Electric violin

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Electric violin

Front, back and headstock detail of a Leo Fender's Electric Violin
Classification	Bowed string instrument
Related instruments
Violin

An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. It can also refer to a violin fitted with an electric pickup of some type, although "amplified violin" or "electro-acoustic violin" are more accurate then.