How to Set Up a Student Cello Correctly

Many cellos are sold in boxes direct from the factory. At Omega Music, every cello, regardless of price goes through a full set up process to ensure it is ready to play when it arrives. www.omegamusic....

[@happyhonker123]

As a luthier I can say this is bad advice. Firstly, you should never put the bridge up when the sound post is missing. It warps the top and gives a false reading on string height. Secondly, you need to put all 4 strings on with full tension to split the cello legs when making the final bridge height adjustment. You can't just lay the strings lightly like you can on a violin. Thirdly, invest in a proper knife. The boxcutter gets blunt extremely easily making it a safety hazard when cutting into quality maple. Fourthly, There is no such thing as a correct setup for a student cello. All cello should be set up the same way regardless of quality.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@CC-hv9ei With an Electric Bowed instrument no need to worry about that sound post cause you plug in and play, the bridge sits on that contact mic.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@CC-hv9ei Your teacher has to change that to where you have easier action, Electric Cellos solve that problem with their flatter body.

[@BrianSutherlandSongs]

3:44 awesome left hand technique guy who helped assemble our Wal-Mart instrument. Way to go you!

[@kcee54]

That is a digital synth cello track written in midi i can guarantee you that

[@eduardosacasa5007]

no shit

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@eduardosacasa5007 It's designed in a way to sound like a Normal Cello.

[@austincarter9523]

Nothing beats good old CG cello sound

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

My Cello is a 5 String Acoustic-Electric in Blue made by Yinfente which really works. All I need to do is attach that sound post. I know that the bridge goes on the Piezo Pickup (aka Contact Mic) and it's marked to show you how it goes, the Yinfente logo points towards the tailpiece.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

I just ordered a Yinfente 5 String Cello & it should be here soon.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The 5 String Cello has a High E String which is an Octave below the same String on the Violin. It's ideal for playing Violin pieces on the Cello.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Strings are basiclly Flatwounds.

[@bertramraven3657]

Bridge adjustment: yes, Sound post adjustment: yes, reaming out the pegs and filing the nut when new: the sign of a bad cello. Those things will need adjusting down the line, but needing to do this when new is worrying.

[@siljemolstad7627]

Usually I get bored while watching these kinda videos, but not with this vid actually lol

[@jessenelson8906]

I enjoyed most of your video but about half way through it I didn't understand what you said about the measurement of strings from finger board....How far should the strings be from the finger board....?

[@karzankarem3198]

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[@fnurkblatt]

It sounds fine on my speakers. (ESI nEar05). Why listen to music stuff on youtube on crappy speakers?

[@knowledgeispowerfful]

What's the name of the cello piece playing in the backgrd? Thanks for sharing.

[@katiecalmeyn]

Cello Suite No. 1 by Bach

[@jessenelson8906]

I think you said measurement must be rough factory measurement. I have no idea what that is.....

[@GALOKk1]

I want to know the name of the white paste was put into sattel and strings, thanks

[@PilotFlo]

Don't know, but instead of some paste you can use a realley soft pencil.

[@GALOKk1]

Thanks , I have graphite lubricate

[@GALOKk1]

I take your advice thanks

[@72odair]

Thanks

[@rinaldofaria]

Which higher of the strings should I use to make a good string action? And, where can I take that measure (at the bottom of the fingerboard)?

[@edwinsantos3519]

Rinaldo Faria

[@rinaldofaria]

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[@GeorgeGeorgalis]

OMG, Plonk! 1:25

[@eduardosacasa5007]

interesting, but the background music is an insult to Bach's memory

[@AlexLydiate]

You're a cello shop...and you've got a computer butchering Bach on the soundtrack? That's a wrong 'un.

[@hminkema]

No nonsense responses, please. You wouldn't accept them from any customer. The synthetic 'cello' sound is ugly on *any* sound system, including my excellent Hi-Fi sound card with my ditto Hi-Fi speakers, thank you very much. Besides, the problem is not that you have no professional recording studio, but that you made a terrible choice regarding the 'cello music' that accompanies your otherwise very well made video. Particularly because Bach's cello suites are among the best loved cello pieces!

[@TheHexeract]

lol, wut? Midi has nothing to do with how realistic something sounds.

[@mjwayne10]

The beginning song is from degrassi

[@matiastoro204]

Someone knows what is called the tool that appears in the 2:35 minute of the video?

[@zdenekgavenda4013]

file (rasper)

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

OmegaMusicUK What would be better if they use Planetary Pegs cause it's easier.

[@Rylee_G]

The fact that the background cello is midi

[@Theobetei]

Please you could someone give me a hint on how to take off the ebony scale glued from Cello arm. Luthiery'm learning by myself, because I live far from the large urban centers of my country. I intend to form a first musical group with stringed instruments in my municipality. I am very grateful.

[@maydaygalliard]

Very nice! (Pity the Bach is MIDI, not real ! :)

[@santhemooncrystal796]

The case was kinda nice, but not nearly as nice as my bam newtech case

[@OmegaMusicUK]

Sound varies dependent on people's sound systems. On home computers this is rarely very good. Plus, we set up cellos, we don't have a professional recording studio - the music is an accompaniment, not the object of the video.

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

This comment is insulting, you know that, right?

[@BvsMAcosh]

Correctly? More like perfectly.

[@R4MUSICxVx]

it's a synth cello... but not a midi.... the midi is more unrealisric

[@hminkema]

How can you chose such ugly synthetic cello sounds to accompany your video? It totally undermines your goal of convincing us that you are after the best natural sound possible for the cello's you sell.

[@victoriousfan100]

now i dont really like cello..

[@OmegaMusicUK]

Whatever the music is like isn't the point of the video. It isn't a music video.

[@kjetilschjanderluhr581]

Oh, but it is! 1. You choose to have music playing in the background. 2. The video is about a quality setup of the instrument featured in said music. 3. That thing we hear should be a cello. It isn't. 4. People start to wonder about your commitment to quality. 5. The devil is in the details, as they say. 6. Next time, even an iPhone recording would do.