Fishman V-200 Classic Series Violin Pickup

Excelente equipo.

This pickup does the trick to get heard in my band. I pair it with the L.R. Baggs Acoustic DI and it sounds great. The only thing is I had to take it to a luthier to set it up because the bridge slot needed to be cut a tiny bit larger to get the transducer in there. But it wasn't an issue; he was able to install it perfectly. The fiddle is fine and the sound quality is great. Some people complain that it doesn't quite match "acoustic" quality. Yeah, good luck with that. As soon as you add any pickup, all acoustic sound is automatically lost anyway.I was between this and the L.R. Baggs violin pickup, but a professional at the music store I deal with explained that the Baggs has the pickup soldered to a separate bridge that you must use, and you must solder the other end yourself. And the problem is that if you mess up the bridge, you're typically out of luck since it is so permanently attached. In addition, the bridge that comes with the Baggs might need to be shaved down depending on how low you like it, and that must be done carefully or, again, you're out of luck.Too stressful. I'll stick with the simpler Fishman any day. It does everything I need it to do for a fair price and little hassle. Paired with a DI box, it sounds excellent.

Después de probar varios micrófonos incluyendo de condensador, encontré que este reproduce de manera más fiel el sonido del violín. Muy recomendado.

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This does exactly what I need it to do. I use it on an old German fiddle without a preamp and it works fine through the three different sound systems I've hooked into so far. It does a bit of weight to the instrument and dampens the sound a little bit, but that doesn't really matter since the sound is ultimately being amplified. I did have to sand down my bridge a bit to give the pickup enough room to slide into place. Other than that, installation was a breeze. It's not a huge hassle to put it on when I need it and take it off when I don't. The chinrest screw driver they include in the package is super tiny, but I keep a medium sized bent paperclip in my violin case so I've been using that instead. The construction is quality, no fiddly bits to break off. Glad I bought it!Edited 3/21/18: I recently purchased a Behringer V-Tone Acoustic Driver DI to improve the sound. While this pickup works without a preamp, I highly recommend getting one to improve the sound quality.

I like how it fits on the violin, in my case. I don’t have to put it on each time. It’s easy to put on, if you have a bridge with a big enough gap other wise you may have to make that gap bigger. So far I just put it in the round opening and that has worked for me. It does sound good with my band. I feel like a star.

This pickup does an excellent job (as all Fishman pickups do) of faithfully reproducing the sound of the violin. On my violin only one of the slots in the bridge is large enough to accept this pickup, but luckily it's the one on the G-string side of the instrument, which is where I was hoping to place it for rich tone. It is fairly easy to put on and take off and won't mar the violin (you might consider putting a thin moleskin on part of the pickup so that it won't scratch the violin should it slip while putting it on or taking it off.The literature says it can be used with or without a pre-amp. I am running it directly into a Roland BA300 PA amp, and found that I didn't need the pre-amp boost to get a rich signal. What a pre-amp could do, if the proper one were bought, would be to give you more tone control.But this pickup does a great job of accurately reproducing the sounds of the violin so if that's all you're interested in doing, you won't need a pre-amp.

I waited a year to post this review. The other violin pickups we bought were crap, but this one is solid. I had to buy a noisegate at the local guitar center to clean up the sound, but that is what you get with electronics and musical instruments. I suppose if we were playing through a nice sound board then the noisegate would not have been needed, but we are plugging straight into a guitar amp. A cheap guitar amp at that and it still sounds good. If and when this pickup ever breaks or gets damaged, I will look to buy the same make and model to replace it. No shorts in the connections. The mounting bracket doesn't come loose. The pickup has never dislodged from the bridge. The instructions were easy enough for someone who never did this before to get it done. My daughter plays everyday for 2 hours and 4 hours through the summer and this pickup has been solid through it all.... I give my stamp of approval on this violin pickup..