Is there a difference between silent or electric violins, or are they the same?

I haven't heard of a silent violin (kinda thinking to myself, what would be the point) an electric would be basically silent as it has no space for the vibration of the string to resonate, thats what the pick ups do. and i think its not so good if a fully electric violin does have a slightly resonating body as this effects the sound. so with out and amp an electric would affectively be silent, but i don't know if this is what you mean.

I don't know what a silent violin is, but I have an electric violin, without an amp its about as loud as a regular violin with a heavy practice mute on.

do you mean a silent violin as a acoustic violin?

Silent violin as in silent violin. Not electric nor a regular one, a silent one.

i'm wondering if "silent" is yamaha's trademark name for there electric violin...

Could be?

I'm not sure because that is the only "silient" violins I've seen.

I don't really know about electric violins, but from what I've read Silents have headphones so you can practise 'silently'.. is that a feature on normal electrics?

they call them diffent, but they are the same.

Prolonged use of headphones can easily damage your hearing. It's a much idea better simply to find a place and time where you can practice a normal violin normally without disturbing others.

(In general there are electric violins meant especially for performance and electric violins meant especially for practice. Probably these "silent violins" belong to the latter group.)

a silent violin is virtually the same thing as an electric violin.

it's considered silent because you plug in headphones (apposed to using an amp) and that way you can practice with out disturbing other people.

personally, i think i may get the yamaha SV- 120.
you can use either headphones or an amp.

and it looks awesome too haha

sorry i didn't read the other posts before i left mine.

it IS a better idea to try and find a quite place to practice apposed to using headphones. i think if it's on occasion it's not too much of a big deal.

but as regular practice i would advice against it. it can damage your hearing and it's not the same as playing a "non-silent" or a traditional violin.

even with playing a traditional violin i would recommend wearing hearing protection.

you can get little foam earplugs to protect your ears from hearing loss.

i actually have lost some hearing in my left ear because of my violin.