Violectra
Violectra is a Birmingham-located workshop that has been making its unique and highly recognisable violins for over 12 years. David Bruce Johnson has sold his instruments worldwide to over 150 professional artists, including Leila Josefowicz, Nigel Kennedy, Bond, Wild, Alfredo de la Fe, Oasis, The Wonder Stuff, The Pogues, Dave Swarbrick, Jean-Luc Ponty, Didier Lockwood, Icebreaker and many others.
Violectra uses an unique piezo bridge system with one transducer per string. The sound is produced by directly sensing the interaction of string tension over the wooden frame.
Violectra offers the choice between 3 string, 4 string, 5 string, 6 string, 7 string & possibly 8 string models with a range of exciting new combinations of octave violin, octave viola, bass violin, & bass viola tunings and higher E string options for viola and cello.