ago it wouldn't have made a difference to me. Any violin is better than no violin.

While you can’t hear the sounds on my instrument. It is an exemplary one. I had trouble receiving it. This is actually the second one. Shipping company was playing keep away with the first one and it had to be reshipped. I’m so glad I didn’t give up and throw my hands in the air defeated. This thing is worth its weight in gold.I love everything about it. Tuning was easy and the extras provided were absolutely necessary and appreciated .. I was not nearly ready for trying to locate the items to help prepare me for practice and lessons. I don’t know how a 3m dollar one sounds but this sure sounds nice when it is properly tuned . I’m very happy with the purchase. The headphones are exceeding my needs but right on time. I can olay at 2 am when I’m not sleeping and not disturb my neighborhood until I’m able to play it the way it is intended.If you really want a real joy and love the sound of violin. This is a gem. A+ add it to your collection. It’s worth it

I read most of the reviews, positive and negative, before deciding to buy this item. So my decision to purchase it was an informed one.First impressions on unpacking it were that it was well-packed and made excellent use of space for all the accessories, including rosin and tuner.The instrument came with the strings under tension so that you only needed to put the bridge in place and raise it up. That worked fairly well. I play violin/fiddle, and am used to tuning instruments. The tuner is adequate, but the back wouldn't stay on so I had to wrap it in clear tape. Some reviews mentioned that the bridge was not properly notched for string placement, if it was notched at all. The bridge coming with the instrument was properly notched for string placement, and nicely arched so I had no problems adjusting to it in my playing. The bridge comes with flat feet which fit nicely into a little box on the body. In taking strings off and putting them on and tuning them, I had the bridge fall forward with a loud and surprising thud because I didn't keep adjusting it to be vertical. Now that I'm aware of this little quirk it shouldn't happen again.The bow also came under tension, so that it looked good when you first took it out of the case. (The case is quite nice, BTW.). Being under tension, however light, was not a good idea as the tip was slightly warped. I've played worse bows, so this bow will be used as a last resort. If you are a beginning violinist, as soon as you can afford it buy an inexpensive name-brand carbon-fiber bow - you'll be much better off and will make better progress. Throw the accompanying rosin out and again, buy an inexpensive one, but not the cheapest.An extra set of strings was included. This was good because I broke one while tuning it the first time. The pegs do not go all the way through the peg-box, and they should. The manufacturer should ream the holes slightly larger. Some reviewers talked about having to really jam the pegs in to get them to stick. This is not good because you could crack the peg-box, in which case the instrument would be ruined. I can do simple repairs on violins, and have a reamer and peg-shaver so I shaped the pegs and reamed the holes for proper fit. I'm not saying this is necessary to get pegs that hold their tuning; its just what I did. It may not be cost-effective to have a luthier do this.The unamplified sound is quiet but nice. I have no issues playing it while my wife is sleeping (not in the same room, though). Some reviews mention the improvement in sound with good strings (not the ones supplied). I'm quite happy with the sound their strings make, at least for now. I can't comment on the amplified sound except to say that the supplied over-the-head earphones are adequate, though just barely. The instrument is much louder at the same settings with a good set of earphones. There are separate connections for (head)phones, mic and line-out, for which a cable is included.The instrument is quite playable (using my preferred bow, of course), and I enjoy it. As an aside, when I play my regular, acoustic instrument the volume is initially jarringly loud, but I quickly adjust.Other reviews of this instrument were quite helpful to me, and I hope this is helpful to you.

I bought this quite a few months ago, and am only now writing the review because I have finally confirmed that it will not work. I am an absolute beginner to music, so despite bad reviews and online recommendations, I did not want to buy a 100+ violin because I didn’t even know if I would stick with learning. When I got it in, I had to figure out how to string it, but the G string would continuously pop out of the base, and the bridge had no grooves to hold the strings in place. I decided I would bring it to my local music store to get strung, and they refused to work on it because they said cheap violins often have the neck snap when being strung. Finally, today, I got around to attempting it with my boyfriend, who has lots of experience with guitar. He figured out that the G string had been broken, so we took it off and used the one given with the pack. After half an hour attempting to tune, the pegs would not stay in place, or would bounce back and not hold tension. The bridge would continuously fall over or the strings would slide off of it. All in all, my money was completely wasted because the violin is completely unusable.

Update: seller proactively reached out when they saw my review before I even had a chance to return it and I’m so glad they did! They sent me a new one and it works wonderfully. It’s an electric violin so it won’t have the same sound as a “real” violin but it’s so much fun for jamming and looping. Great value, great instrument, amazing customer service!———I had high hopes but the outputs don’t work so it’s useless. I can’t hear it try to cut in when wearing headphones and powering it on and there is a faint static when cranking the volume but there is absolutely no sound coming through. I saw another review using AA batteries Jimmy-rigged with a fork (rather than the 9v) but that isn’t a viable solution. I guess it’s going back, which is horribly sad as I was hoping for an affordable option to jam with friends. Very disappointed

Ho trovato questo violino un ottimo incentivo per avvicinarsi allo strumento. Certamente non è come suonare un violino acustico, ma per esercitarsi è un buon compromesso.All'interno della custodia (rigida, molto bella e ben rifinita) sono presenti molti accessori, quali l'accordatore compreso di pila, la pila per il violino, le cuffie...insomma, solo che per gli accessori ne vale la spesa!All'interno è presente un libretto di istruzioni in diverse lingue che ti guida passo passo al montaggio del ponticello e all'accordatura dello strumento.Un'altra cosa positiva è che lo strumento suona anche senza amplificazione ad un volume accettabile.Vediamo se anche sul lungo il violino manterrà queste buone qualità.

Great purchase.

No esperaba gran cosa por el precio. Lo quería para poder tocar en casa sin hacer ruido.La acción de las cuerdas es altísima y he tenido que retocar el puente hasta el punto de eliminarle las patas. El transductor es simple por lo que recoge el ruido de todas las cuerdas.En cuanto al uso con auriculares, tienes un zumbido constante y el sonido es malísimo.

Ich habe die elektrische Geige vom Christkind (vertreten von meiner Frau) bekommen und mich gleich in sie so verliebt, wie mir das der Geigenbauer beschrieb, bei dem wir vor 45 Jahren meine "Erwachsenen"-Geige kauften.Nach dem Aufspannen der Saiten und dem Aufrichten des Stegs konnten meine Kinder und ich jeder ein bisschen spielen und sich an den anderen Klang und das andere Gefühl beim Spielen gewöhnen.Die Geige fühlt sich leichter und besonders beim Abstand vom Kinn zur Schulter kleiner an. Sie ist somit handlich und erleichtert das Üben.Mit den unteren beiden Saiten ist es nur schwer möglich, ohne Verstärker einen tragenden Ton zu erzielen. Der besondere Klang einer G-Saite, die in einer oberen Lage gespielt wird, fehlt.Die A- und besonders die E-Saite haben dagegen auch ohne Verstärker bzw. Kopfhörer einen recht intensiven, nachhallenden Klang.Stücke wie z.B. das Beethoven-Violinkonzert mit ihren vielen oft sehr hohen Passagen kommen dadurch gut zur Geltung.Ganz so leise ist das Üben also auch ohne Verstärker nicht, wenn auch deutlich leiser als bei einer normalen Geige. Im Gegensatz zur normalen Geige, bei der ich mir oft Watte in die Ohren stecke, um mein Gehör zu schonen, ist das bei der elektrischen Geige nicht nötig.Der Bogen überraschte mich, als ich nicht damit gerechnet hatte, bei diesem Preis ein so brauchbares Modell vorzufinden. Teilweise hat er Kontaktschwierigkeiten besonders auf den unteren Saiten, weshalb man am Kolophonium nicht sparen darf.Sowohl bei der Geige als auch beim Bogen sieht man natürlich an vielen Details, dass es da Abstriche im Vergleich zu einer "richtigen Geigenbauer-Geige" gibt. So ist z.B. bei unserem Modell ein kleiner Versatz zwischen dem Griffbrett und dem Hals vorhanden, den es bei einer richtigen Geige niemals gäbe, die verschiedenen edlen Hölzer für die einzelnen Bestandteile sind auch nicht vorhanden, und Perlmutt ist natürlich im Bogen auch nicht verarbeitet worden.Aber das ist gleichzeitig ein großer Vorteil in Verbindung mit der viel geringeren Lautstärke: Man kann die Geige auch getrost auf eine Reise mitnehmen, muss nicht ständig den Verlust oder die Beschädigung des teuren Instrumentes fürchten und kann in jedem Falle zu Uhrzeiten und an Orten üben, wo das mit einer normalen Geige nicht möglich wäre.Die Ausstattung mit einem schönen Kasten, (bescheidenem) Kolophonium, Reinigungstuch, Stimmgerät einschl. Batterie, kleinem Kopfhörer, Kabel und Saiten vervollständigen die Lieferung.Ich hoffe, dass Ihnen, lieber Leser, die Geige ebensoviel Freude bereiten wird wie mir!