The Hunt is On
Well I've about had it. I'm gonna have to break down and get a new violin!
*swoons* Oh the humanity!
Ok, so am I excited about this prospect? Of course. Not really *wanting* to spend the money, but full well knowing that if I'll get what I pay for if I get a cheap instrument. Problem is, there are a lot of decently priced violins out there (as in, in my area...) but they're all student violins. I already have one of those. As tempting as it may be to purchase one, why spend the money on what I already have, just to have the same problem?
See, there really is nothing wrong with the violins that I have. I've mentioned this before. I have a very nice, and very expensive six string electric violin. No complaints there. My acoustic is a Yamaha student model. It's a decent student violin and is in pristine condition, I've always been big about taking care of it. Unfortunately the manufacturing process which allows student violins to have a reasonable quailty of sound for a good price is what's getting me. Now that I've progressed with the instrument I've begun to notice what my acoustic is lacking in tone. I need something hand made, with a deeper body and a richer voice. I'm supposed to be working on chords, and I have to say, on this acoustic that I've got now, it sounds like I'm stepping on a cat when I strike more than one string. Well, okay, it not really THAT bad in a sense. But bear in mind, I have this thing two inches from my ear. It's getting to the point where the lack of good tone is hindering me.
So, I go to Saginaw last week or so, to the music store where I bought my violin to see what instruments they have. Turn out they don't do trade ins because, "Our profit margin is so low on these anyway..." (Hmmm you'd think then, that they'd jump at the chance to buy a violin barely a year old that they COULD then turn around and make more of a profit off.. but anyway.) I then get told that no, they don't carry any advanced violins because, "There' no market around here for them, everyone wants student violins." Again, you'd think, well if you're selling that many student violins, wouldn't seem that those students would eventually get better and want a more advanced intrument?
Of course, they can order one in for me, but, "You'll probably want to be able to play it first, huh??" Yeeeeah. Ya kinda need to test it out to see if its got what you want. Heck, if it were that easy I could just get one off the internet. Wooo feeling risky? Not me.
It appears that I'm going to have to make the trek to Ann Arbor and then Lansing to stop by bigger music stores that do carry advanced violins. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll give me something for my student violin. If not, oh well, I guess I'll start a collection.
*swoons* Oh the humanity!
Ok, so am I excited about this prospect? Of course. Not really *wanting* to spend the money, but full well knowing that if I'll get what I pay for if I get a cheap instrument. Problem is, there are a lot of decently priced violins out there (as in, in my area...) but they're all student violins. I already have one of those. As tempting as it may be to purchase one, why spend the money on what I already have, just to have the same problem?
See, there really is nothing wrong with the violins that I have. I've mentioned this before. I have a very nice, and very expensive six string electric violin. No complaints there. My acoustic is a Yamaha student model. It's a decent student violin and is in pristine condition, I've always been big about taking care of it. Unfortunately the manufacturing process which allows student violins to have a reasonable quailty of sound for a good price is what's getting me. Now that I've progressed with the instrument I've begun to notice what my acoustic is lacking in tone. I need something hand made, with a deeper body and a richer voice. I'm supposed to be working on chords, and I have to say, on this acoustic that I've got now, it sounds like I'm stepping on a cat when I strike more than one string. Well, okay, it not really THAT bad in a sense. But bear in mind, I have this thing two inches from my ear. It's getting to the point where the lack of good tone is hindering me.
So, I go to Saginaw last week or so, to the music store where I bought my violin to see what instruments they have. Turn out they don't do trade ins because, "Our profit margin is so low on these anyway..." (Hmmm you'd think then, that they'd jump at the chance to buy a violin barely a year old that they COULD then turn around and make more of a profit off.. but anyway.) I then get told that no, they don't carry any advanced violins because, "There' no market around here for them, everyone wants student violins." Again, you'd think, well if you're selling that many student violins, wouldn't seem that those students would eventually get better and want a more advanced intrument?
Of course, they can order one in for me, but, "You'll probably want to be able to play it first, huh??" Yeeeeah. Ya kinda need to test it out to see if its got what you want. Heck, if it were that easy I could just get one off the internet. Wooo feeling risky? Not me.
It appears that I'm going to have to make the trek to Ann Arbor and then Lansing to stop by bigger music stores that do carry advanced violins. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll give me something for my student violin. If not, oh well, I guess I'll start a collection.