Warchal Amber Violin E String - Stainless Steel: Med Ball

Used this for e string because it was supposed to eliminate the “whistle”. Seems to do a good job even though it does not appear wound. It is a warm tone.

As usual, Amber E always giving me a wonderfully bright resonant sound.

As another reviewer said, buy on Southwest Strings website! About 1/2 the price of what you see here. I regret not checking there first! Free shipping too!This is a weird e-string. The bridge end of the string is not straight, it is a helix. Look up "Warchal Helix" to get an idea of what I mean. When you tighten the string the helix almost disappears but is still noticeable. Gets rid of whistling but playing very high position, the sound degrades A LOT. It's a trade-off I guess - requires a different bowing technique to counteract the helix.

I've tried other strings that claimed to get rid of the whistling E yet they all failed to do so. I understand as an intermediate player half of the issue is likely me still working on having good form, however, even so I have not had a single whistle on my E string in the last two weeks of practicing! When I switched from A to E on previous strings on a down bow I'd hear that cursed whistle about 80% of the time, it was horrid! I'll be buying this string only from now on.

The string does not squeak, but it sounds tinny. No doubt about it. For reference, I have an older violin (made in the 1800s). For very fast fiddling, this string was adequate. For really intricate, E-string-intensive classical pieces that require much more careful bowing, this falls short for me because the QUALITY of sound lacks depth. I have no issues with Warchal. I actually LOVE Warchal & have a lot of experience with ALL of their different string products. I have used Warchal Brilliant strings in the past. I currently use the Warchal Brilliant Vintage for my D & G strings, as well as the Warchal A Russian for my A string. They sound fantastic. I expected more from this Amber E.OH & last but not least, Southwest Strings sells these strings for practically half the cost, & they will get the strings to you in relatively the same amount of time as Amazon Prime would. So not only will I not buy this string from this seller again, I won't be buying anything from this seller. I buy a lot from this site & I never give return business to any seller who lends me to regret my purchase due to having paid way too much.

This string is great! It full eliminates any E whistling, and still has a good tone and projects well.

I have gotten quite a few compliments about my amber E string. I thought they were talking about my underwear but I wasn’t wearing any I guess they were talking about my violin

Very light gauge. Nice, dark sound. The A string sounds weird for a few days, but then settles down nicely.