don't know if this has been mentioned, but even worse
then a pick-up, you can do what I used to do which is
get a crappy radio shack microphone and TAPE it to the
body of the violin. It is effectively the same as a
pick-up, but a really crappy one at that.
-dan selzer
p.s. off-topic but I got to dj the New Order
after-party last night and shook Peter Hook's hand! He
played Grace Jone's She's Lost Control and a lot of
very intense snare drum-roll ravey stuff.