This violin establishes a new benchmark for sound quality and player comfort. With its weight of only around 500g it has the same weight like a traditional acoustic violin. The violinist can easily convert from his current acoustic to our new Silent Violin™. The innovative dual pick up system allows the performer to a blend the tone quality from edgy electric to a rich acoustic sound. The external control box contains a powerful pre-amp, master volume control, treble and bass tone controls, as well as quarter inch and XLR balanced outputs. SV250 is crafted from seasoned flamed maple, spruce top and fit with ebony pegs, fingerboard. Features New body design: hollow resonating chamber Spruce top/flamed Maple back Double pickups: bridge pickup, body pickup & ‘blend’ Control Box with input, output & XLR balance, phones Volume, treble/bass, phones volume control Shaded brown finish Specifications Type: 4-string Instrument Size: 4/4 Neck: Maple Body: Spruce top, Maple back Fingerboard/ Pegs: Ebony Bridge: Maple (Aubert™), with VNP1 pickup Side Body/ Chin Rest/ Tailpiece: Molded plastic Tuning Adjusters: Wittner™ Ultra Strings: D'Addario™ Zyex Sensor: Bridge Pickup: Yamaha, Body Pickup: Piezo Electronic controls: Treble & Bass control In/Out Jacks: 1/4 jack, 1/8 headphone jack, XLR balance jack Power supply: AA Size 1.5V battery 2pcs. or AC adapter (PA-3C) or Phantom 28-48V Body color options: Natural maple finish Watch: Introducing the Yamaha SV250 Silent Violin