Puts Jay Haide to shame

Puts Jay Haide to shame

I want to thank Rhi for a wonderful recommendation concerning this violin. Obviously, I looked at the site and liked the 903, but there are so many violins and I don't know which way to turn, therefore, I needed your help in making a decision.

Frankly, I bought a violin recently online at another shop and I hated it, so it is going back.

I have another violin that I've been playing, which is an intermediate Jay Haide violin, and quite frankly, sitting here playing them side by side, I have to say that I love the 905 at Fiddleheads. They have somewhat different tones of course, but I love the warm sound of the 905 and it's projection qualities compared to the Haide. The Haide has a brighter quality to it, but still I prefer the Fiddleheads 905 overall.

As I suspected though, the action on the new 905 is a little higher than I like, but that can be corrected quite easily. As far as aesthetics go the 905 is a beautify violin. In fact, it puts the Jay Haide to shame, from the finish to the peg detailing and Fiddleheads' added setup and Rhiannon's testing. I'm quite impressed with the violin in general and it far superior to the last one I purchased.

In retrospect I probably should have just gone with the 909, but I can always buy one from Fiddeheads down the road.

Ah yes, the name! Well, my guitars are all named after women, both fictional and non-fictional. I don't know if it's just me, but I have name instruments after the fairer sex. I've yet to name an instrument after a poet and since my two favorite poets are Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, I've decided to call her Emily. So there you have it! Emily!

[UPDATE: 4 weeks later] The more I play your Zhu the more I love it. My instructor was commenting last night on how wonderful my violin sounded.

November 17, 2016
Did you like this post?
0
0