Yamaha Silent Violin Showdown

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Although somewhat of a misnomer, the silent violins in Yamaha's SV series are plenty quiet when played unamplified. They performed favorably when put to the test against a heavily muted acoustic violin.

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Music

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• Yamaha
• Silent
• electric
• violin
• sv

[Realitytourist]

BTW, a request: how about putting all these silent and otherwise non-acoustic violins through an amp in a side-by-side test? I know the "true electric" instruments like the Wood will sound like electrics, but folks on a budget might like to know what the cheaper non-acoustic violins sound like "fully electrified." Can they sound like a violin? Can they sound like a rock violin? Or do they just sound blah?

[ElectricViolinShop]

@Realitytourist Actually, the Yamaha instruments are 'true electrics' as are all the makes and models we carry. Any electric violin or even an acoustic with a pickup can be put through a signal processor to be made to sound like rock violins. The quality of the signal and the tonal properties change with the type and quality of pickup used.

[Galvathorax]

I too would like to know if the heavy metal muter can greatly affect an electric violin? For us people in small apartments we need it as quiet as possible.

[MikusSister1]

can you put up a video of the fourness fuse's sound with and without an amp and do the same thing with a ted brewer 4 string vivo

[Violianom]

@suoupavlichenko1 I agree..

[suoupavlichenko1]

I don't think your test is very accurate. As most middle school students would've learned in class, in every experiment there can only be one veriable at a time or the results will not be accurate. In this experiment the intended veriable is the violin used, however you are changing your distance every time, which makes the closer one read louder. Since the control, or in this case the acoustic violin, and the (250?) is closest, these are louder than the others. You should mark a spot on the fl

[Samlaren]

Very interesting, thanks! Does the metal mute effect the electric violins at all?

[fmacoful]

wow...that very helpful. I thought it would be more 'silent'

[archtopaddict]

@ScottAndHisGuitarr Yes, I play my Yamaha SV-255 amplified with guitar distortion. Check out my video clip at HeavyMetalViolinDOTcom

[ScottAndHisGuitarr]

Can you play a yamaha electric violin on stage with a guitar amplifyer?