More power for the fiddler. An escape from acoustic dependency. Freedom of sound. Many reasons are good enough for a fiddler to consider going electric.

Whereas any guitar player in the world may have had plenty of chances to discover the pleasures of "going electric", and many of them do, chances are limited for the fiddler. Your local music instrument store may have just one in stock. Undoubtedly you have been confronted with people typically pointing towards Vanessa Mae, asking you "why don't you go electric?" or you've seen some touring bands that prefer an electric violins over the accoustic one for a more easy PA setup. It remains, however, difficult to get a chance to play on a few of these instruments. They are not sold in masses. Only a limited number of people over the world actually build them. And most of them are custom-handcrafted.

Luckily there is the internet. If you take your time to look around, you may find some luthiers in your country, or at least a distributor or a local dealer with contacts. You can contact them and ask to arrange an opportunitye to test some instruments. If a luthier you find interesting is located too far away, you can ask him whether he has any clients in your area, that you can contact.