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JazzaferriJazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG
in Violin Posts: 3,707
Looking for recommendations for violin for

studio recording

Live performance

The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
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  • Al WatskyAl Watsky New JerseyVirtuoso
    Posts: 440
    DPA
  • ShemiShemi Cardiff✭✭✭
    Posts: 170
    Check out "The Band" by Headway. You can remove put it on and remove it easily as it wraps around the body. The sound is very natural as it picks up the whole body of the instrument. Violinist in my old group used one and loved it, as well as many of the session violinist I've played with.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Headway-Music-Audio-BAND-Pick-Up/dp/B000W0ENG0

    Shadow also do some good ones. I have one on my cello that inserts two contact pads under the bridge feet. Great sound but not really removable unless you slacken the strings and reposition each time you take it off/on.
  • JazzaferriJazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG
    Posts: 3,707
    Thanks for the suggestions.

    DPA 4099 is great, it's what I use with sax and guitar, think the headway is more in our violinists budget.
    The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
  • Al WatskyAl Watsky New JerseyVirtuoso
    Posts: 440
    If your guy wants to buy a headway, send him to me. I have one I've used about 2 times I'm looking to sell. It sounds good. I just don't need it !
  • JazzaferriJazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG
    edited July 2014 Posts: 3,707
    Do you have a price in miNd. We are rehearsing tomorrow night and I still haven't been able to get him on this site except to lurk a bit. Very very shy with people very very musical.
    The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
  • Al WatskyAl Watsky New JerseyVirtuoso
    Posts: 440
    100 bucks.
    They retail fort almost 200.
  • JazzaferriJazzaferri Victoria B.C.Moderator Dunn Ultrafox, DuPont MDC20 Gretsch Chet Atkins CG
    Posts: 3,707
    I will pass it on tonight
    The Magic really starts to happen when you can play it with your eyes closed
  • BluesBop HarryBluesBop Harry Mexico city, MexicoVirtuoso
    Posts: 1,379
    My violin plater uses an AT70 and it sounds great
  • MandobartMandobart ✭✭ Mandolin, Octave Mandolin, Mandocello, Fiddles
    Posts: 100
    I'll put in my .02 for my favorite, JJB PPS-200. This is a twin head piezo pickup, not a mic. I've installed these in three fiddles with a screw-in guitar endpin jack. The strap groove is perfect for the tail gut. The finished install is clean and invisible from the outside, and does not affect the acoutic tone. Much easier than bands and carpenter jacks that have to be installed to play then removed afterward. I use thin profile 90 degree plugs on my instrument cords for comfort (a stright plug in the throat makes it hard to sing). Maybe not the answer for someone with a very expensive instrument or queasiness about drilling and tapering the endpin hole. Here is what it looks like on my latest 5-string viola conversion:

  • MandobartMandobart ✭✭ Mandolin, Octave Mandolin, Mandocello, Fiddles
    Posts: 100
    Total cost for the above about $30 (installed myself).
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