Gliga Gems II 4/4 - Preowned

A very nice sounding good quality student outfit from a top European maker. Gliga have a fantastic reputation as a maker of reasonably priced violins that are well made and sound really good. They use European Tonewoods, which many feel give a superior tonal quality to the instruments and every violin is individually finished. You've only got to search for Gliga on Google to find lots of very satisfied owners congratulating themselves on owning such a nice violin.

You can see an interesting video about Gliga Violins here.

This is a Gems II model with a nicely flamed two piece back of Maple and a close grained front of European Spruce. The Pegs, Fingerboard, Chinrest & End Pin are of Ebony. The finish is darker than most modern violins and uses an oil based varnish with a semi-matt finish. 
We have set this instrument up in our workshop and added a set of Pirastro Violino Synthetic cored strings.

The violin plays very well, it has a warm sound with a nice open bass, a clean mid range and bell like E string. It's a very satisfying instrument to play, like all of the Gliga instruments and will improve as it gets more playing. 
The violin comes with a good quality Hidersine dart shaped case with a black waterproof fabric exterior and burgundy coloured velour interior. We have also included a Hidersine 3V rosin and a good Brazilwood bow with an Octagonal stick, Ebony frog with mother of pearl inserts and unbleached Mongolian horse hair.

A really nice Student Violin suitable for all grades up to 8 and maybe above. This is a preowned instrument. made in 2011, which has been well looked after,  It has a couple of very small surface imperfections on the top plate, but these are hardly noticeable and add to its antiqued appearance.  A good violin which will be perfect for a player looking for an instrument that will play in quickly!