| Hi !
This is Bodo, the Papa of the Neolin.
I'm happy you are talking about my Neolin on the other side of the ocean !
Just a little comment on what Kung Fu wrote:
I hope you are wrong ! The Neolin might take a couple of years to be really accepted as a "full" instrument, but I think it has got the necessary potential.
Although the violin world is a VERY conservative one, things are beginning to change.
Classical violinists are becoming interested in Crossover, Crossover violinsts begin to admit that the sound of a classical violin with a piezo pick-up isn't that fabulous...
Of the Neolins I sold that far, half went to beginners, the other half to professionals. VERY open-minden professionals... but you know the thing about avant garde - it's either just a short fashion, or it becomes common.
Do you know the beginnings of the Saxophone ? There were only miltary bands which wanted to play it. And I can assure you that 19th century European miliraty music is not something very sophisticated...
My first client, Mathias, the guy who is playing the demos on my website, is just now, after more than 2 years of playing, beginning to discoer ways to make the Neolin sound like a completely new instrument, and not jut like a modified violin.
Maybe the Neolin will not be accepted or appreciated by classical violinists as long as I'm living - I wouldn't care if I'd rather find beginners who would like to learn and play the Neolin, rather than violinists wanting to try out a strangely modified violin ! |