Harley Benton HBV 870RD 4/4 Electric Violin

It's a nice violin to practice in my room, even at night. No one next to my door will hear this violin.

I never play an electric violin before, so I cannot compare it with other electric violins. I used to play an acoustic violin and sometimes I use a violin pick-up for the sound system. For the music I play, I think my acoustic violin sounds slightly better, but the electric violin is a big advantage for me to have more flexible time to practice at night.

Another big advantage for me is that I can combine the sound of my violin and my favourite MP3 because there is an aux input to the violin. :-)

The battery compartment is not bad. I think it's a bit too small for the size of battery. I never close it because it always opened by itself right after I close it. The batter never comes out of the compartment although I didn't close it. So it's not a problem.

I bought this both to be able to practice without my brother getting angry and to play live performances. It works well! Only the volume knob seems to be linear, which means it doesn't really affect the volume until you turn it all the way down, after which it changes really fast (like the volume slider in youtube). But if you have some other way to amplify the sound, it is absoulutely ok!
For me, the headphone output is too quiet too, but again, I always have another way to amplify it, so it really isn't a big deal. And it will probably be loud enough for other people.
So I do really reccomend this violin to anyone on a budget!