Stagg

The bridge is crooked, the string immediatelly snapped when I tried to tune it and the sound is just horrid. I never write reviews, but I just hope this reaches someone who's excited about playing the violin and hopefully prevents them from spending money on this piece of plastic. All the positive reviews on here are either from people who don't know anything about violins or people that get payed to leave the review. Just go to your local luthier, or music store and try one for yourselves, don't be afraid to spend money or otherwise just rent a violin.

this violin looks so cool i got the black 1 and its looks like something metallica would use.so the first thing i done when opening up the case for the first time was to set about tuning up.I found that the tu ning pegs were very good nice and smooth to turn and they never slipped back wards.The fine tuners work very well so this never took me long to sort out.The ear phones i got with it never worked at all which was a little disapointing but i had a better pair of my own so i never bothered to send them back.Also you get a 9v battery with it that was fine all was working great .After playing it a while i thought personaly that the wooden bridge is far too high making the strings much too far away from the fret board imposable to play any kind of fast riffs so i did try taking it out the pick up housing and resting it just in front on the violin which made it much better but i got fed up looking at it like that so what i done was to cut the feet of the bridge and put it back in the housing and this worked much better.I dont know how any one can play it with factory set up but apart from that i love my one.

Stagg Electric Violin purchased from Zzounds in May 2011

I don't know if they've changed what they're doing or what, but I can't complain at all. Now, I've heard of a lot of people getting this violin for half what I paid in the past - I paid over $260 U.S., but it was totally worth it. Totally acceptable bow for included budget kit, strings not nearly bad as I'd heard (will keep them on a while, like many strings they need to be broken in but after that the violin stays in tune). Tailpiece made me look twice it was so lightweight/synthetic but it works perfectly, and a lot of "genuine Wittners" are probably no better, in fact I had one on an Eastman 80 that was *not as good* as this tailpiece. Pegs a little slippy at first but that stopped on day 2 of wiggling. Best of all great electronics. Amazing sensitivity (can sound like rock guitar) without undue feedback at all, and pass filters obviously working as a friend described. Anything you grow out of about this violin can be upgraded easily, later!

Very happy. Could not afford an NS, Yamaha, Zeta, etc. Can't see myself selling it even if I get a better one one day because I wouldn't want to take like only $200 for such a versatile playable piece of equipment. From old descriptions, I think they've improved it, after all, the price went up, and I'm just not seeing the same flaws I heard about in old reviews. All 3 jacks work fine (even find myself using the 3.5mm input to play-along). The volume, low, and high are better quality variometers/sliders than I expected and work 100% & feel decent not cheesey like some. A++ for the $

When I saw the price of the Stagg violin I stupidly didn't make the connection that cheap prices can mean cheaply made products. This violin is cheap for a reason. The sound it creates resembles that of a child's toy violin. I assumed it was the cheap bow and strings which came with it that created this sound. But after trying out several of my other bows and replacing the strings the sound was exactly the same. Another fault is the bridge - it's a very awkward shape and the strings all seem to lie on a very similar level, making it impossible to play one string without catching another with the bow. Apart from the sound it also looks extremely cheap, and with the large 'Stagg' logo slapped onto the face of the violin you can't disguise the fact that you are playing a violin created by the Stagg brand. For a decent electric violin definitely spend the money! Sorry for such a negative review.

When our son started his second instrument his teacher bought us a stentor violin from a good music shop. It went out of tune and making different sort of sounds just few days before his grade 3 exam I went to a local music shop just to buy a student violin and the seller showed me a stagg violin and gave me a feedback on it. I purchased it for 90 pounds. That shop is known as expensive shop for normal products. My son managed his grade 4 and grade 5 violin exams with the same violin. We still believe it has an unite sound which can't be compared with his other two violins which were bought before his grade 3. It has been two years and there is no problem with the violin. We wanted our son doing better with his second instrument so we ended up with buying two extra expensive violins but they did not work for his violin practice and exams. Now he needs a 4/4 (full size) violin and we have planned to give him a Stagg one first and then buying an Italian violin. It is not that easy to choose the good quality violin but yes, from our experience I can say that it is not the price or brand name - it is the quality and the quality of a good violin - that is Stagg!

Okay, first i went to a shop and saw the Stagg and fell in love with it. However the price took me off, it was £199. My dad then looked it up on the internet and found it for £70. We ordered it and when it came I plugged it in and stared playing, ( You have to tune it yourself though) and for the price it was fantastic. However I was glad i didn't go with the one in the shop worth more because it wasn't worth as much as £200. A few days later while i was playing the bridge fell of. When I put it back on, no sound came out of the amplifier, all i heard was buzzing. I found out that the microphone had broken. The microphone is a little reectangular box that places under the bridge. Because the bridge had moved, it had moved the mic. Anyway, I called the company and within a few days they sent me a new Stagg violin and took the old one away for free.I enjoy playing my new Stagg and am very pleased with it, but now i know not to tamper with the bridge or strings.The headphones aren't very good, but they will get you by...The bow isn't that good at all, but you can buy one off the internet for not very much, i would recomend the Stagg violin for not beginners, but slighlty more advanced players. I am grade 3 and have no problem with it. I'm sure you won't either.

I went to test the Stagg with low expectations. No way an electric fiddle can work if it costs one sixth as much as the next cheapest.No way anything with Stagg on it can be of any value. This turned out to be misplaced prejudice. It is easily playable and it sounds really convincing (I play through a bass guitar amp). I took it home right away and played it hours on end with a huge smile on my face. Playability is as easy as it should be for a fiddle meant for beginners. The electronics are powerful, easy to manage and produce a good proximate of the sound of a real Zeta or Yamaha.

Of course there is a downside too. Materials are cheap, finish is flawed and an overall feel of flimsiness is obvious. The bow is usable but the headphones went straight into the bin.

Nevertheless; if reliability turns out to be good, this product offers an unbelievable value for very little money. If you don't have a lot of cash or don't yet know how to properly spend it, this Stagg will get you going.

The Stagg Violin looks great, and it is relatively cheap (with bow and case). A cheap, great looking electric violin. The bow is a bit heavy, the bridge a bit too high. But all in with suitcase, bow, headphones (though not the best of course) and battery, it's well worth a try for starting (electric) violinists who do not want to bother their neighbors with their practicing.

The Stagg Violin is just what I expected in a violin, and more. Cost under 70 (plus package and posting). Excellent sound and great kit. Useful for practice, showy for rock music, good tone for any type of music.

I bought my Stagg about a year ago from eBay, for £70. Being at a cheap price you get a lot of good extras including; rosin, guitar lead, bow, battery, etc. Saddly I've been having trouble with the bridge which hasn't been attached properly and keeps slipping, also i feel that the strings may not be the best quality. I am hoping to change these in the near future, which will hopefully help this violin reach its full potential.

Overall a good electric violin for its money and for starters, though it may need a few tweaks.