Check the listing for details. Headway The Band2 Violin Pickup. Condition: New. Listed at 279.99 USD. Outstanding Amplification — No Batteries Required Players searching for a no-muss, no-fuss pickup for their violin need look no further than the Headway The Band2. This passive pickup affixes itself instantly to your violin via an easy-to-use hook-and-loop fastener, and it requires zero alterations to your instrument. The Band2 Violin generates a strong enough signal to feed most mixing consoles. Moreover, the string players here at Sweetwater have also run this excellent-sounding pickup into an amplifier with stellar results. The Band2 is equally at home in folk, rock, country, and classical settings, and it offers outstanding gain before feedback when compared to microphones. Not to mention, it also frees you from being tethered to a mic stand while performing.