They make them fretless too. I think the strap support is nice. If i had $2K burning my pockets, i’d probably buy a 4-string “Viper” with frets and the upgraded pickup, just for fun.
Both are very cool, but I was thinking of something a bit more acoustic.
I swear someday I’m going to just talk someone into adding frets to my 1971 Suzuki.
Electric violins are cool. The first one I ever saw in person was a Steinberger.
http://www.nedsteinberger.com/index.html
They look pretty nice. Definitely more conservative than the Viper Cello.
Here’s the Heftone Banjo Orchestra, from http://shell1.webquarry.com/~brianhef/orchestra/
And, here’s something that does away with all those peksy ol’ banjo players altogether: http://dcramey.com/HistoryofBanjo-Orchestra.html
there is a baroque violin called the violino piccolo that is in one of bach’s brandenburg concerti. it might be tuned up a fourth but i can’t really say.