I'm a beginner and I really know next to nothing on violins. Either I did something wrong or this is not silent? I applied a little resin and its loud
1591691
Despite it being electric, you absolutely can hear when you play this violin without being plugged into an amp. I wouldn't say its as loud as my daughter's classical violin, but I wouldn't call it silent.
1591692
Nothing was done wrong sir. It will still produce sound just not a full crisp, sound that an acoustic violin would make. It's along the same lines as an electric guitar still makings tones without an amp.
1591693
it's not totally silent, but for the real sound it will need to be connected to an amplifier.
1244497
It is not completely silent. You have control over the volume, however, even if you put headphones on others will still hear the violin, but it is quiet.
1209202
Haven't tried with violins, but if will tell you that it is the most accurate sound for acoustic guitars I have ever heard, and I bought mine with much skepticism.
1182480
I didn't get any noises, all I did it was to follow the guide up. I think might be the connection behind the amplifier and/or the distance between speaker and amplifier.
1045759
I have that - but it is very slight. I mean, I have to put my ear right up next to the amp to hear it. I think what these other guys are saying is correct. I doubt it's your amp doing it on its own.
28108
Well, I'm not exactly sure what you mean because if you were to attach this to a plastic cymbal on an electric drum kit all you will hear is your drum stick hitting the plastic. You won't hear the generated cymbal sound. This pick up is good but, and I don't know if it's just mine, I had to kind of take it apart and stick it to my nylon string guitar with duct tape so that it could achieve the right amount of sensitivity. I had to tape it down hard too. I'm sure there are others out there that are better.
893619
I have had this item for some time and have never noticed a noise. I am pretty sensitive to noise, so I'd say no.
1823075
It's noticeable but not the worst I've heard. Putting it up high (be careful, drippage) might block it. We had music and the noise wasn't a problem. Can definitely talk over it. Please be aware that I personally had TERRIBLE dripping problems with mine but perhaps it was a defective item. Best of luck if you purchase!
617128
I think something is not right if it is 'extremely' loud. Mine was not silent but it was like a low hum.
2050313
I bought the violin as a gift so I couldn't tell you. I hear the friends I bought it for really like it!
465688
Too loud? Just go by the directions and learn the "feel" when adjusting. I had to wear them for a while to get on to it. My large problem? The noise was there all the time but I couldn't hear it before.
1906992
I purchased a very popular brand and it was very loud. I replaced it w the same one Exact same problem. I sent it back and got this. No noises that I know of, very smooth.
2108140
I'm not a violinist, but I picked one up the other day and felt like I could fret easily. But the violin is already easier to fret. I'm sure the motion of exercising each finger for speed/agility would be helpful though.
1425671
You have to make sure the string you want to sound aligns with the indentation underneath the bow. You then gradually get the bow (on position, blue light) close to the string, since the mechanism of the bow is based on magnetically making the string vibrate. Also, make sure your guitar has good volume. A little distorsion would increment the effect.
969740
You may need a pre-amp especially for recording input...also check to make sure your microphone is or is not PHANTOM powered, otherwise you might have to get another in between the line input for that to get it to work. I just had to order one for my violin pick-up as most amps do not have a PHANTOM setting.
958329
No not if You expected to work correctly out of the box. My daughters instructor tried to tune it and was afraid that she was going to crack the violin if she continued to tune it. Some of the other posts advise if you replace the strings that will fix the problem but I didn't attempt to that I just went out to get another replacement one that was a little bit better
308104
I don't know anything about violins. But I can say I've used it to ream 10mm holes for guitar tuners with good success. The trick is to work from both sides, go really slow and check your progress often.