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Welcome to the family of players or fiddlers or violinists or whatever the majority call themselves now a days. You're gonna love it here, and there's so much cool fun stuff going on. Projects, play-alongs and so forth... oh you'll to get to that part soon enough.

Now a small word of advice if I may... I currently have 8 violins. 3 are 5 string electrics, the others are acoustics, some very old. I have played on all of them. I started learning on my first very old acoustic about 4 yrs ago and haven't missed more than a couple days at most per any given week of practice! That is so important, even if you only practice 15 min a day, it's far more productive than trying to cram it all in on a Sunday afternoon. I started playing the electric(s) about a year ago.

Now I play the electric 5 string I built exclusively although when my violin partner pressures me I do and can play the acoustic...oh did I say that my electrics are all fretted? Yes, fretted fingerboards on a 5 string electric violin. Well... learning the fundamentals and the necessary skills is very important starting out and if you begin on an acoustic and stay with it for the first year or two before plunging into the electric you'll be far ahead of the game.

If you'd like to see what I make, here's the link to the thread on fretting your violin I have been working on here.

https://fiddlerman.com/forum/f.....ur-violin/

The dynamics of playing an acoustic are far more difficult to achieve than an electric, in other words, an electric is far easier to get the same sound from than an acoustic, and I don't mean by just turning up the volume on the amp. The electric lends itself to playing quietly if the area you live in has that kind of a limitation on your practicing...as headphones make a solid body silent electric violin quite hidden from nearby ears.

So if you can, try to start your learning with an acoustic and in no time ata ll you'll be more than ready to start on the electric, also gives you time to collect the other electronic goodies, like looper box, pre-amp, mixer panel, cords, microphone, and stuff you'll no doubt be needing to put on your first streetjelly show or video to post here.

Enjoy your violin travels, it's a fun ride...