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The Yamaha Silent Violin has a modern look and features an "edgy" electric sound. Includes an adjustable height Kun shoulder rest and special auxilliary line-in jack that allows the player to practice or play to a CD or cassette recording (adjustable volume). Includes earbuds, auxiliary cable and 2-AA batteries. Fits most 4/4 violin cases. |
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This 4/4-size Yamaha SV-120 silent violin has a spruce body and a hard maple neck with ebony fingerboard and pegs. The sidebody, chin rest, and tailpiece are made of molded plastic. A piezo pickup transmits the instrument's sound to headphones or an amplification system. Onboard reverb lets you choose the ambience you desire. The electric violin is powered by 2 AA batteries or an AC adapter. |
Standard Features
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| Body | Spruce. |
| Body color options | Black (SV120KBLK); candy apple red (SV120KCAR); brown (SV120KBRO). |
| Bridge | Hard maple. |
| Electronic controls | Master volume; reverb type select; AUX IN volume. |
| Fingerboard/pegs | Ebony. |
| In/out jacks | Headphone out; LINE OUT; AUX-IN. |
| Instrument size | 4/4 size only |
| Neck | Hard maple |
| Power supply | Two AA batteries or AC adapter. |
| Sensor | Piezo pickup |
| Side body/chin rest/tailpiece | Molded plastic. |
| Strings | Kessler steel core |
| Tuning adjusters | Four, one for each string. |
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3 found helpful, 1 found unhelpful.
I love my Yamaha
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by Wings
4/4/2007 3:01:33 PM
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Musical Experience:
By divine guidance-5yrs. formal lessons-2coaches-and by ear
Style of music:
Gospel
Hometown
Detroit
Wow, the information I have read has been wonderful. I too own a Yamaha Electric. I also have paired it with the Acoustic Roland 60. It is easy to travel with and sounds wonderful when it is plugged or mic’d into a large PA system. However, I am very particular about controlling the settings from my Roland. I practice most of the time unplugged on my Yamaha. It is a very dry sound, but it is good enough for me as much as I practice. It just makes it sound even better when it is really plugged to the Amp. I am currently having a problem though with the shoulder rest. One side or leg keeps pulling up. I am getting ready to record with my Yamaha, and it sounds quite good.
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13 found helpful, 0 found unhelpful.
Righteous Axe
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by Michael Harvey
12/4/2006 1:47:31 PM
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Musical Experience:
Professional
Style of music:
Jazz & Classical
Hometown
New Orleans
The Yamaha Silent Violins are excellent instruments. My SV120 is now my main gigging instrument after 25 years of experience, a music degree, and several violins. I own an 18th century real violin that sounds amazing, but never sounded so hot plugged in with my Fishman pickup. I've also owned 2 Zeta's in the past. I think the Yamaha sounds better than the Zeta at 1/4 the price. When I got mine, I found it required a little setup work: I took it to a professional luthier and had the nut filed down a bit, the fingerboard planed flat, the pegs worked, and the bridge cut for lower action. I also outfitted it with Thomastic Vision VI100 medium strings which are warmer than the D'Addario's it comes with. I wasn't crazy about their Titanium E- too bright- I like the regular steel one better. I paired the violin with a Roland AC60 Acoustic Chorus amp for excellent portable sound on jazz gigs. If I'm running through house PA, I just bring a Boss EQ guitar pedal, and run the built-in reverb. I find that the violin sounds best with the Bass cranked up and the treble down a lot. The only downside to this instrument is that compared to other active electric instruments, it eats batteries- especially when the Reverb is in use, so I normally keep the reverb off and use the amp reverb. I guess that's because its preamp drives the headphone amp, where other electric instruments do not have that feature. I do enjoy using it for quiet practice, as it's designed for also, usually with my iPod playing Music Minus One tracks through the Aux input- excellent feature. I've had this instrument for about 10 months now and am still very pleased.
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13 found helpful, 1 found unhelpful.
great instrument, my first electric
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by vince
4/8/2006 10:15:10 PM
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Musical Experience:
student
Style of music:
classical
Hometown
us
A great instrument with an attractive design. Strings come set up. Bridge comes in a seperate bag but all you need to do is prop up the marked area of the violin. Pegs and fine tuners for all strings also come installed. The Yamaha ear buds included are comfortable and of high quality. The kun shoulder rest is comfortable but seems hard to replace if broken or lost. The only site I've seen selling this specific rest asked for $94.50 and shipping. The contruction of the violin doesn't allow for a normal shoulder rest (it just needs a bit more plastic mold) but there is always the option of shoulder pads and adhesive rests. The chin rest is not removable. The violin itself is about as heavy, if not heavier, than an acoustic one. Just be careful when using accessories such as amps and adaptors, wires can get everywhere! The sv120 fits into any normal 4/4 violin case. The free glasser bow in this package was nice (better than fiberglass) but not all the hairs on the bow were wound straight.
Regarding the sound, the strings included in the package make the violin sounds very nice, athough I did notice that its tone lacked the 'warmth' of an acoustic. Many say they don't like the built-in reverb but I think it greatly enhances its tone.
I bought the violin for quiet practice, however, it makes enough sound to fill a small room. I understand that an electric violin can't be completely silent but I was expecting it to be quieter. Maybe a mute would further silence it.
Overall I'm impressed with the quality and playability of this instrument. ****four stars
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