$100k Titanium Violin vs. $1500 Wooden Violin

I play and review this $100k Titanium Violin, and I want to know if YOU think it's worth the price. Tell me in the comments below! Subscribe here and ring that ? --- https://goo.gl/J4QeDv

If you liked the $1500 wooden violin and are interested in pre-ordering, send me an email at [email protected]

MY GEAR HERE (Loop Pedal, Shoulder Rest, Pickup, Rosin etc.) https://goo.gl/Y4mqTK

My covers on iTunes:

"Hallelujah" https://goo.gl/MThwCa
"Despacito" https://goo.gl/eKVaq8
"Thunderstruck" https://goo.gl/DmPCfr
"Shape of You" https://goo.gl/PTYN5K
"7 Nation Army: https://goo.gl/uDdbqN

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If you want to geek out on how this violin was made, read this description I received from Andy:

"The number one problem when working with titanium is it reacts with the oxygen in air anytime it is over 800 degrees F. The reaction will make the titanium brittle and cause the weld and heat affected zone to crack and discolor. Anytime the titanium is over 800 F it has to be “shielded” from the atmosphere with an inert gas, this is usually argon. (side note, other metals like steel have to be shielded too when welding, but nowhere remotely like titanium) The TIG welding process (Tungsten Inert Gas) is fairly commonly used for several different types of metals. It has a cup around the welding electrode that has argon flowing when welding to shield the welding area. This process is slightly modified for titanium welding. A substantially larger cup is used to shield a larger area and then a 2ndargon line has to be set up to cover the back side of the welded area with argon. 

If you want to bend steel, you can just heat it up with a torch and bend it into shape. With titanium the reaction with oxygen doesn't let you do that. You have to either cold form bends or have to put the entire violin in a sealed box with a window to see and sealed glove holes, then purge the box with argon, then can make bends that involve heat. 

This titanium oxidizing reaction is where the colors come from. It is not a paint, it is not a pigment. The entire building process is working to prevent any coloration from showing up, the violin is all a silver color at the end of the build process. Then the final step is to intentionally cause a thin oxide layer. The layer is made by heating up areas of the violin body with a torch and letting it react with the oxygen in the air. The goal is a microscopic thick layer of oxide, this layer acts as a prism refracting light. Depending on how thick the layer is, it will refract different wavelengths of light, this is where the perceived color comes from."

ROB LANDES is an award-winning violinist who started playing the violin at 3 years in Orem, Utah. Born to a large musical family, Rob gave his first solo recital at 10 years old, performed in the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on the Disney Channel with the Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra, and founded a piano trio that performed actively throughout his teenage years. Rob has won first prize at numerous music competitions and has soloed with the Utah Symphony, Utah Valley Symphony, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, BYU Philharmonic, and BYU Chamber Orchestra. As a first violinist of the BYU Chamber Orchestra, Rob performed in more than twenty cities throughout central and southern Europe, and as concertmaster of the orchestra, gave a concert to a sold-out audience in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Rob was awarded full scholarships to attend Brigham Young University and Rice University where he earned a Bachelor’s in Music and Master’s in Music, respectively. While studying at Rice, Rob began covering rock and pop music, and upon returning to Salt Lake City after graduation, began playing with a looper pedal which he uses to create intricate and stunning arrangements of today and yesterday’s most popular music Rob recently won the award for "Best Instrumental" at the Utah Music Awards for his rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".

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