Electric violin

[Grant85]

Some people wouldn't ever think the violin could be cool to play,But when you hear this guy play,Ed Alleyne Johnson is his name,well that may change some peoples minds.

This guy is totally amazing and he can be found playing around the streets of Chester or more recently around the city of York.He plays a 5 string violin which he has hand made himself called the 'Electric purple violin'
It is very rare for anyone to play a 5 string. His idea was to combine the standard pitches of a violin and viola.Plus notice how he plucks the strings like on a guitar.

His music is really moving and powerful in my opinion.Here is a little video of him playing.Hope you enjoy.:)

Cheers Grant.:cheers2:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKzAhonQutQ&feature=related]YouTube - Ed Alleyne Johnson - Oxford Suite Pt 4 - york[/ame]

[RGPuk]

[quote=Grant85;345054]Some people wouldn't ever think the violin could be cool to play,But when you hear this guy play,Ed Alleyne Johnson is his name,well that may change some peoples minds.

This guy is totally amazing and he can be found playing around the streets of Chester or more recently around the city of York.He plays a 5 string violin which he has hand made himself called the 'Electric purple violin'
It is very rare for anyone to play a 5 string. His idea was to combine the standard pitches of a violin and viola.Plus notice how he plucks the strings like on a guitar.

His music is really moving and powerful in my opinion.Here is a little video of him playing.Hope you enjoy.:)

Cheers Grant.:cheers2:
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKzAhonQutQ&feature=related"]YouTube - Ed Alleyne Johnson - Oxford Suite Pt 4 - york[/URL][/quote]

Lovely stuff - I do find the sound of a violin very earthy and 'real' even when it's fed through electrickery.

My Missus took me to meet a friend of hers in Birmingham a couple of years ago, and we ended up in this Aladdins cave of muso / carpentry wonderfullness housed, at the time, in The Custard Factory (I kid you not - 'twas the old Birds facility that used to produce the yellow yummy stuff for Spotted Dick and the like).

The guy I met turned out to be the most amazing craftsman who produces all the goodies, and for the musical luminaries, that you can find here:

[URL="http://www.violectra.co.uk/index.php"]Violectra - Electric Violins - Electric Strings Violas Cellos Double Bass Custom Made[/URL]

The design, construction and 'sound development' process is nothing short of astounding. It's as far from simply sticking a pick-up on a bit of wood and plugging in, as one could ever imagine.

No - I didn't buy a fiddle, but somehow walked out a number of squids poorer, with a piano-black guitar instead! And I still manage to play like a twat.

Ro.

[GravityKills]

[B]>> Electric violin[/B]
best enjoyed with a 4x12 Marshal stack :D

[David Drew]

Yes he is special. I think he's been posted on here before. Nearly bought an album or two resently - may still do just that.:)

David

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I first saw him about 10 (probably more) years ago on Jools Holland. What I found most impressive is the way he played it all live, building up layers of sound using delay boxes.

Purple Electric Violin Concerto and Ultraviolet are both great collections; unfortunately I am much less taken by the later stuff he did.