Carbon Fibre Cello

[1supkillsbats1]

god, sounds awful!!!

[YTBYlover]

Finally, a cello that will survive through an airport and flight!

[manny75586]

the tone of the instrument at the end sounds pretty amazing I must say. I would really like to try out one of their double basses.

[snowypetrel]

I wouldn't like to see a rock and roller try to smash one of these up on stage!

[ThatBeastlyChick]

I'd kill for one of these <3

[crazyandme1]

WET LAY SHIT.

[zomgoodnessih8u]

apocalyptica oughta get some of these i mean black cellos, EPIC

[RobertSHilton]

No braces, or bass bar. That laminated carbon is strong, and highly resonant.

[ShawnBoucke]

@RobertSHilton The bass bar is made of carbon fiber

[Zzeak]

I found this quite interesting. Due to the deminishing resources of fine woods, I think this is a viable alternative. Would love to hear one live.

[ParkwooDxFellows]

Don't get me wrong, these cellos are great, but I think they take the tradition out of the instrument.

[dogtransport]

@ParkwooDxFellows I'm sure people said the same thing about endpins.

[tonytrilex]

This sounds like shit

[RJiminez51]

there always room for cello.

[thedigmusic]

I just recorded this cello on one of my songs and it sounds amazing

[MyK8t]

i want a black cello!!!!! brown is over rated.

[MrOzMendez]

I play violin, so I want a carbon fiber (fibre) violin

[LedKenji666]

seriously this show is interesting but the music is so fucking annoying

[TheLfwjo]

Would you try making a papier mache cello? I am thinking to make it but I donot have a mold.

[ahp7]

@TheLfwjo Its a bit hard to make paper resonate. Just sayin'.

[pakvanjdam]

@ahp7 damn, your stupid. is this paper? and what does tradition and material matter, as long as the instrument is better than traditionally made one?

[Archimedes555453525]

I have my doubts about this cello. I think a cello of wood sounds better. Great idea anyway. I'd like to try it out.

[TheLfwjo]

@Archimedes555453525 Maybe Wooden cello sounds less, but it has better tone color.

[RealEros1]

I love my classical guitar :)

yet when I go to heaven

I want to learn the cello :D

[EvanBarrows]

I play up right bass and I'm wondering how much a carbon fibre bass would be

[rikxification]

@EvanBarrows around 12000 from luis and clark who are the makers of the best carbon fibre instruments in the world. yoyo ma and marissa licata play their instruments. and many other great players

[kat239]

yeah i would love to get one

[RobloxGuy587]

ulala

[lucasmiguel1991]

some one would like to donate me a Carbon Fibre Cello? really loved that cello, but here in Brasil is hard to save money to buy a good cello...all money i earn is to survive =/

[superchargedM90]

@lucasmiguel1991

Same thing here in US man. You are not alone. I have only 1$ in my pocket and i do not know what is going to happen tomorrow (((

[lucasmiguel1991]

some one would like to donate me a Carbon Fibre Cello? really loved that cello, but here in Brasil is hard to save money to buy a good cello...all money i earn is to survive =/

[Piccobow]

The cello is $7,139.00 plus tax or shipping.

[JDnator]

can some one tell me what the "special resin" is actually called and what glue is used?

[passbrother]

i like the traditional cello much better :)

[sosome57]

Amazing. Technology goes to the symphony.

[tong135799]

@CraziiKid1990 $600 for a good cello? Are you kidding me? About $2000-5000 will get you a good step up cello. More than that and then you get into low-professional cellos. People have said the Carbon fiber cello sounds better than wooden cellos that costed 100X more (about $700,000). Better may be an opinion though. They sound different from regular cellos and aren't the "traditional" wooden cellos, which is why I think they aren't enormously popular.

[xXAigisXx]

lol yes, they are called 'F holes' professionally. Only dirty minded people think of other things besides music when they hear this the first time ;)

(I am in no way innocent in this case either >.>)

[HunyKyr]

From these "F HOLES".

[pianofan12]

That's awesome! Yeah, I Saw One At An Orchestra(WSU)! It was all round, though! But It Was Reflective! It was sooo cool! It really STUCK OUT from all the other instruments!

[chewbuggars]

carbon fiber dildos

[renzo1234567]

Yes afcourse the producer of this carbon cello wants to promote his instruments.

I tested these, and : they just don't sound at all ! If you put this cello against a wooden instrument, the difference is huge .... that's why almost nobody uses them.(-: Test it yourself and you will HEAR it.

[hellfrog24]

great video, fucking annoying music.

[voncoolio]

This music's fuckin great. it makes the video!

[Thijskooi]

Very nice to see, Can anyone help me; I want to repair pernambucobows broken behind the head wirh carbonfiber rods. Can someone help me to get the right material?

Thanks, Geerten Kooi

[PlayTilTheyBleed]

Bleh. Gimme the sweet tone of spruce, maple, ebony, and mahogany.

[Horcruxist]

Very interesting look into the craftsmanship process of creating an instrument in this manner, cool video.

[cikbulanbintang]

really..??

i owned a traditional cello...i'm just a bit interested by looking at this cello..just want to know which one is better...but i guess,mine is already good.

[aaronanalog]

F holes LOL

[corri303]

huh huh, he said hole, huh

[TheDuskMar]

I once said to a Cellist "What's that black thing in the F-Hole?"

It was a moisturizer thing for humidity, but lol.

[nepatriots77]

beautiful

[cikbulanbintang]

which one is better? this cello or the traditional one?

[zack02o]

Well I like the wood one, but it dose not matter what you have as long as you can play.

[ZombieChipmunkz]

carbon fiber cellos are about $13,00, and you would need at least a $25,000 wooden cello to match its tone.

[taiwan886]

traditional one (as long as it's a good one)....these cellos are consistently the same and weather doesn't affect them that much......a traditional cello is susceptible to climate changes but has much more tonal variety.

[bcjammer]

the audio sucks...you can not really make a good comparison between this cello and a traditional construction cello. Interesting though

[AlamoCityCello]

Is that Jon Miller playing?

[DietrichMarlena]

i think classical cello is much better than this one. Cello is the greatest thing in the world.

[wks1978]

Why ia there no bass bar in the instrument?

[PatTheAnchor]

I've forgotten how it sounds in person, but a teacher I know owns one of these Carbon Fibre cellos, and had no problems with warping, or any intonation changes.

[bacplus]

Pianospleen thanks for your reply and I understand the reasoning for the internal support.

[pakvanjdam]

because of the resonance.

[bacplus]

Does the Cello really need the internal support piece for strength?.....It is Carbon Fiber. If it were wood it would be different.

[pianoSpleen]

Carbon fibre has an insane tensile strength, but its rigidity is rather poor (it's basically a fabric whose rigidity is provided by the resin).

[1313Anna1313]

The cost on a website I looked up is, 7,139 dollars. It is a beautiful sound to it. Also it depends on the strings you put on the cello. Like gut strings have a different sound than normal metal strings. But I don't know if this needs special strings or not. It's amazing. Does it normaly have that almost electronic sound to it?

[greyhall1]

The carbon instruments do sound very very good. The greatest advantage to me is their durability. You could leave one in a snow bank overnight - dust off the snow and play it. Carbon is so stable you may not even have to retune it! The only disadvantage is that carbon is brittle so you don't want to drop one off the back of a truck - but you don't want to drop any instrument off the back of a truck!

[SprocketWars]

The cello gets me, electric bass is just not cool

[Piccobow]

I am a 3 year student cellist who is taking up bass. Bass is cool whether electric or upright. Bass upholds the music.

[robertik1234]

Vi che oxereli sovsem.Skoro roboti budut igrat' na instrumentax

[valeracell]

shock!!!

[SumSuntimelvr]

How expensive are those?

[hostroute]

I believe about $6000 which is not that much for a cello really.

[CraziiKid1990]

@hostroute Actually the average price for a good cello is around $600

you have too many zeros in there

[Bertziethegreat]

@CraziiKid1990 You can't even get a bad cello for 600.

[dromemaster7]

@CraziiKid1990  lol liez! the average price for a good cello is 3,000

[chiefwotoncf]

@dromemaster7 sorry but that is straight bull, my cello is considered average and is considerably more expensive than that. You can pay 3,000 if you want a crappy student one

[dromemaster7]

@chiefwotoncf yeah didn't know much about cellos back then :P

[chiefwotoncf]

@dromemaster7 ;)

[Salha7]

@hostroute I went on the website, it's $7139.0

[greentealovin]

@SumSuntimelvr They Also Supply Basses, and Double Basses. Those Are Usually More Expensive, At $9,000 And $11,000, Respectively

[maskscraper]

is that the carbon fibre really sounds better?

[fiddlinmatt]

not necessarily. One of these may be better than a given wooden instrument, even one of high quality or a higher price. However, these are by no means "better"

than wooden instruments just because they are carbon fiber. I have one of the violins and I've played better wooden violins... They're not necessarily superior. But they are good instruments and they do have the convenient advantages over wooden instruments, such as as durability, and holding up in adverse weather conditions.

[bluemonolith88]

i think it's all about how they make the instrument. i'd bet, though, because we can manipulate carbon fiber so much more than wood, if they put a bit of R&D money into manipulating carbon fiber's ability to conduct vibration, they can probably ever so nearly duplicate the sound quality of even the best wooden instruments - given that somebody is willing to say, "take apart my Strad, so you can duplicate how it conducts vibraton with carbon fiber material," of course.

[bassoon334]

What about a carbon fiber bassoon?

[PseudoScienceb20]

Why no carbon fiber or billet titanium bridge? I would assume a structurally stiff bridge would result in consistent notes.

[OghamTheBold]

That guy hates them holes - keeps calling them 'f holes' - you have to admire the guy's self censoring restraint

[13TH1RT33N13]

You're a goofball Ogham

[izzycroptik]

Is this beautiful or what?

[xDaniface]

I want one of these cellos so bad. Unfortunately, I'm only 13 and I don't have a job yet.

[musicwithin43]

@xDaniface yeah we all want a carbonfiber cello

[fiddlinmatt]

get it while he's still alive, he trys every one and has it adjusted personally before they leave the shop...

[ddrumsman549]

why are they like 8 grand then

[fiddlinmatt]

because it doesn't cost much to make them. People just haven't noticed or don't WANT to notice, that these instruments sound like wooden instruments that cost far more then 6-8 grand. This is the kind of thing that overturns markets. It won't happen fast. but it will slowly happen for sure. And then you can expect the price to go up I guess.

[otto989]

i think what ddrumsman thinks they cost TOO MUCH instead of the relative bargain they really are; these things play more than twice as loud as a regular wooden cello and sound great. they're smaller and more comfortable too

[1red09]

@otto989 they are a good price for a carbon fiber cello not to much

[rianizbrasil]

@ Otto989 num tomar cuidado ele vao ficar do lugar dos de madeira

pois vão ficar raros

[fhjeffery]

no wait a minute, carbon fiber, when in bulk, cost about $44 a yard, did you see how many layers go into each cello? then add the cost of the resin/hardeners, plus labor, shipping, profit, reselling to a musical store, plus their shipping and profit, it really adds up.

[fiddlinmatt]

well, I think that they sell almost exclusively over the phone to the customers, very few in stores, unless the stores buy them in the same way... but really, the instruments don't cost all that much. To get the same sound in a wooden instrument, you might pay close to the same... if you're lucky. Most people I know who have heard the cello guessed it was worth more, and most pros I know who have heard it thought it was worth a 20-30 grand cello. it's one of those "bang for your buck" ideas.

[ElectroTrashSexxcore]

I Have This Cello

It Is AMAZING

Best Instrument I've EVER Had

Seriously!!!

[basistove]

Why this cellos havent classical shape?

[Headcrabb]

???

[GrindaUP]

This cello have shape like guitar

[Headcrabb]

You people have to learn to speak English.

Correction 1: Why isn't this cello classically shaped? / Why this cello not classically shaped?

Correction 2: This cello is shaped like a guitar

Trolling or not that was just terrible

To answer the question it is because of the moulding process, the sharp corners in traditional cellos do not accommodate the carbon fibre when being they are being formed.

The shape of the carbon fibre cello does not compromise sound.

[dolofonos]

I thought they were shaped as such because acoustical engineering found the shape provide a preferred sound. I fail to see how the shape is irrelevant--it could determine a sweeter or more robust sound if changed.

[fiddlinmatt]

it definitely makes a difference. If you go on their website, you can learn more, but I guess he wanted a sleeker slimmer body for the instrument, and one way to get that was to eliminate the cornices (corners for non string players). The advantage of this is is that you get a sleek futuristic look to the instrument. Wooden instruments have these cornices because they are needed for added support to the instrument's structure, but they actually absorb sound. Taking them out gan give you more.

[veggieburgerfish]

why are people so predjudiced to foreigners on youtube?

[Headcrabb]

I had no idea where they were from, those mistakes are committed by native English speakers all the time.

[NickThuringer]

I find it quite ironic that while you berate others for their grammatical errors you actually make one yourself: 'when being they are being formed'.

Lol XD

[Headcrabb]

I know, youtube needs the ability to edit/delete comments.

My error was quite minor in perspective. The comments above mine are hardly understandable..

[Sbguitar195]

I wonder if they can do that to a double bass...

[pawnfish]

ofcourse

[NikitasGuitars]

ill make you one :-D