The present invention provides an electric violin (40) having strings (4C) stretched over an instrument body (40A), and the strings (4C) are anchored to a tailpiece (7C), which in turn is connected through a tail wire (11C) to the instrument body (40A); a saddle plate (42) is bolted to the instrument body (40A), and the tail wire (11C) is connected to the saddle plate (42) by means of bolts (41);and the electric violin further has a blindfold (40E) extending from a chinrest, and the blindfold (40E) prevents the tail wire (11C), saddle plate (42) and bolts (41, 43) from eyes of users so that the electric violin (40) does not give the antique impression of acoustic violin to the users without sacrifice of durability of the connection between the tail wire (11C) and the instrument body (40A). The present invention also provides a tailpiece for the stringed musical instrument.