Bridge Violins Lyra 5-string hollow body electric violin - assorted finishes

The Bridge Violins Lyra 5-string is one of the most popular electric violin models owing to its lightweight, comfortable, at-home acoustic feel, it's incredibly warm, natural tone, the variety of attractive colorful burst and marbleized finishes, and it great value, which includes a free custom hard case and carbon composite bow.

Tuned to CGDAE, the Lyra is an easy transition from an acoustic violin with the benefits of low volume for practice and high volume for performance with no feedback

Body

The body is hollow, molded from a Kevlar and carbon fiber composite giving a high strength to weight ratio. The hollow body generates a sound profile within the body structure presenting an open sound without the use of reverb or delay. It is smooth and forgiving when played and allows low volume practice without the use of headphones or amps. Highly stable across temperature and humidity ranges.

Headstock

Inspired by a Stradivari 1701 Viola da Gamba, modified to the modern sized peg box this headstock has become the trademark of the ‘Bridge’ instruments. The distinctive shield, through peg box and

Pickup

The bridge houses the ‘Bridge’ pickup system, a piezo crystal configuration. We designed the ‘Bridge’ pick up system specifically and only for use with our instruments. It is designed to pick up both the string vibration and the body resonance generated from the hollow composite body. Utilizing all the properties of a traditional acoustic bridge it captures the warmth of tone synonymous with its acoustic counterpart, with no feedback.

Features

• The Lyra is fitted with Thomastik Dominant strings (or equivalent) for GDAE with a D'Addario Helicore C string.
• Ebony pegs, fingerboard, nut, and endpin
• Wittner lightweight alloy tailpiece with integrated fine tuners
• Active circuitry for boosted output and lowered impedance
• 3V coin cell battery provides approx. 1,000 hours playing time and only drains while the jack is connected
• ¼ inch jack is carefully positioned and angled to avoid drag and interference from the cable.
• Volume and tone controls are easily accessible for quick adjustment during performance
• Carbon fiber bow included
• Oblong case with shaped interior, black canvas cover with large music pocket, 4 bow holders and plush red velvety lining.

Specs

Construction

• Body Length 358mm
• Neck Stop 130mm
• Body Stop 195mm

Set Up

• Nut width 27mm
• String spacing at nut 20mm
• String spacing at bridge 39mm
• String tunings CGDAE
• Weight 600g approx

Electronics

• Bridge pickup piezo configuration
• Active surface mount preamp
• Instrument Output: 100mV nominal
• Load Resistance: 10K Ohms minimum
• Battery: 1 x Lithium 3V CR2032
• Battery Life: approx. 3000 playing hours

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