Gliga Violins Review - Dietrich Lasa from Animato Strings
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Review of Gliga 1, Gliga 2 Gliga 3 and Gliga Vasile violins by Dietrich Lasa from Animato Strings. Gliga violins have a mellow sound and are very consistent in their tone. Dietrich investigates why these violins are so consistent. The bridges and the sound post of Gliga violins can be improved upon. After improvement, a Gliga violin sounds great, with lots of projection.
Getting a profile that has been found to be near perfect through trial and error, then create rough plates of that shape with a machine is what I would look for. A person takes these plates and finishes, adds base bar, tunes, and assemble them, you end up with a violin that sounds about as good as the best one produced from scratch from a master.
Thank you for your Video. Can we know the correct sound post position for Gliga gem1 violin? Thank.
Thank you for uploading this video and providing the useful info. I own a Gliga Vasile. After watching this video, I would love to take my violin to you and replace the bridge and sound post to optimise of it
Keep dreaming he should show you a video with the optimisation done to a violin to compare and contrast the violins rather than just create wind.
@@gaetanobevilacqua1515 A little wind maybe ... but, really for classical, a new soundpost, or at least optimised location, and a harder density bridge, and new somewhat brighter strings (eva's) can make them sing in a classical way better than the way the come without adjustment. There is a lot of BS in the world of violins, and spending a few hundred above the cost of the fiddle, especially if it only cost 1/2 the price of the set up doesn't seem right ... but time is money, and trust me, minor things that seem expensive (strings, bridge, soundpost adjustment) make a big difference in both volume and a little more mids and highs in the violin sound. But, I'm a keyboard warrior, and never popped the top on a gliga violin, so take it for what it is worth. Just wathcing videos, and interested. Especially the pro model. I'm looking for that mellow woody sound for a country fiddle. Time will tell ...
I guess the Gliga III in Australia is the one called Genial in Europe ? They all sound amazing, thank you.
I have not tried to figure it out so far, so I can't tell.
Thank you for this video. I'm very happy to own a Gliga 2 violin. May I ask which set of strings
are best suited for Gliga 2 ? As far as I know they come with Pirastro
Violino.
They are fine. I don't feel that an upgrade would be necessary.
You better place a video with the benchmark violin Gliga 2 with modifications that you speak about
with bridge and replacement sound post to show optimised sound rather than brag about.
When we send Gliga violins to overseas customers, we often add a drawing regarding the sound post position so that a local luthier is aware of our preferred setting, in case the sound post has fallen down during transport. The standard placement of a sound post is not the best position for Gliga violins. The quality of the sound post is also important. Regarding the bridge: It is best to fit a harder bridge that is on the thinner side, with lots of extra carving to reduce the amount of timber the sound has to travel through.
I have a gigla violin which came from Romania , how do I tell what it is I have a
I , II , III or a Vasile.
These are the classifications in Australia. I do not know what they are called in other countries.
There are labels inside all Gliga Orchestral Instruments which identify the model, Serial Number, Maker's Workshop, and more. If you have anything to say, reply to this comment.
How does the Gliga 2 compare to, say, the KG#100 that is sold for approximately the same sub $1000 figure in Australia? According to the website, KG Signature Violins are based on the Guarneri "Kreisler" of 1730 and are individually hand crafted by KG's top luthier. All instruments in the Signature series are made with carefully selected materials from well-seasoned European wood (aged at least ten years), and finished with an Amber oil varnish using traditional varnishing methods. They are made to a very detailed level of craftsmanship and exhibit the characteristic beauty and elegance of the Italian violin making style. All of the violins have been carefully set up and adjusted to provide the best sound quality.
Finally, can you or someone at Animato advise the cost of purchasing a modified Gliga with replacement bridge and sound post as mentioned in the video?
KG Instruments, all models, are fine instruments. models 80, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500. As the numbers go up the quality increases but even the lower qualities are fine. I could make a video about KG instruments one day. Before we imported our own instruments from China (Amore, Marcello, G Marcello and Giuseppe Marcello) we relied on KG instruments for our Asian quality stock. Whoever chooses a KG instrument has made a good choice. Regarding the price for modified Gliga instruments, you find the prices on our website. They change, depending on exchange rates. There is a 10% discount coupon. If the sound is the only criteria and not the country of origin, then please let us know through our ticket service since then we could provide you with more specific answers and our honest recommendation in terms of the best quality-price solution. (The more sound you get for the dollar spent, the better.)
You advise replacing the sound post, but you didn't say why. Is it too short? Too long?
It could be too short, too long, too thick, too tight, too week or not precisely cut. We know only when we see a particular instrument and the sound post that comes with it. As a rule, we make the Gliga sound louder and we give the sound more shine by doing our optimisation. Should you wish to know more you would need to become our apprentice over a longer period of time. :)
Thank you for your reply, and the tongue-in-cheek apprenticeship. :)
Does the flaming on the back have to do with the sound or is it just for design?
It's just cosmetic. However, beautiful timber is more expensive to buy, so the administration is likely to give this timber to workers who are more experienced and who charge more per hour - and the end result is expected to be a more precisely crafted instrument that may produce a superior sound. This is only a general statement.
There are many exceptions, where plainer looking instruments may sound better due to nature's support by supplying its unique, sound-enhancing grain structure. The quality of the spruce top is, as a rule, more crucial than back and sides for the sound.
@@AnimatoStrings Gliga/Hora company owns a piece of forest, so the main wood is not bought.
Hi! Are these Gligas 1,2,3 known as the GEM models? Thanks!
The Australian importer of the Gliga violins instructed Gliga to use an Australia-specific classification and to print the labels accordingly. I would have to sight the GEM models to see similarities or differences, but the GEM labels are not available in Australia, so I just don't know.
...I would love to know but have not done the research so far to know this.
Bummer that you are in Australia. I'm in the U.S. so you can't help me. Grr.
can I please have a violin
Which is better? Gliga gems or genova?
I can't tell because, in Australia, the model names are completely different from the Gliga violin models that are imported to the US.
@@DietrichLasa are these violins are student violin or what?
@@johndeihlasis2173 Models 3, 2 and 1 are considered student violins. Models with the name 'Vasile' in it are considered above the 'student' level. The term 'student level' can be misleading. Anyway, someone who plays really well would go for the 'Vasile' models.
this is the gliga gems?
I can't tell since the Australian importers' Gliga instrument labels are not the same as the labels used for the US.
Not sure. Perhaps one day I know and then I would confirm this.
I visited their website three times while watching your video. I like you but I hate those violins. I could never buy one: they look like plastic, they have too many stripes; the scroll has a creepy straight line place in the curve just beneath the eye on ALL of them. On all of them???!!!! Also, they don't, in 2018, have the nice modest colour that those there with you had then. Plus ... I don't know why or what ... when you play them across like that ... I don't like something about the G, then, they seem to match well, but then, I feel like I've been eating the same and only one thing for too many days or weeks or months in a row. And Its only been four seconds.YOU must know what's wrong with them. I don't have the gift that you have to know what's wrong, particuarly. I own two $800. violins (from eBay). Previously used ones. They are difficult. I have two so that when I'm fixing one, I'm playing the other.Maybe some people like Gligas because they like tunes better than they like sounds. There are all different people liking all diferent things .... so ..... we need all different violins.
Hmm - yes, I see very much that different people like different things as you say in your last sentence. Even Gliga can't please everyone! (But they please a lot of musicians!) Most people choose violins because of their sound, but I have also encountered people who like or dislike violins because of their appearance (such as in your case).