Barcus Berry Violins
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 BARCUS BERRY VIBRATO AE BAR AEG GREEN AE VIOLINCASE  US $495.00
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 Vintage Barcus Berry Mandolin Violin Guitar Pickup Transducer US $9.99
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 Barcus Berry BAR AE Acoustic Electric Violin Black US $559.00 |
 MICHAL URBANIAK Inactin Original German Vinyl US $39.99
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 German Stradivarious Violin With Pick Up Vintage US $500.00
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 Barcus Berry 3100 P Side Mount Clamp on 1 4 Violin Carpenter Jack NEW US $44.98
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 Barcus Berry 4 4 Size Acoustic Electric Violin Red Berry Burst US $469.00
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 Barcus Berry 3100 Clamp on Violin Bridge Pickup w Side Mount Carpenter Jack NEW US $111.98
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Help! What's the difference between these violins?
I'm shopping for an electric violin, and I'm seeing so many different violins and totally different prices, one $500.00, a Barcus-Berry Full Size 4/4 European Made Acoustic Electric Violin Outfit - Red Berry Burst Color, and then there's another violin for $84.00, a Red Electric 4/4 Violin/Fiddle+Gig Bag+Headphones Kit from TMS Wholesale Inc. What's the difference?
Links:
http://www.amazon.com/Red-Electric-Violin-Fiddle%2BGig-Bag%2BHeadphones/dp/B000ZPQNCO/ref=sr_1_42?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1200936776&sr=1-42
http://www.amazon.com/Barcus-Berry-European-Acoustic-Electric-Violin/dp/B000FVOMPI/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1200937190&sr=1-12
Well. there are different kinds of electric violin. The Barcus-Berry that you're looking at is a traditional acoustic violin with a pickup installed; Barcus-Berry is an extremely respected maker of pickups. The red one is a newer style solid-body (well, in this case, semi-solid).
Now, if I wanted an acoustic violin with a pickup, I'd get a good-playing acoustic violin and contact Gismo -- gismobucks@yahoo.com -- he manufactures pretty good, easy-to-install piezo pickups (I have his on my cello and my violone) and I'd just use that.
But if I wanted a real electric, I'd go for a Zeta
http://www.zetamusic.com/
which is the preferred brand of Boyd Tinsley, Charlie Daniels, and a slew of less-well-known but highly regarded fiddlers in pop, country, and celtic. They also make acoustic-electrics. New, they're much more expensive than the Barcus-Berry you're considering, but you can find used ones on ebay that might fall within your price range.
The added attraction of the Zeta and other models is that you can get them with contemporary geared tuners (which I think are preferable, since you don't dampen the strings with a fine-tuner near the bridge--having less junk near the bridge enhancs the tone more, I think, than having wood peg tuners) and with a fifth baritone-range string. And even frets if you like.
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