VangoaElectric Violin Full Size 4/4, Black Silent Electric Violin, Solid Wood Metallic Electric Fiddle with Ebony Fittings, Beginner Kit for Adults Teens

I bought this with the intention of being able to practice quietly, and it serves its purpose. Pros: overall decent quality, nice case and accessories. Here are a few "cons" with the caveat that I was not expecting much for the price: Strings--they actually were OK, but I went ahead and changed them anyway. I put on a set of Red Label strings. Tailpiece-mine works fine, no need to change it. One of the fine tuners was pretty stiff, but I was able to get it working. Tuning Pegs-I read reviews where people complained about the them not holding the strings in tune. These are friction pegs and work fine. The trick is you need to push them in to get enough friction to hold. The manual explains how to do this. Finally, the nut and the bridge: The bridge seemed OK, but I went ahead and put on a Teller bridge and it's definitely better, but not necessary. I should add here that the string action off the fingerboard is within the specs it should be, meaning the bridge isn't to tall or too short. The nut on the other hand was way to high (making the string action too high in the first position), so I filed it down quite a bit using my nut files along the way so I wouldn't need to re-slot it from scratch. The nut appears to be rosewood or ebony (not plastic). So there you have it. It was playable out of the box except for the nut. And if I didn't already have a violin to compare this to, I wouldn't have known the nut was too high and would have played it anyway. It's just easier with proper action. I almost forgot the bow... Let's just say it's usable and I had no trouble rosining it up with the provided rosin. But as you get better at violin you will appreciate a better bow. I'm still a total beginner at violin (long time guitarist) but got a carbon fiber bow on Amazon for around $70 and it's noticeably easier to control. A couple months ago it wouldn't have made a difference to me. Any violin is better than no violin.

I really do love this violin so far. I’ve only had it for less than a week and I’m already getting the feel of it down pretty good. I am somewhat of a beginner/early intermediate on violin. Not a stranger to musical instruments, however and I play a lot by ear. Aside from a 5 string fretted violin that I own, I had purchased a different practice electric violin from a violin shop for around $400. I practice a lot in the garage because I leave my amp there and I just don’t want to pack it back and forth and also don’t want to wear headphones much and that gets me out of the house and not interrupting everyone. The summer humidity damaged that violin (I had, had trouble with it to begin with as it cracked soon after purchase around the amplifier Jack with careful use) because I had left it in the garage. Leaving it in the garage caused the fretboard arm to comeLoose :-(. Dummy me, and I won’t be leaving this one in the garage. Leaving it in the garage didn’t cause the crack as that had happened beforehand. This violin sounds sooo much better than the $400 violin. I did change the strings out to helicore strings and used peg dope on the pegs. It did take a few days for the strings to settle in and the peg dope to really start working good. So for those first few days, it wouldn’t stay in tune for very long at a time. I’ve read this is common with new violins. So for those saying that it won’t stay in tune, get some peg dope or peg drops and watch some YouTube videos on how to use it. That makes a huge difference. Be sure to push the pegs in while turning, but not too hard as to not break the peg box. The only thing I’m disappointed with on this violin, is the tailpiece has rough edges on the sides and is very cheap looking, so I plan to replace that as well, and I do wish the amp Jack was the standard 1/4th instead of the 1/8 so that I don’t have to buy new items to be wireless, but it’s workable. Overall, I am completely satisfied with this one and wish this company sold a red model in the 4/4 size, as I would buy another one. For beginners and intermediate players, watch some YouTube videos on set up, consider changing the strings and use the peg dope, give it a few days to really settle in before making your judgement, as I think it’s a great practice violin and I plan to use it to play in front of family as well. As for the bow! Rosin the heck out of it first. I didn’t try the rosin that came with it and used a brand that’s always highly recommended called sartory. I already had 4 bows, but the one that came with it will be usable, but you need to heavily rosin it first. Enjoy!

Wrong color, I ordered the red one and I got the brown one. Does not stay tuned. I even tried peg drops. They still won’t stay. Lastly, this thing isn’t even remotely quiet. I put batteries in and did everything correctly, but it sounds exactly the same “on or off”.