Lindsey Stirling has said she refused to play any electric violin until she found the Yamaha Silent Violin, and Yamaha lists her on an SV-250 Silent Violin and a YVN500S acoustic violin. She has praised LR Baggs violin pickups and D'Addario strings, and Mix reported her on a Shure PSM 1000 in-ear rig.
“For years I tried many different types of electric violins and refused to play any of them until I played the Yamaha Silent Violin”
“The Baggs pickup creates a warm acoustic sound and it is sensitive enough to pick up and project the dynamics in your performance.”
“D'Addario strings are durable, they stay in tune really well and they allow my violin to really sing.”
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“For years I tried many different types of electric violins and refused to play any of them until I played the Yamaha Silent Violin”
“The Baggs pickup creates a warm acoustic sound and it is sensitive enough to pick up and project the dynamics in your performance.”
“D'Addario strings are durable, they stay in tune really well and they allow my violin to really sing.”
Yamaha lists her on an SV-250 Silent Violin and a YVN500S acoustic violin. In 2014 she said she tried many electric violins and refused to play any of them until she played the Yamaha Silent Violin.
The Yamaha SV-250 Silent Violin Pro, which Yamaha named when she joined its artist roster in 2014. She said its clean sound is warm, not shrill, and that she decorated hers with rhinestones.
D'Addario. Her D'Addario artist page lists Helicore and Zyex violin string sets, with her quote that D'Addario strings are durable, stay in tune and let her violin sing.
LR Baggs. In her LR Baggs testimonial she said she tried many electric violins and pickups but never found anything that could compete with the LR Baggs sound, and that it does not amplify bow noise.
Lindsey Stirling is the violinist, dancer and composer who broke through on YouTube with Crystallize and has released albums including Shatter Me, Artemis and Duality. This guide covers the Yamaha violins, LR Baggs pickup, D'Addario strings and in-ear system named in her endorsements and tour coverage.
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