By: Eric Claeyborn

Eric Claeyborn — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 11:30:25 +0000

I like this violin. I bought it about 10 years ago, and it’s still doing well, but then again, I don’t play football with it. If you look at the “What We Don’t Like” list for this violin, none of the negatives has anything to do with the violin itself. It’s beautiful and sounds great. When I bought this violin, it was about $170 or $180, and now it’s about $200, but I think the MV-500 is still priced right, and I’m a tightwad. It’s the perfect beginner violin, imo, if not better. If there are some fittings (like the tailpiece) and strings that seem below par to you, just replace them with higher quality. The violin itself is still nice. I also like the one-piece flamed back. I think it makes it more durable than a 2 piece back, and looks better than all the other beginner violins that I’ve seen, even the Cecilio CVN-500 that someone is rating better than the MV-500. I replaced the rosin, which I thought was too hard. The color of the stain seems to be between the color of pine (lighter color) and walnut (darker color), which is perfect, and the gloss makes me want to wax my violin as if it was fine furniture.

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By: Eric Claeyborn