So....we went on a little road trip this weekend to a tiny little town in the middle of Florida called Micanopy. The population is like 600. It has one little tiny street with a bunch of antique stores, a couple of cafes...very charming. Rather pro music....even in the antique stores the owners were strumming guitars and in both cafes there were musicians (one was a band with a banjo, washboard, bass, triangle....very rustic!). Anyway, I walk into this one store and it's got some music stuff and in the back I was most surprised to find three electric fender violins. He says he gets them from the factory...they have scratches on them or something. I really could not believe my eyes. When I wanted to buy an electric violin a couple of years ago I could not find anything, even in the bigger cities (I specifically wanted to PLAY before I bought and I could not find these fenders anywhere). I certainly couldn't find a gorgeous fender with inlaid mother of pearl for under $600....anyhow if anyone is in the market leonardos302.com is the website. He ships. Under the photo section there are a bunch of shots of the "worlds largest fiddle" too.

just wanted to share.