Refurbished Strata Glow LED-lit 4-String Acoustic-Electric Violin

Light up your strings with something unique.

A future proof violin: Strata Glow is a LED infused 3D printed modular electric violin.

This particular build is refurbished — the body is a fresh print I made to test some improvements, the neck and pegbox are re-used from another build. The whole instrument (but not the fingerboard) is coated with an acrylic gloss coating. This is experimental — it could weaken the material over time (I don’t think so) and it could scratch off (so far it is doing great). If you like shiny — this is for you. 🙂

I also built it with a new kind of pickup — a very inexpensive bridge pickup from eBay. The tone is okay, but dry. The bridge could be replaced with a LR Baggs or comparable down the road if you want to improve your amplified tone.

Lighting Controls

The lighting system is controlled by a configurable wifi-connected tiny computer (Atom Lite) running WLED. A built-in microphone inside the body allows the lights to respond to your playing!

The violin ships with 12 default presets, half of which are sound-reactive. You can cycle between presets with a single button push on the instrument. If you want more control you can connect to the wifi network of the controller (screen shot of the controls interface shown in photos). While your phone will work in a pinch, the best way to customize your lighting is actually to connect to the controller through a computer (not your phone). Then you can more easily cycle different colors and patterns and experiment with all the options.

Power

The system is powered by 5V power via USB-C. An 5000 mAh external power pack ships with the instrument, which provides 4-8 runtime hours. Any portable power pack you might use to charge a phone will work to run the light system, so you can always be ready with a backup.

The power pack attaches with velcro on the back of the instrument, usually on the bass side underneath your shoulder rest.

Lighting Options

This build is fully-translucent.

Pickup and Signal Electronics

This instrument is built up with an inexpensive pickup bridge. The sound quality is OK, but a little dry. The pickup/bridge may be replaced by a luthier if a higher quality tone is desired.

Other Details

All builds are fully high-temperature resistant.

Built with Perfection pegs, NO tailpiece fine tuners, and helicore strings.

A violin case is not included, but this instrument fits in most standard 4/4 violin cases.

Instrument ships within two business days.

All printed parts are covered by a 1-year free replacement policy. See return and repair agreement details here.