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Hey folks,
Wanted to share a really great fiddle purchasing experience. I came across Royce Burt from his YouTube channel (see link below). Royce is a wizard who restores and revoices new/old fiddles and has a huge revolving selection. I noticed that he lives about 3.5 hours from me so I emailed him and we scheduled a day for me to visit.
I spent about 5 hours at his house and played dozens of fiddles and twice as many old bows. I left with an absolute gem of a fiddle and bow combination and am ecstatic. He also adjusted the action on one of my other fiddles (which I am unlikely to play anytime soon with the new purchase).
Roy's prices are super reasonable and I cannot express what a nice human being Roy is. My experience had none of that intimidating "used car salesman" flavor that I have often had when trying fiddles at a brick and mortar store. Roy and I played each fiddle and bow together and he gave me his honest opinion (both positive and negative) about each one until I found my perfect combination.
I almost never rate anything online but felt the need to share this really incredible experience with others.
Happy Fiddlin',
Michael Gordon
Links to Roy's webpage and YouTube sites:
https://www.royceburtviolins.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/burtvillefarms
Overall Rating: 10
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