Abstract: The invention presented consists of an electric violin having (a) a body shaped so as to have a fingerboard indentation along an upper end in a location to the right of a fingerboard extending therefrom; a first bow indentation along a right side; an arcuate-shaped lower end; and a second bow indentation along a left side; (b) a fingerboard having a lower portion mounted on the body and an upper portion extending from an upper end of the body, the fingerboard having sufficient width to accomodate a plurality of strings (c) a head disposed on the end of an upper portion of the fingerboard, the head having a plurality of pegs, each corresponding to a string; (d) a plurality of strings, each removably attached to the body, extending along the fingerboard and removably attached to each of the pegs on the head; and (e) a magnetic pickup associated with the body and having an upper portion mounted on the body so as to be operatively connected with each of the plurality of strings and a lower portion mounted in the