Electric violins Violin

acoustic , electric violins

electric violins have magnetic or piezoelectric pickup converts string vibration electric signal. patch cable or wireless transmitter sends signal amplifier of pa system. electric violins constructed such, pickup can added conventional acoustic violin. electric violin resonating body produces listening-level sound independently of electric elements can called electro-acoustic violin. effective acoustic violin, electro-acoustic violins retain of resonating body of violin, , resemble acoustic violin or fiddle. body may finished in bright colors , made alternative materials wood. these violins may need hooked instrument amplifier or pa system. types come silent option allows player use headphones hooked violin. first specially built electric violins date 1928 , made victor pfeil, oskar vierling, george eisenberg, benjamin miessner, george beauchamp, hugo benioff , fredray kislingbury. these violins can plugged effect units, electric guitar, including distortion, wah-wah pedal , reverb. since electric violins not rely on string tension , resonance amplify sound can have more strings. example, five-stringed electric violins available several manufacturers, , 7 string electric violin (with 3 lower strings encompassing cello s range) available. majority of first electric violinists musicians playing jazz fusion (e.g., jean-luc ponty) , popular music.