if you live in Kl/Selangor area, pay a visit to Yamaha HQ, Kelana Jaya (along LDP, heading puchong direction).

1u used to carry it...try sungai wang better bet

Paramore, these cheap electric violins do not sound good...unless you are willing to pay A LOT more.

Cheap Electric Violins leaves much to be desired...with its fake violin tone. You'll need a really good acoustic amp
to sound good. Chance are the amp itself will cost more than the violin! 

definitely not, there're tons of selections of yamaha products, as well as lots of classrooms and a big concert hall.

don't get the SV series, you should get the EV series, sound much better. you can connect to PA system directly as claimed by yamaha website, but i think a better preamp will give better sound.

the "bong" sounds good on the SV because their albums has been through lots of high end gear processing, mixing and mastering. and their live shows are backed by good sound engineers too with good gears.

i've played with one, the sound is awful. there's no much sound quality to speak maybe due to the cheaper made body, as well as less quality pickup (in fact i think there's only 1 pickup under the bridge). the EV series has 1 pickup on each string, and has solid body too. in comparison, zeta violin used by vannesa mae has 2 pickups on each string, equal of 8 pickups on the violin.

like what empire said, you probably going to stick with a sound that you're less happy with, or invest a lot on gears.

sorry typed wrong "bond" become "bong"...

about the budget, i think so gua. perhaps you just try the SV la, maybe you'll like it.

Hi there everyone,

I was wondering if there is any community orchestras in Selangor or even in Malaysia at all.

Have been itching to audition for one for quite some time now. Playing alone is... well... lonely.

P.S: Is this by any chance the Puchong Mini Orchestra under d baton of Romualdo Danny Francisco?

Cool! So how do I go about auditioning to join? Where are your rehearsals? I may not be able to join immediately as my finals are around the corner. Soonest would be November.

I'm really excited. Hahaha...

yeah, actually that'll be great. Perhaps you can PM me his number or email or both.

Thanks!

wow! nice...i didnt know puchong had one...do you have the official website?so i can check it out?

@paramore,

hey, what days are the orchestra's rehearsals?

thank you. I've just msged him.

paramore,u actually have a band?i mean whats ur major instrument?

Hmm... I msged him but he did not reply. Perhaps I'll call him tmr.

oh?if you are going to buy one juz pm me,maybe you could bring me along to choose one.
it works that way?

its ok,
how i wish i could be a musician instead of making music as my hobby...
i heard singapore have alot of good ones,but usually above 15k
there is actually german handmade for 6k here in KL?

the hardest part...
aint easy to do that,especially when you are working...for me,commitment sometimes kill dreams
i've got alot of friends who are in the design field,very intense,but i always believe that if you really like the music,theres nothing stopping you to it
from what i observe,new germans are usually above 10k++,if the german is really 6k,dude you hit the jackpot man...