There’s a violin guy who has violins for $300 or $400 out of Lawrence, Mass (check craigslist) and one near Ipswich (Boxford I think- Rowanstrings.com). If you are close to that area, I’d look there. Forget the fretted violins. You want to be able to do those cool slides and a variety of other techniques. $100 isn’t much for a violin. A good set of strings are over $50 alone.
I bought a cheap violin for $100. It cost me more than that to make it playable. Then the case fell apart. Never again.
Btw, I know that guy selling violins on the FB group. Stay away. Stay very far away. He imported and sold Ovation, Taylor and PRS copies until the lawsuits started rolling in. He disappeared for a while and I see he’s back with these violins.
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