Joseph Posted September 23, 1997 Report Share Posted September 23, 1997 Has any one out there played a violin that has had one of these bass bars installed? I would like to hear your feed back. Thank you, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Thomson Posted September 24, 1997 Report Share Posted September 24, 1997 I met a "fiddler" this summer who had one in his violin. The violin sounded very good, and would have been suitable for a clasical player. The owner claimed that the before and after sound was dramatically altered. That's what he said, anyway. I'm tempted to have one of my violins altered to try it out. Fiddling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 12, 1997 Report Share Posted October 12, 1997 : Has any one out there played a violin that has had one of these bass bars installed? I would like to hear your feed back. Thank you, : Joe: I have played on four of these violins now. One he sent me to try out, as I am a teacher and was curious and hopeful of finding an inexpensive source of good sounding violins for my students. The first one sounded very good--loud, edgy and deep on the low end. The next was a 3/4which was also very nice. The next two were not very good at all. They were sent to a student to try out and she ended up buying a new Chinese violin from a local shop. All of these violins have a distinctive quality to their sound, which I assume is related to this bass bar. I personally have reservations about it. The real test, of course is to hear a vioin before and after the installation of one of these bass bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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