I've resisted the idea of a five-string violin for years, but I'm finally coming around after Glasser Violins kindly sent me one of their carbon composite violins. After unboxing it I test it out as an acoustic and an electric instrument. (Sorry guys, I'm not sending this back...)

TIMESTAMPS BELOW, in case you are busy and don't have 40 minutes to watch the whole thing:
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Unboxing
05:49 - Planetary pegs
07:35 - Active pickups on violins
11:00 - Mic setup
12:16 - My Roth violin mic test
14:30 - Struggling to tune (new overtones!)
15:12 - Glasser mic test
19:40 - Tuning five string violins: Compromises in harmonics!
22:54 - Roth violin pickup tones (Schertler into Tonedexter)
25:00 - Roth pickup tones with gain (Condor, King of Tone)
27:18 - Roth gain tones with the bow
29:05 - Glasser plug angle is nice!
29:48 - Glasser pickup test
30:21 - I sweep through frequencies with the Condor
31:46 - Glasser with bow through Condor preamp
32:15 - Glasser with Condor Drive
33:43 - Glasser with King of Tone
34:43 - All the gain
35:52 - Glasser with delay and reverb (Thermae, then Avalanche Run)
36:40 - Exploring onboard bass and treble controls
38:12 - Glasser through "wrong" Tonedexter wavemap
40:00 - Conclusions

GEAR USED:

ACOUSTIC STUFF
1929 Roth violin
Glasser 5-string carbon weave violin
Neumann TLM102 mic
Peluso CMC-6 mic

PEDALS
Audiosprockets Tonedexter
Keith McMillen Kmix
Chase Bliss Condor
Analogman King Of Tone
Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio Compressor
Chase Bliss Thermae
Empress ZOIA
Earthquaker Devices Avalanche Run
GFI System Cabzeus Cabinet Simulator/DI
(in the signal chain but not engaged: Parasit Studio U235, Meris Enzo, GFI System Synesthesia, Boomerang III Phrase Sampler)

RECORDING GEAR
Neve 1073 DPA mic pre's
BAE10DC compressors
RME Babyface
Logic Pro X

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