I have been playing the violin for about 2 years now, and this violin is the second violin I've ever owned. I like that it is possible to adjust the tone and volume directly on the violin, and it's really been easy to start playing with this. Just plug and play, and you'll get a nice sounding violin with almost no effects needed at all (however I do like adding some reverb and echo =) ). I find the E string to be quite "high", and will try out some other strings to see if I can something lower that's not as sharp.
It is a nice looking violin, and I do enjoy the sound quality of it. Couldn't be happier with my choice.