The violin is a small instrument that packs a loud punch, especially electric ones...Everyone plays guitars (which are bigger in size) really surprising more musicians don't opt to be different n play the violin... i mean bringing the thing to shows is easy peasy compared to lugging around a giant guitar half the size of you or greater. People tend to really respect violin players at shows too, they play a instrument which is (hard to play, hard to understand)
I had a violin for a while which i had purchased used through Sam Ash music store. The thing with me is... the guy wanted me to buy a learners violin n i opted for the nicer looking one with cool looking wood for a bit more money... n then i didn't play like most people.... i mean i tried n said screw this don't have the patience....i liked the sounds that i could make with it so i would use the bow really hard against the thing to give a cool screaching noise... which destroyed the bows i had (they use horse hair to string the bows with). So i went back to the store like a month later to get another bow cause mine was ruined n i showed the guy...he was astonished to know someone was playing like me with a violin super unexpectedly... so being the expert the guy was, recommended i use a cello bow instead whiich is much thicker with more strings.
Well i played the violin for a while n enjoyed the thing, then was ready to move on like with most instruments...i can only play them so long before i want to sell them.... i made my money back (what i paid for the thing) after giving her/ him a good amount of usage which is what i usually aim to be able to do with any instrument i buy.
the one instrument i don't want to sell is my red guitar fender. I put a high price on the thing cause i'd sell her/ him for the right price...then decided to not sell her/ him at all n took her/ him off the market.
Why is the Red Fender special to me? cause some people gave me the thing for free who were part of the open mic local crew who would come in ( they said i won the thing in a contest which i thought was a fake contest, n maybe was) really put a whole lot more meaning on the thing with someone giving to me like some charity of faith.... Reminds me to be more of a giver myself when things come to certain items i sell... not all, some. There are many good people in the world showing others this world is a good place. i believe the world is becoming a better place with this being the period of when the bad things are at their ending height.... There isn't going to be a WWIII things will be dealt with peacefully by higher powers then what we comprehend as earthly humans... the kind of higher powers Led Zeppelin used to create this great music.