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Thierry_25 « Belle and her nice mouth »
Published on 10/23/10 at 03:33It is a current model, therefore made in China!
The finish is not perfect, but the violin seems in good order. Overall, for the price I'm quite pleasantly surprised.
Bass violin, everybody knows who made this type of low-famous: o)
Floating bridge
Short-scale
Passive pickups, a handle and an easel
controls: volume and tone for each pickup
UTILIZATION
handle very nice, very easy to ride for a novice like me. I do not have big fingers, so the short-scale is a plus.
Pleasant to play lightly. Note that the handle tends to fall if we loose, but it makes sense because the table is hollow, so the center of gravity is shifted.
No worries for access to acute, possibly a little tricky on the last 2-3 frets, but I do not use them for now: o)
The sound is very simple, it is the level you want on each microphone, adjusting the tone and it's over. Setting changes along very well and saw that there are few now everything sounds appropriate.
It sounds rather round, typical pop-rock, not metal (but that might be expected). Anyway, I like!
SOUNDS
I like this kind of round sound and clear is pretty boilerplate and pleasant to listen.
I use a whole head Ashdown MAG 300 EVO II H + pregnant MAG 410T Deep. nickel it sounds, just the amp that lack of gain on the passive input, it limits the maximum volume.
Important point: it is a passive bass, so it must therefore be an external preamp or an amp with high gain. Associated with an EBS preamp Microbass II, great!
I prefer the sound of the neck pickup than the bridge pickup, but it's just a matter of personal taste.
OVERALL OPINION
I just started to play with, I would put myself more seriously as a complement to the bass drums.
I also have an old house I used RBA 380 from time to time, much less enjoyable to play and its not terrible next to Viola (and yet I had paid more money there over 10 years!) .
I love the look, she has a mouth of hell, and I find the sound very nice.
At that price, I am under no illusion, it's low-end in ropes, mechanical, electronic, etc. ... But the violin sounds good and it turns the rest if needed.
I intend to take him to a luthier to put strings of good quality and make proper adjustments.
Overall I am very satisfied with this instrument, especially for the price: it is well worth the 232 €!
I would do this choice without hesitation.
One can also find models made in Korea, used but at much higher rates of the orde of 400 €. When I see one I got, frankly I'm not convinced that the models are so interesting Korea, especially with the bonus that they have taken since the increased production in China.
The finish is not perfect, but the violin seems in good order. Overall, for the price I'm quite pleasantly surprised.
Bass violin, everybody knows who made this type of low-famous: o)
Floating bridge
Short-scale
Passive pickups, a handle and an easel
controls: volume and tone for each pickup
UTILIZATION
handle very nice, very easy to ride for a novice like me. I do not have big fingers, so the short-scale is a plus.
Pleasant to play lightly. Note that the handle tends to fall if we loose, but it makes sense because the table is hollow, so the center of gravity is shifted.
No worries for access to acute, possibly a little tricky on the last 2-3 frets, but I do not use them for now: o)
The sound is very simple, it is the level you want on each microphone, adjusting the tone and it's over. Setting changes along very well and saw that there are few now everything sounds appropriate.
It sounds rather round, typical pop-rock, not metal (but that might be expected). Anyway, I like!
SOUNDS
I like this kind of round sound and clear is pretty boilerplate and pleasant to listen.
I use a whole head Ashdown MAG 300 EVO II H + pregnant MAG 410T Deep. nickel it sounds, just the amp that lack of gain on the passive input, it limits the maximum volume.
Important point: it is a passive bass, so it must therefore be an external preamp or an amp with high gain. Associated with an EBS preamp Microbass II, great!
I prefer the sound of the neck pickup than the bridge pickup, but it's just a matter of personal taste.
OVERALL OPINION
I just started to play with, I would put myself more seriously as a complement to the bass drums.
I also have an old house I used RBA 380 from time to time, much less enjoyable to play and its not terrible next to Viola (and yet I had paid more money there over 10 years!) .
I love the look, she has a mouth of hell, and I find the sound very nice.
At that price, I am under no illusion, it's low-end in ropes, mechanical, electronic, etc. ... But the violin sounds good and it turns the rest if needed.
I intend to take him to a luthier to put strings of good quality and make proper adjustments.
Overall I am very satisfied with this instrument, especially for the price: it is well worth the 232 €!
I would do this choice without hesitation.
One can also find models made in Korea, used but at much higher rates of the orde of 400 €. When I see one I got, frankly I'm not convinced that the models are so interesting Korea, especially with the bonus that they have taken since the increased production in China.