Talk:Electric violin

message: An increasing number of players listed here are as being famous.
Can this section really adequately provide a fair and unbiased overview of the wealth of non-classical styles and genres? There is already a growing number of notable electric violinists listed in a seperate section  and a good number of these too are classically trained...
BAH  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.29.27.98 (talk) 20:32, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Referencing Electric Violinists

message: I cleaned up the external links and removed one commercial non-maker site (Electric Violin Shop). Please consult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#Links_to_normally_avoid if any questions - Sites that primarily exist to sell products or services is a link to normally avoid per Wikipedia guidelines.
RosinDebow 15:14, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's fine for now to keep it in the article, but down the road we might want to split out the list into a separate article if it is getting too large. Note however that Wikipedia does have some guidelines that advise against making large lists of external links. I suppose this gets into the realm of what the purpose of an encyclopedia is - should an encyclopedia contain a comprehensive list of makers, or just the notable ones? Perhaps someone is interested in creating articles for notable electric bowed string makers as a pet project. It would be great if Bowed Electricity were a wiki and we could update it ourselves! RosinDebow 03:19, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Thanks, it looks like an excellent, much needed resource. I added it to the external links. RosinDebow 15:26, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: Wow, a lot of editing going on. I'm going to let the dust settle first. But I think that the Zeta violin does not actually send MIDI data (as article implies), it sends separate analog outputs per string that go to a custom pitch to MIDI converter. RosinDebow 20:26, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe you could say "one prominent exponent."  Yes, I don't see how one could say he's the most prominent exponent without listing and evaluating many players first.  Badagnani 22:25, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: MIDI violin

message: I'd like to see a cite for:
:"Extra strings are usually a low C string for 5-strings, and a low C and high B or low F for 6, and a low C, F and B-flat (or high B) for 7." 
My understanding is that for a normal violin speaking length of 325~330mm, a high B string is pushing the limits of material strength, usually beyond the breaking point. There may be a few exotic violins on the planet with a B above the E, but I believe they are so rare that the word "usually" doesn't really fit in the same sentence with their mention. __Just plain Bill 02:45, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree and went ahead and removed mention of a high B string, since it has needed citation since July 2007. It would be possible, since the 8va treble violin  exists, but would be rare. RosinDebow (talk) 18:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  High B string? 

message: Discussion of the infobox that just showed up is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musical Instruments. __Just plain Bill (talk) 23:03, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: Should we have criteria for which artists or bands, if any, should be mentioned in the Genres section? Right now it is just asking for people to add their favorite band with electric violin (I removed a couple of those that were added recently that were either non-notable or didn't have a violinist). The only violinist I recognize in that section is Jerry Goodman, but I'm unqualified to judge since I'm not familiar with some of those genres. I would go so far as to sidestep the issue and have a blanket policy that no artists or bands should be mentioned in this section. RosinDebow (talk) 19:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genres 

message: To quote the page at the moment "The term can refer to a standard violin fitted with an electric pickup of some type, or to an instrument purposely made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body."
I would argue that a standard violin fitted with a pickup is an "amplified violin" not an "electric violin". Would you consider an acoustic guitar with a pickup, and electric guitar?. madfiddler (talk) 04:31, 17 August 2008 (GMT)
:Better now? (diff) __Just plain Bill (talk) 13:56, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Amplified vs Electric Violin - not the same

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message: I've only come across "stock" 5-string violins so far – 6-string instruments I've encountered always seem to be custom made – or are there any "industrially" produced ones? -- megA (talk) 15:10, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: John Jordan and Mark Wood offer six- and seven-string models. That's off the top of my head; there may be others. It is a smallish market for such instruments, so they tend to be built to order. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 15:47, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. -- megA (talk) 11:39, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Series produced 6-string violin? 

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message: For starters, I've removed the Tape-bow violin section. I deeply appreciate Laurie Anderson, but this ain't a violin and per the article merely "resembles a violin." Weeb Dingle (talk) 06:44, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  reduction of nonsense 

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