We Try the Cheapest (and most useless) Violins from Amazon 

This joke:

Lydia El. Lmao

Dangit I came down here to make this joke

My violin is legit around 69-75$ (which is around one million in my country, and it does look like the 69$ monstrosity on the video, except my bridge is on. The case is also looking like a viola case.

this joke isnt funny

Chopinesque SHUT UP

@@FabulousKilljoy ?!

It's testing not harming

Those shouldn't be called real violins.

Phylion you copied my comment

Buying from a reputable dealer (ie. a real music store or strings shop) is important. When my son started playing, I got him an $80 1/2 size violin (case/bow/rosin included). Granted, this was 12 years ago, but we bought it from the music shop in our small town. They measured my son to order the correct size because the 'orchestra' teacher wanted my son to get a full sized violin so it would be louder. There are many stories about that 'orchestra' and that teacher, but that was an awesome first violin. 12 years later and my son in minoring in music/violin performance, has a composite bow (he picked out) that plays the equivalent to a $1000 wood bow and was gifted a nice violin from a friend who used to be an excellent player through her 20s but sold her $5000 violin because she needed the money. She bought a 'cheap' $400 violin 30 years ago because she felt bad not owning a violin but couldn't play it because the sound quality was so much worse. That 'cheap' violin got him to all-state orchestra in high school and a performing arts scholarship in college.

That's a bargain haha.

Oh if only it were to be that cheap..

My bow cost 200 freaking dollars so I treat it like a baby

their bows are probably even more expensive than that... idk if I'm just a "idgaf" guy about the things i bought for myself or something but I bought a cheap e guitar for 150€ (that's the most money I've ever spent on luxury stuff...I don't have a lot of money) and I'm obviously not throwing it around like a weird m o n k e but if i bonk it against my desk or chair and there's a new dent in it I don't really care because...well even tho it's a lot of money for me...this is the lowest end of a playable electric guitar. Now. If this guitar would be 15,000€ (I doubt their bows are THAT much but this is for demonstration as well for a different instrument lol) I'd honestly stand in the middle of my room, away from any kind of bonk-able surface that could dent my guitar and I'd be scared to even scratch the pickguard by accident, even tho...it's there to catch scratches that would otherwhise scratch the actual finish of the guitar

so some bows be costing more than some violins

its of the factory workers

GrimRper tats dark

Wth

Or maybe it was painted with ketchup. Mic drop Boom

Lol

Same

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Isn't there something you could do with it? Like make it electric or something.

😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Alexander Supertramp It's true that a better violin is better, I mean a Stradivarius is way better than my baby (sorry my precious but you're still the best in my heart). But it's also true that an "average" violin can sound way better depending on who plays it.

@Alexander Supertramp "better" with instruments can be very subjective

*My $200 one has entered the chat*

My violin was only £80

@FJMZ Silent Gamer omg I'm stupid as hell thnx mate

"When choosing between color and colour, keep in mind that both spellings are correct. The shorter one, color, is the preferred spelling in the United States. The rest of the English-speaking world uses the longer form, colour."

The whole video was terrifying

@@TheWitchvortex oh really well than I'm not that stupid Everything s just really confusing for a non-native speaker

@@miwir1248 and yeah that also

Soloists can't even afford the violins. They have to borrow them. Ray Chen's violin is on a loan also. It really is outrageous. Edit: bloody grammar

Hahah, good one 😂😂😂😂🎻🤕😁

I was hoping Olaf never sees this, he’ll go nuts

@@miwir1248 but I think Olaf can comment more on these violins. Like the quality and cut of the wood, the bowhair, the pegs, the bow, and how each, and also the sacrilegious accessories will affect the physics of sound production. Idk. Might be interesting and educational as well :) Maybe this vid can have a part 2 with Olaf. Money they spent on these amazon purchases is still money, might as well do another episode 😅

abby vv that is actually a big brain idea. Come on guys make a part 2!

He would have a heart attack looking at these gadgets😂

hehe im the 666 like

Dude 😂😂👌👌

SaCReLigOUs

*inaudible notes starts playing*

U one sacreligious boi

me too! Bringing you back to this video, you commented 2 years ago❗

Dude, i feel you. I had just the same situation, and i'm still in elementary music school, and there we have like a school orchestra and because no one knew how to tune their violin i had to do it and the sounds of that violins was truly horrible...

Lol im in high school and still can’t tune

Good thing I play the piano - I don't need to be able to tune my instrument... xD

Concert master in elementary school? WTF? They have that? Lol

LMAO

Ya get what ya get ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Gamist saves up life savings for a thing you wanted your whole life and buys it except theres nothing and it never arrives and you got scammed y o u g e t w h a t y o u g e t

I mean like...they expect it to somewhat work

I would be pretty surprised too that sounded so bad

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Please no, no instrument should suffer that much and no human should listen to that and also suffer

you can’t make a strad sound like a $20 violin. because you don’t have a strad.

Me too me too! Hidden talent

@@akselai you missed the joke

@@colsov4822 no he didnt, he was adding to it

" *looks at my 47$ violin in shame* "

Asian *looks at my $1000 violin* eh

Guilty face for complaining about a $3000 violin

$140 squad boiiiiz

$300 violin bow combination gang

Doctor Gradus am i the only one who thought it was real in the beginning

@@ry5172 same here actually. If that small af violin sounded like that, I'd give my money to that scammer.

they are so good they cant even fake correctly

What's the name of the piece he's playing? Quite new to this channel.

@@ryoreina czardas from Vittorio Monti :D

@Merrielle Mandy i feel so bad for you. hope that scammer got arrested and when he dies has to listen to a never ending viola concert.

@@bezretmet Damn that's harsh ... But fair

@Joelle Chong OOF

@Joelle Chong with cellist crying.in the background

Great observation, Marek

Ohhhhh

OceanRose Gacha Fun Fact : THEY DID

These items need to be prohibited

jianping Xing I know right?!

me who just got a $250 violin because it’s the only one I could afford... at least it’s better than the $60 one I got for christmas and I had to learn how to play on it

they also had too many beers beforehand

hell yeah

Um I think that's just Brett and Eddy

Yes! The best!

PianoKangaroo13 They have editors, you can even apply to be one if you go to their website

[quality footage]

Not alone. I was like, “hey that actually sounds pretty decent- ohh wait...”

Leviathene YOUR NOT ALONE 😂😂😂

Ur dumb dumb

Lol

....oh.

A true sign of friendship

Eddy did forgot to tell that tone it was ...

Lol!!

they definitely don't care, they don't put any effort into the products and their whole point is to make nai've (probably old) parents and grandparents think they are useful in some way

I bought a violin for 45$ and it plays pretty well… going to lessons with them and learning vibrato…

or not. no boyfriend sounds AWESOME honestly. freedom~ without limits~u dont even have to go through the painful process of finding one~or even having to worry abt a second human being when one just cant worry enough abt themselves.

@@alexarmanto6016 k

you have to be expensive enough

as hell

If you play violin the violin is your bae :) because we all know we can't get a boyfriend anyway, so just play violin

@Edmark Babor

No, the package comes with a free case and violin.

I literally cracked on this🤣🤣🤣

HAHA YES

I needed someone before me to like this comment so I could have been like number 666.......

Oh yes...

Of course!

so truuuueeeeeeeeeee

2set does asmr

@@yellownoiseclub I thought "no, don't become an asmr channel..." and was glad they stopped so quickly. :D

...so that people, who don't know any better, don't.

s a c r i l e g i o u s

I hope they kept the receipt for tax purposes!

*_sacrilegious_*

tea bean! You are my faith in humanity

are they counting the views for ad or already got paid by allowing ad insertion? anyways thanks for reminding will do the same for next vids xd

@@user-sv2be8qj9p they got paid more if you watch the ads more than 30 seconds or until the end, whichever is shorter! If you don't want to watch for 30 secs you can also click on the links on the ads and they'll get paid. This is why views aren't a good indicator of how much they earn!

Lol

hahaha but sry watching the ads don't give them money

SAME! I play the horn and for some reason I'm here and am clueless to everything

Same, and yet I can’t stop watching.

😂😂😂😂 same lmao

I can relate but i mean im learning new things about the violin by watching these guys cuz i didnt even know what a bridge once till they showed it lmao

Oh, your ears sure know

Then do it.

Well, that's exactly what is going to happen to me. I asked for a violin worth 35€. I guess I shouldn't have watched this video in the first place, because my excitement was destroyed from the very beginning.

@@user-mh7ws5zg1j in all honesty man as a complete beginner it will be fine, you can practice technique and get a feel for holding the instrument and bow, and the tone isn’t good but at least you can get sound out of it. Just enjoy it for what it is, if your family can’t afford a good violin then you can take music class through school and play violin, you will get a loan violin that you can keep and play. Point is if you really want to play violin and love the instrument you will make use of this violin.

Sounds like something my family would do.

That's....Exactly what they did T_T

PFFFT-

yeah, that was not comfortable. i was (man, that is the proof what *skills really matter*) -ashamed-

Same

Hey, to each their own

Truly

Omg lol

Maybe that is true and it is sexual

I am non-native English, so I thought that sentence was really correct. 😂😂

Well think about how much money they paid for their violins as well, too much to risk

Dude I didn't even want my violin to see that thing xD

Ikr

I do own a 70USD violin, other than E string, everything sounds normal (normal for my level), gonna upgrade to 2000USD one soon. 70USD to start a new hobby and examine if you can keep this hobby or not is worthy I think.

Lmao my violin was 150.....

Mine was $350, and I love her so much!

lmao mine is £160 and it's playable for my grade 8 level

Sad story

This is just true for any kind of thing your teacher recommends for buying. For example costumes for stage plays

Parents just think cheap stuff would have the qualitiy as expensive stuff :")

Good for calculators and textbooks, but almost never good for any of the arts unless you know what you're doing.

My parents bought me the first one. And they paid more then what it costed on amazon

bridges are not supposed to be glued down. it relies on the tension of the strings, placement, and angle. dont recommend gluing it down... you should take it to a local luthier.

That is such a good story. I play kalimba as I can't get instruments like guitar now due to my age and studies. Have a good life man🌸

aww so cute! Keep up the good work on practicing the violin! I know you can do it.

Wholesome bro

Oh noooo! I'm sorry! Btw Jesus loves you he's coming soon! Jesus the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through him:D Jesus is coming soon the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord All who turn to him and follow him can be saved:D

ha ha, listen to the notes and look a the bow. If they don't match then there's trickery afoot.

Do you know the name of the song?

Lazer Saint czardas by V. Monti

@@zPoiison Czardas by Vittorio Monti. You can find it in the Series 9 Grade 6 AMEB Violin book.

@@zPoiison I legit thought it was the start of Alejandro by Lady Gaga, but maybe the music video starts with a classical piece then xD

bruh you're literally me: a potterhead that loves TwoSet 😂

@## dude you aint a muggle?

For some reason I read this as flat face not face flat

@## HO HO HO! REPORT TO THE MINISTRY IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE YOUR WIZARDING LIFE

@## fuck u muggle

Is there any way to get sound out of these or will it always be a waste of rosin?

@@LeoWolfish It wouldn't be worth it even if you were able to fix the bridges, bows, pegs, etc. All of that DIY would cost much more than those abominations are worth. Even after the "renovations" the instruments would still stink, look gawdy, and sound quiet or altogether awful.

In the end it's more important that a poor student have a bad instrument than no instrument

Same ☠️

@@matteisenberg7496 Some schools/tutors rent out instruments for the term, or buy secondhand instruments back from graduates to sell cheaply to new students. Would either be feasible in your workplace?

SerjianDragonrain wth mine was $25

Mine was 50 cents and for some reason when I brought it to school my orchestra teacher yelled at me for not playing

Is a 200 dollar violin to cheap? I'm interested in getting one but idk what a good price range is. Anyone out there?

George munson at the least don’t get any that are under 300 if you want a good/ok one

Mine was $113 and is the same quality as my friends that was $1000

*cough viola

Photon the Fatpurp hey, I’m a violist

@@summerdogs1124I'm not sure whether I should say it'll get better or nice.

Suuurrrrrrrrrrrre

its ur skills

A professional could make a $80 violin sound $2000. But a noob could make a $2000 violin sound like a $20 violin

@@jacquelineherrera4709 this guy is a musician, look at his channel

The second violin in here...is literally the violin i have.....i had a budget..now i dunno what to do....like...TODAY I HAVE MY FIRST SESSION ALRIGHT WOW I HAVENT EVEN STARTED AND BOOM

Mines 100 and from Amazon too 😢 *hides my violin*

Don't be discouraged. Work with what u have. My first sax is Chinese maid. I told myself when the expensive one's is not accessible to me, this sax is therefore making it the best sax for my learning.

@@rielzuad7028 I want a Chinese maid.

@@KusanagiMotoko100 made*

Mine is 150, I love it. I think for a beginner, why spend a fortune if you might lose interest.

Rieny A. Bandan Yes pray to lingling insurance saving their lives every 48 hours of day and night.

They should play the cheap Violins with a handsaw.

@@rangabusi So true

your pfp is so cursed why does kara look like a dilf

@@zarsiw lmao it's one of my old illustrations and I set it as my avatar for a laugh and never changed it back. (On Discord I have a portrait from the same series except it's Ichimatsu and he's unshaven and looks like he hasn't sleep in days)

@@watsonwrote wow you're really good! and i feel you on the "made it my pfp for a laugh and never changed it back" thing, as you can probably tell

To be fair. Watercolor is more about skill than the material. I've seen people make good art with their coffee or blood lmao. Of course, preservations is where it gets expensive. More expensive materials just last longer. Value also rise up with expensive materials. This is a different though. Can't get good with a cheap violin if it's unplayable. I've seen pros try to play with a cheap violins and made it playable, but only because they immediately know what's wrong with it and how to adjust to it.

@@seraby7151 to be fair, Kasey Golden is another breed of artist (she's very great, i wish i can get washes as flat as hers)

smell funny

Lol

sorlqi yeah!

hahah same :)

Yes

Only not cuz the violin works.

@@myes344Oh its you again

@@myes344 are you like a worker of these violins factories? lol

This violin fooking RAW

Please don't ever insult Twoset like that again.

Unplayable instrument makers should be banned. I’ve seen way too many that I couldn’t even tune. The owners were soooo disappointed. Congrats on your find.

Anderson Choi “oh hey, you sent the product over to amazon right?” “Yeah, this is going to help so many violinists out there” “violinists? This is supposed to be for archers!” “YOU SAID IT WAS FOR BOWS ITS NOT MY FAULT”

@@annonimooseq1246 haha nice

i knew it looked familiar!

Arm guards are usually a bit wide, seeing as they have to cover most of your forearm, but regardless of that, whatever that thing was, it was a scam!

NO violinist practices with a wrist aid...

not autogenerated - they put them in themselves lol

caterpillow it’s auto generated in this case

Yea!

I know 😣 I had to turn the captions off - every time I saw ‘violence’ instead of ‘violins’ my brain got distracted ugh

@@a.k7889 hahaha I always keep them on because I think this kind of things are funny

Yea I was thinking the same thing. I got mine for about the same price. And am in love with mine. If I payed $400 for a violin the place where I live will kill me.

Well, ya got it on eBay. You probably got a hand-me down.

I really want to learn, but i dont think i could go over $150. Like, could you still learn on a 100-150$ violin from amazon?

Anjali a violin that cheap might have problems that will affect your playing, or anyone’s for that matter simply because they might not be built right. The best thing you can do would be to go to the nearest music store and see the cheapest violins that they have and confirm that they’re not total garbage, but that might not be possible right now for obvious reasons. I don’t mean to discourage you, but it would suck if someone stopped playing because their instrument was crap.

@@hurrikane5562 i understand. I cant even find a place to even rent one, even if i did i dont think it would be very safe. Guess I'll just stick to my guitar for now 😔

Wow my student flute was like 2.5k

Cries in the bass section where bottom tier instruments are nearly $3k.

cries on piano

*cries in triple horn*

School orchestra contrabass is over 1mil as I remember

How are u a maker. This violin works. Dont bereve me? Go watch anyone else review this same violin. I don't trust the things u make btw

@@myes344 I guess it depends on what you consider "playable" to mean. Yes, you can make sounds with a violin like this. But since these instruments are mostly machine made, they are as a rule very badly set up, the strings are so high that they are next to impossible to press down to the fingerboard, and thus especially for beginners and children very frustrating to try to play. Setting them up properly usually costs more than a better violin would have cost.

@@therealzilch Yes, you can actually watch Olaf the Violin maker, he has a youtube channel (in case you don't know). He's a luthier and friend of Twoset. He said exactly the same thing as yours and price the playable violin cost after improving it to the price that Twoset mentioned in this video, which is around $400.

I would tell them to get rid of the violin and instead learn to play guitar

@@cdiking7026 The guitar has an easier learning curve- you can make pleasant sounds sooner than on the violin. But to play at a professional level, it's hard also.

Just Brett, really 😂

Which is a new shoulder rest

emily chan Exactly! I’ve thought that for months. I’m surprised he hasn’t gotten one yet. Although, to be fair, I don’t know how much a professional-quality shoulder rest typically costs

They have money to buy all these rubbish in this video, they will have money to buy a new shoulder rest. More like most musicians have attachment issue

@@ylimexyz Maybe he really likes the old one which may not be produced anymore.

Awesome, and they can bring in Brett's son to use as the child.

steem sprite Didn’t know Brett has a son, but great idea!

Brett's been a child before he can do it again.

@@xandraxandra1437 He doesn't actually 😂 but in the video where Eddy bought him a viola for his birthday there was a little kid roaming around his house and Brett said it was his son Kachikawawa: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B_nFV0zdv5U.html

Oh my god i think it is

nah, those have leather and is meant to be lower, nearer to the elbow

Omg yes it dose

it's for bows

literally thought the same lol