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KKmusicstore.com

 

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Fiddlerman said:

Thanks Violinnewbie, Very happy that I could be of assistance.

The last time I had my fingers on a violin was 6th grade, almost 50 years ago!   Your website looks awesome and I plan to use it when I learn to play the violin again. Have you set a date in June? 

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Hi Fiddleman! I found you on youtube and can't stop watching! your AMAZING!!!! thank you for reviewing a beginner violin, my friend and I are both going to learn together and really appreciated your review. We may be intrested in lessons too. thank you for sharing you tallent. Lacy
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Fiddleman!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this. I have always wanted to learn how to play the violin (and who wouldn't, it IS amazing) since I was little, and your videos have really inspired me to! The $99 dollar violin is a great solution to an expensive problem for beginners :) I look forward to many days spent watching and learning from you! 

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That is crazy! The violin is practically free with all of the accessories! I wish that had been around when I first started to learn!

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Indeed, there are some great buys out there now.  But you have to be lucky also.

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i`v been looking at this exact violin on kkmusicstore.com to learn on and this is deffinitly a blessing for a raffle like this to come up

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I found this raffle and website in general to be a pretty neat find  :)  I've been wanting to play the violin since I was little. I play piano and drums to give a little bit of my musical backround. I recently piced up the clairnet and I think the violin would be an excellent eddition to my...repertoire, for lack of a better term.

Hoff :)

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That is great. Keep us posted on your progress and let us know if you need any help Cool

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Seems like a great fiddle regardless of the price. Let us know when the drawing will be. Am I in twice?

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For the price - ABSOLUTELY. I am by far no expert on inexpensive instruments but I promise you that it plays better than tons of instruments costing way more than that.

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I just have to say that your 99 dollar violin test is awesome! I could never have imagined such a great result for just 99 bucks! Incredible!Wink

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Man, this test was so so sooo helpful! Laugh It had so much info about the violin!! I really do hope that i can win the fiddle! I had been wanting to play the violin for about 6 years, and being only 12 it seems like ages!

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I wish you luck Treehugger - and welcome to the forum.Smile

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I'M definately in. Will be spending time here reading and learning until I'm capable of buying a fairly good beginner violin. Thanks for the opportunity this 60year old has now.

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slimman53 said:

I need an inexpensive fiddle. What was the name of the website where you found this violin?

http://www.kkmusicstore.com/ce.....r-p-7.html

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totally psyched! i was about to order one for myself...

but i saw your contest and its still going on!

i am going to learn a lot from your videos; sir! hehe. beginner. :b
i was listening to music on youtube one day and i listened to one of the sad melody of this instrument produces and now i am enslave to it. lol

i was going to get a elec.guitar amp combo to fiddle around with but this is way better! maybe i can start jamming with my guitar buddies. i think it would be interesting..... gotta get good first! so i will be visiting here a lot!

my ultimate goal is to play canon in d.
the violin is very classy. lol i love it!!!!!!!!

$99 is still a very good deal. im likely to get one after the contest
anyways. i thought a violin would be a lot more expensive...so this is execellentay

good luck all and looking forward for more instructional videos!

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Nice to hear MP5,

Good luck winning the fiddle. Look forward to hearing about your progress later.

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but the one who needs the least."

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First of all, thanks for the video.  I am a guitar player and was curious about trying the violin and unsure if any in this price range were usable.

 

I ordered a similar violin from KKmusic store.  I specifically purchased model CVN-300+92D, which appears to only differ in the finish.  Upon inspecting the instrument, I noticed the fingerboard is rotated such that it is about 2mm or so higher (as measured from the body) on the treble side.  Is this normal?  I have read that if the fingerboard is rotated, the rotation should be the opposite, ie higher on the bass side and lower on the treble side.  Is your $99 violin cut like this as well?  I'm just curious if this is by design or a flaw.

 

I also noticed my tuner does not pickup my violin notes.  It also only detects my acoustic guitar well if I use the 1/4" input and connect it to a piezo pickup.  I'm guessing the built in microphone may be to blame, but sometimes it will actually register the notes.

 

One of the bows had a couple broken hairs and neither allows the hair to touch the bow when loosened.

 

Still, for $130 shipped, I couldn't really expect any more.  I'm just curious if the rotation on my fingerboard is a flaw or by design.

 

Thanks again for sharing.

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You are right, it should be higher on the lower strings side. Mine is correctly cut, about 2 mm higher on the G string side. You should probably contact them and ask them to exchange it.

Also, my chromatic tuner does work well with any fiddle. You are probably right about the built-in mic. They should exchange that as well.

Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Don't give up though. Mine was fine. Ask them to take a good look at the next one before sending it out.

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