electric cello - any recommendations?

[alyctes]

I've recently got my cello back in working order after many years, but the walls are thin at home and I can't run it through headphones as I do with bass guitars. So, I'm thinking about an electric cello. Budget is not large - say £250 maximum.

Can anyone comment on the electric cellos out there? Any experiences would be welcome.

thanks

Mike

[lowdown]

Have you looked at the Harley Benton HBCE ?
We got one for my son from Thomann - he gets on ok with it.

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Garry

Edited May 8, 2012 by lowdown

[alyctes]

Thanks Garry, appreciated.

Edited May 15, 2012 by alyctes

[bartelby]

I didn't see this... I didn't see this!!!

[alyctes]

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[Lfalex v1.1]

What you [i]really[/i] don't need to know about electric 'cello is that the 5 string (yes, they do them!) is tuned FCGDA. As in the "F" above our beloved open "E". So you could double any 4 string bass lines by down-tuning... But the fingering patterns would be wildly different as they're tuned in fifths, not fourths.
Then there's that "bow" thing...

Still, played well, a 'cello can sound quite lovely. And being electric, you could use FX and an amp and... and.... and..

Frankly, I'm tempted.
More than by those pesky 6 string things.