Cello Wars - makes me want to try cello - electric of course!

[Bredian]

Cello Wars (Star Wars Parody) Lightsaber Duel - Steven Sharp Nelson - YouTube


Inspiring! I especially like the opening "slap" bow work.

[Carver]

That is pretty awesome.

Now I'll be up all night pricing electric cellos...

[dcr]

Well, I just happen to have a NS 5-string Electric Cello I might sell.....dcr

[thehess]

My wife plays cello in the band that I play bass in. I get to write the parts. It can be fun carrying the same rhythmic lines in harmony, or turning her loose to open a song. She even plucks a bass part on one tune where I pick up a 12 string guitar. I love the sound. Our band leader/songwriter does too. After our gig on Saturday, more than one person came up snd said 'More cello!'.

Her electric is a cheapie from Amazon, about 300. Then a luthier sanded a new bridge, and planed the fingerboard. I ripped out the cheap pre to make it passive, and she put on new strings (cello strings are EXPENSIVE....100+ for the C string alone!). All toll, with a new gig bag and carbon fiber bow, her setup was about 1500. She plays it through my Pandora P5xd, then a Line6 LD110 combo, which I already owned. It sounds killer.

[thehess]

Originally Posted by dcr

Well, I just happen to have a NS 5-string Electric Cello I might sell.....dcr

How do you tune it? Fourths like a 5er bass, or fifths with a low F or high E?

5 strings would definitely mess with a classically-trained cellists head.

We looked at th NS, but opted for one that could get destroyed in a club without too much heartache. These things are fragile beasts, with that high bridge.

[Bredian]

I'm gonna find a bow to try on my p bass

[ebradfordrich]

That is seriously bad-ass.