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- Size 4/4 electric cello with hand-carved solid maple wood & yellow maple varnish in style 5 (full size)
- Ebony fingerboard, pegs and tailpiece with mother of pearl inlay and 4 detachable fine tuners
- Powered by a 9V Alkaline battery (included)
- Includes: well padded lightweight soft-case, bow, rosin, aux cable, & headphones
- 1 Year Warranty Against Manufacturer's Defects
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First, this is not your typical cello. It's a 300 electric cello. Please keep this in mind.It works, it sounds alright, and it's definitely great for practice. Style 5 is quite nice looking. But the style doesn't actually affect the sounds, so choose whichever you like.
To get this playing, you plug in a headphone into one jack. There's another for aux output, great for tuning if you have an electric tuner with an input.
There's two control knobs, one for volume and one for tone/timbre. They function and the tone is a nice add to get the sound you like.
Here's a few details to keep in mind:
1) It is not silent. It just doesn't project. My boyfriend says that he can hardly hear in the next room over with the door closed; but it is definitely not silent (i.e., you can actually practice without the headphones)
2) The stuff that comes with: bow, rosin, headphone... wish they would they would just keep them and knock of another $10...that's pretty much what they are worth. The bow was not useable since it came warped. The headphone was not comfortable (I just use a earphone set), and the rosin was not useful. The only thing I kept was padded bag. Not going to spend another $200 for a hard case.
3) The strings, tailpiece, fine tuners, fitting, everything, are pretty cheap, as expected. It's really up to you whether you want the spend some money to upgrade these. but if you want something decent, keep those cost in mind.
Summary: A great base product that does what it should. If you want something decent, you might need to add some cost to get a bow, rosin, a nice headphone set, some new strings (at a minimum), and maybe some other fitting/accessories.I play the guitar.
That being said, I've always loved bowed strings, and really wanted to try it.
Well, this was my chance.
Do I regret it? Not yet.
Honestly, I am able to get some very decent sounds out of this instrument, especially running it through my PC recording software to tweak the sound.
The A string snapped on the second tune up. So that's pretty sweet. I guess people aren't kidding when they say you'll need new string for this at least. You will, because these cheap steel ones will break. These strings feel like something off a construction site when I compare them to playing my guitar strings. But maybe that's how cello strings are? I guess I'll find out after I plunk down $100 for a set of strings! That would make any guitarists stomach turn.
Anyways, you get what you pay for. I'm glad they're making this product available because it has allowed me to try something I never would have otherwise. Hopefully I'm able to get it setup well enough that I actually enjoy making music with it and can add it to my musical recording arsenal.Great for beginners. Is not totally silent when played without an amp but is not loud enough to annoy the entire house. I recommend getting a new set of strings after becoming familiar with the instrument, the A string has a poor tonal quality. A tip for other beginners: Use small pieces of tape along the side of the neck to mark off notes with the help of a tuner. Also dont give up, its not an easy instrument to play but don't get frustrated and give up. Like any instrument, patience and practice are key. Beautiful and well worth the money.Perhaps this review will score a bit higher due to the fact that when I bought this Cello I saw it as a base to build upon (new pick ups, gear tuners, etc.) This Cello is great as a starter and when the installations I make on it are done I'll have an instrument as good as a Yamaha for much, much less.
However. As it stands this instrument is a far cry from the Yamahas.
Pros: The pick up that comes on it is located directly under the bridge of the instrument which makes sense since the bridge transmits most of the sound to the body. It's a decent pick up (in regards to sound, but I cant speak for it's durability) It will connect to most guitar amps and sounds rather well.
The wood body catches vibration from the string very well (very important in regards to additional pickups) and provides very good sustain for plucking on low to medium pitch notes. The sound the instrument emits is a bit metallic but it warmed up when I changed the strings to nylon. It's also very light weight, I can lift it easily with one arm.
Cons: The only things that are bad are the things that it comes with. The strings are cheap, and they are cheaply made. The actual steel core on them is thin and they just thickened it by winding copper around it before the plating. All four can snap with ease. The bow is slightly warped but is playable, I'm switching to a carbon fiber one regardless. The rosin is not very good. The headphones are just headphones and the uncomfortable kind (I didn't buy it for the headphones) The bag is actually useful.
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