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“What a great place this store is, incredibly knowledgable and helpful people AND prices just as good as the big box stores and websites. Read the rest of this entry »
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Bridgid Bibbens at EVS
April 4, 2012 at Electric Violin Shop
With the spring storms and late notice keeping people away, the staff of Electric Violin Shop and Bridgid Bibbens got a rare chance to hang out and talk. The workshop turned into a roundtable about our favorite things – electric violins, amplification, and effects pedals. We captured some moments on video, and think you will find them helpful on various topics.
The Rockin’ Fiddle Challenge 2012
Who? — Any and all interested violinists are invited to enter and participate!
What? – The Rockin’ Fiddle Challenge (TRFC) is a YouTube submission competition in which participants record themselves playing a rock violin arrangement by Adam DeGraff of The Dueling Fiddlers (see the welcome video below). This year’s TRFC is co-sponsored by Electric Violin Shop, David Gage Instruments (makers of The Realist violins and pickups) and CodaBow! Electric Violin Shop will be giving away the following prizes: Read the rest of this entry »
Martha Mooke
Martha Mooke, composer/electro-acoustic violist, a pioneer in the field of electric five string viola, transcends musical boundaries by synthesizing her classical music training with extended techniques, digital effects processing and improvisation. She is a Yamaha and Thomastik-Infeld Artist and a leading clinician on electric and progressive approaches to string playing. Read the rest of this entry »
Adam DeGraff reviews…US!
Violinist Adam DeGraff of The Dueling Fiddlers recently produced this YouTube video review of our shop. What he says is true–we always do our very best to treat every customer as well as we have Adam. Thanks to him for his enthusiastic endorsement of our service!
For more gear reviews by Adam DeGraff, visit http://adamviolin.com/gearreviews.cfm.
Happy 10th Birthday to EVS!
It was 10 years ago this week that Music Explorium gave birth to Electric Violin Shop. Sales of electric violins at Music Explorium had become so strong that a new entity was needed. The name was chosen and website launched in February 2002, when an alcove about 12 feet long and 6 feet deep held our entire display of electric strings, amps and other gear, which in those days included synthesizers and analog effect pedals from Bob Moog (made in Asheville, NC). Read the rest of this entry »
Trust
We had phone calls last week from, not one, but two players wanting to put a pickup on fine Cremonese violins – a Stradivari and a Rogeri, both over 300 years old! We discussed their concerns just like we do with every customer, but the stakes are certainly higher when the instrument in question is worth more than my house, my cars, my business and pretty much everything I own! Read the rest of this entry »
Time to upgrade from basic cable
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The little things sometimes make all the difference. Given the number of instrument cables used by a typical band, if you can bring more pleasure to plugging in (literally!), then you’ve got more energy for your musical expression. The new Planet Waves American Stage cables are not only made in the USA, sound great, and are reasonably priced, but also offer one of the nicest in-hand feel of all cables I’ve tried! The wire is flexible, with a small profile that coils easily, and the Neutrik plugs feel great in your hand. If it was a car, it would combine the feel of a luxury sedan, the handling of a sports car, and the utility of a pickup truck!
Here are the technical innovations (designed and made in the USA): Read the rest of this entry »
J.T. Jet bow — don’t leave home without one!
When we received the following message from a customer who had recently purchased a J.T. Jet violin bow, it reminded us once more of how fundamentally useful the Jet is as a great sounding, responsive utility bow for players of any level:
“Hi EVS,
Just wanted to say thank you for selling me the JT Jet Bow. It’s a great spare for when I can’t get my Coda[bow] re-haired in time! The [video] below is of me using it for a live performance with my indie-rock band.
Thanks for your help!
-Renee [Izzi--The Winter Sounds]“
The genius of the J.T. Jet is that in addition to drawing a great tone and feeling quite responsive, it is virtually indestructible and incredibly inexpensive! Given the following examples of its utility, I imagine it would be MacGyver’s bow of choice were he a violinist (or Bear Grylls’, for our younger readers 
) Read the rest of this entry »
Testimonial from Sarah Lavelle
“Awesome! You guys are fantastic….if I could buy everything down to groceries from the Electric Violin Shop, I would!”
– Sarah Lavelle, Orchestra Director, North Allegheny Senior High School
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