From Bach to Eruption on one instrument. This man is amazing!

I’m a classical violinist, but this guy thrills me! I actually think electric violins should be used more in new classical compositions. I’m a composer and I’ve written electric violin parts in some of my chamber works and I’m currently writing an electric violin concerto.

Mark is a great guy! When I went to Berklee in 2006 I met him and he gave me an audition/opportunity to audition for the Trans Siberian Orchestra. It was a memorable time for me! Later on I received a call from TSO & Paul and the gang gave me a chance! I didn't get the gig but it was an exciting time.

I just want to mention, we have a violinist around town that plays electric . He name is Cathy Morris. Plays mostly jazz clubs.

I swear this man has made me become a fan of violin-like instruments OwO And his instruments as well. Dang, having the whole Violin-Viola-Cello-Bass in a single package, with things like Distortion.... This is on a whole new level or league for me XD

He came to our daughter's school back in the mid 2000s where he worked with them and had a show for the school. He was super nice. I had the opportunity to talk with him away from the students and he was just a normal down to Earth guy.

What a self actualized individual. Thank you for this video. It made my night!

I remember a album from the 90s heavy metal violin!!! Always wanted to learn just got on last week. This should be a fun experiment. You inspired me and I’m finally doing it

Man, not every eletric violin sounds that good! I think its a matter of having the right pedals like metal zone and stuff.

Greetings from Ukraine. Thanks a lot! I've once watched this video and couldn't find it... But in a miraculous way it has happened now. Thanks a lot for such a beautiful sounding instrument and for such a great performance.

Inside:Cool Music Magazine I'm a Reed Organ player so the 7 string Fretted Viper would go well with it as its range is the same.

It looks like a lot of fun to play. I'm an amateur occasional violist (I find the violin hard to play because of the size). I played for most of the 1990's, then a job change interfered with playing in community orchestras, and restarted around the end of 2020 (inspired by a rock band I had just discovered -- when they played in Boston last year, I told them, and they thought it was neat). Unfortunately, that petered out after about a year. It's partly a matter of wanting other repertoire to play, partly the stress it puts on my neck and shoulder (I have a fairly long neck and haven't had a lot of luck finding a shoulder rest that gives the right kind of support). That obviously has undesirable downstream effects on the my hand. The Viper looks like it avoids that issue altogether by means of that chest strap. It also looks -- it's hard to judge for certain -- like the scale length is considerably longer than on a 4/4 violin, which would be an advantage for me. Comments?

I must own one🤤 I've only played on traditional violins but electric has always intrigued me.

this is amazing, really want to play that!!!

Interesting thought about the part with distortion on the violin: For the people who say "why not just use a guitar for that, it'll sound the same anyway", I'd rather think of it like this: it's not about replacing the guitar with the violin or trying to make the violin sound like a guitar. Rather, I say it's simply a violin with distortion. That's it. And, the amount of expression you can get from plucking a string is actually kind of limited, if we really think about it. For instance, on a guitar, you pluck the string, the string vibrates to make sound, and then the vibration dies away. With the violin and a bow, we can sustain notes for as long as the bow is moving on the strings. On the violin and bow, we can adjust how hard or soft the attack is on a note or chord, based on how slowly or quickly we move the bow (and the amount of pressure we put on the bow as well). The sound of plucking a string is always gonna have a pretty hard attack even if the string is plucked softly, because of the fact that the string essentially snaps away from the finger or pick (that's how the physical action of plucking a string works... it's just a different kind of physical movement from rubbing a bow across the strings). Also on the bow and violin, we can control how quickly or slowly the sound fades out (I.E the "release time", if you will). This goes back to what I said about the vibration of a guitar string dieing away... we can't really control the release time that much. So... the sound of rubbing a bow across strings is always gonna be different from plucking those strings even when we do add the distortion, mainly because of these additional possibilities that the bow gives us. On the guitar, we have to use effects pedals to artificially achieve these same expression possibilities... it's just not the same. I think the thing is that with the distortion, it's become so ingrained into popular culture as just being a guitar-type thing (probably because it was the first instrument to use it, and that pretty much defined rock and metal music), so people find it a bit odd and unnecessary to do it with a violin. Still... the people who say "why not just use a guitar to get the same distortion sound, blah blah blah blah" are being a little narrow minded.

I remember this man came to my middle school

What an instrument! Next level

On this interview alone, I'm in, sub'd.

So cool!!!! Just listened to Conan's podcast and they spoke to someone about the viper and he played it. I was already familiar with electric violins etc. but seeing it in this video explained by the creator is very cool.

When I was young and a true child, in the 50's and early 60's my babysitters went to Julliard on full scholarships, Leslie was a pianist and her twin sister Cathy was a violinist. Leslie taught me piano for awhile until I lost interest.

Impressionante 😮

That’s actually insane that Mark has violin viola cello and bass all on one instrument and played with the same bow!

i am in love!

Oh shit I need one of this

How cool is that....

Which kind of pedal and effect is he using in the distortion part?

Mark wood is so over looked, cool dude

Same Mark Wood who did Intro'-Outro for "Reflections on Silver Screen" with Richard Brown and AMC????? What is that piece called?

What is the model of violin?

How does it work with pythagorean tuning, is It possible

I want to get a strap like the one he's using! Wonder where and how he got them.

I loved this! Who are Mark Wood's top five? I want to know!

A four string version available "mia shows off in 1 of her videos👍

I have to call this the “Versoline” even the electric versoline is more versatile than the accustic version since the electric version also sounds like an electric guitar let alone an acoustic orchestra!!

Honestly the shape and the amount of strings is fine, but I'm not a huge fan of the frets

Does it djent?

It's a shame you could not try a 'True Temperament' fretted 7 string electric violin, as that might solve both problems at a stroke.

This dude and Zoe Keating are the apex of musical disruption. A brilliant, brilliant musician -- there's a video of him up on YT messing with the Bach double violin concerto that is one of the best things I've ever heard in my life. Whole generations of upcoming rock guitarists probably wish he'd never been born, because he opened the door to thousands of classically trained violinists who could shred like crazy people and who raised the bar for what could be done in a rock band!

"I can play traditional violin on this" *plays a cello prelude*

Holy shut this guy can play

5:50 ain't talkin'bout love & eruption

Awsome instrument y Awsome dude

Were the he** do you get one of these with the disorstion .

I have no idea how to play a violin and would sound like I was killing a cat but THAT IS COOL!!!!

Wood violins are kind of spendy IMHO. I own a NS 5 string that cost me around $650 and it sounds great. To restring a 7 string violin costs a small fortune.

vapor ware

But you know those people are dying off, luckily

No doubt - this violin is propperly comfortable. Maybe the MOST comfortable out there...., but all the effects - why can't OTHER el-violins do SAME things ❓❓- The effect boxes are THE SAME for all of them......

🤔 world class all on one hand who Roddy Chong Asha Mevlana Lindsey Sterling Anna Phoebe

Piece of plastic? Nah son piece of copper

A Chapman Stick or a 6 string bass are not a guitar and that thing is not a Violin. A viola is not a violin but its closer to one than that thing.

bro only knows spicatto and legato 🤣 need practice on the partita, cool echo effect tho!

s a c r i l e g i o u s

Electric instruments are like singing with autotune, cause a lot of the colour of the tone comes from External Effects. Turn off the distortion/delay/flanger/phaser/ etc and you change the whole piece. Of course effects wont make you play better, unlike autotune. With a violin the player creates the tone, the volume, the pitch (they dont have frets), etc. With THEIR OWN HANDS.