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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 
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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!
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
Hoff :)
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That is great. Keep us posted on your progress and let us know if you need any help 
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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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.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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!
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Man, this test was so so sooo helpful! 
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.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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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?
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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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.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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