Recording Violin

I've gotten killer fiddle sounds in my OK room.  Oktava 012 smd, which is a good if dark mic.  Over the bridge pointing down, of course.  You have to "fiddle" with it, but I got a nice sound.  two notes - it was a very good violin, which helps.  She said the quality of the violin had saved her many times and it did sound great in the room.  Plus, a nice input channel, the RND Portico (which has saved me more than once).  And it really helps to have a second person - I can't imagine trying to find a sweet spot if you are playing and engineering.
 
Good luck.

Hey Starise my wife plays violin so I have been around them a bit.  And recorded them too.  She also has an electric violin similar to the one you linked.  Firstly no matter what is going on, any electric violin will have a slight electric sound to it and it is slightly different to an acoustic sound.  Good though.  Louise has a cracker electric machine and it sounds good in an electric type live band situation too.  I don't record it acoustically though.  Doesn't have a sound as such.  Bit like an acoustic guitar DI sound.
 
She has a normal violin and hers is valued in the area of $40,000.  Most of you would not have invested that sort of money in a violin.  It makes a difference.  It has a big fat well balanced sound and in the hands of the right player produces a silky full range tone.  Mics that have smoother top end response works well.  Ribbon mics are good for this.  Not too close, just two/three feet or more above has always done it for me.  Not to close to the ceiling though if you can.  Higher ceilings are slightly better.  Even in a small room I have got excellent results with a valve pre amp too.  But it is because she gets the most amazing tone out of it and plays it pitch accurate and with perfect vibrato, timing and confidence too.  She had some work done on her instrument recently and they moved the sound post and now her sound is different again!  Violinists get right into the deep aspects of the instrument. 
 
The strings make a huge difference.  Louise was trying different brands and models etc.  Some were shrill and horrible and almost impossible to listen to and record, others were smooth and magnificent and fat and she has settled on some now that are more like that.  Her violin is a little bigger and has a slightly deeper sound to it too.  She also has a viola and because of the nature of that being like a deeper low pitched violin it sounds better and is slightly easier to record.  The lower the strings go down the easier it is to get a good recorded sound. eg Cello is a little nicer to record as well.
 
I have put Louise doing the top lines of orchestra simulations and it makes whole synth string sections sound real and live.  Three tracks is all it takes of violins doing 1st's and 2nd's parts and one viola track doing the lines just below those.
 
Real nice convolution reverbs are a must and things like Reverberate do it super well. The sound in a small room is just a little dead and no reverb as such but we like some form of reverb over violin tracks. They don't have to be elongated halls either.  Just nice smaller stage spaces etc..
 
String quartets are also very cool. I have been lucky enough to have recorded some nice ones for soundtracks I have done.  Two passes of four players can produce a very fat and lush string sound.  Louise is also lucky in that she has studied a Jazz degree and rips out Jazz tunes and solos rather well in fact.  She can improvise and blow over changes which is very cool.  In more country acoustic and folk styles she improvises lines in the genre.  Adding interest and texture to the music.  I am lucky enough to hear it being played at its best which is always nice to hear. 
 

One thing worth considering are the AKG tiny clip on mic capsules, with the clip attached to the tailpiece and capsule pointed at the bridge. Microvox do a similar, cheaper product. I know quite a few fiddlers (and play a bit, badly) myself and though fiddle and violin aren't quite the same thing, very few of them like piezo pickups because they take out much of the attack and need a lot of eqing. OK for live use where feedback control, stage clutter and having to stay in the right spot for a mic on a stand are issues, but not so much for recording.

And yes, strings can make a huge difference to violins, even the choice of rosin affects tone and response. In my experience Dominants take around a month to really settle in. Genuine gut strings can apparently take up to two months. The bow makes a huge difference as well.