Violectra

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Violectra or most commonly known as the electric violin is produced by David Bruce Johnson a Canadian luthier who lives in Birmingham, England. Violectras are made from selected quality hardwoods, sycamore and maple being the first choice. With weight in mind for viola and 7 & 8 string models, popular and South American cedar have also being chosen. The fingerboards are made of the finest ebony available each custom made to model specification and hollowed underneath for weight and balance. Each instrument is machined to thickness and outline shape, then fitted and assembled, carved and shaped by traditional hand tools. With the use of mini machine heads for precise tuning placed behind the bridge and the streamlined shape of the body, the balance of weight is placed over the shoulder. The body of Violectra is re-bated and shaped around the lower edge to take conventional chin and shoulder rests. Jean-Luc Ponty was one of the first famous jazz violinists to play it, Nigel Kennedy followed shortly afterwords. Davide Rossi was one of the first violinists to introduce it into the pop-rock scene since the early nineties.

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