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My (new) Cello
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Author: Roshi on January 28 2008
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After about a month of searching, I am glad to say that I have found my cello! I've been renting for the past year and a half, struggling with this cheap rental. But now I'm the proud owner of a Rudoulf Doetsch, pre-owned but much loved.

I tried four cellos before deciding on this one. One of them, a Samuel Shen, was quite a nice one for the price - it played really nicely (bowing from string to string felt really great), but somehow, it felt like it had an attitude. I think we could've been acquaintances, but never friends.

The Doetsch on the other hand, is really friendly and has a nice warm tone...I think with a few adjustments, I'll be happy with it for a long time. I love the reddish antiqued finish, and the lower registers are especially warm and enveloping. I'm working on the Sarabande from the 1st Bach suite and those long chords just sound so great... Also, distorted and reverbed, it sounds like a dream.

Playing the Doetsch is really like a new world - bowing techniques I was struggling with on the rental just are so much easier...and my vibrato sounds worlds better...I feel like a new cellist. At the same time, I'm glad I struggled with the rental for so long, because I really really appreciate my (new) instrument.

It's going to get a lot of use. Yesterday evening my friends asked me if I'd record some backing tracks on an album they're working on...so that was really exciting. Plus the unrecnow / ooray collaboration is still going strong. Not to mention the ooray and miniwave projects will have a lot of cello involved as well...

I will put up some recordings of my cello tonight, when I get back...
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01/28/08 +  sAMsKi
great stuff Roshi! i love the feeling when going up a grade (or three) in terms of the instrument you play...enjoy!
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01/28/08 +  utofbu
cant wait Roshi!
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01/28/08 +  yghartsyrt
yay for new instrument.

love the enthusiasm
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01/28/08 +  ricemutt
yeah congrats man!

I got derailed on guitar--but I'mg etting back into it--and if I can get my chops back to speed and can justify buying a new guitar, I really need to get one. It makes a huge difference! I'm getting tired of always being out of tune when playing harmonies in the upper register of the thing...
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01/28/08 +  mlbot
why is your violin so big?
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01/28/08 +  mixedtape
awesome! i love cello, they look as beautiful as they sound.
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01/28/08 +  Lara
congrats!
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01/28/08 +  Roshi
mlbot said: "why is your violin so big?"


No I'm really small
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01/28/08 +  Squeal
That's rad. Cellos rock.
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01/28/08 +  tantan
smaples now

or bring it over and demo me up
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01/28/08 +  ignatius
awesome for you maeng! that's great. i'm stoked for you.

now, make sure you don't leave it on a park bench or on the bus OK. that seems to happen a lot w/you string players.. you just leave your 300 year old violin in the mens room at chuck-e-cheese then i hear about it on NPR.
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01/28/08 +  SenorFrio
NPR always has news items about Chuck-e-cheese! What's up with that?

Nice looking cello Roshi! Bring the samples!
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01/28/08 +  prugelknaben
congrats! i felt like that when i bought a new guitar a month back. it feels so good!
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01/28/08 +  Roshi
ignatius said: "now, make sure you don't leave it on a park bench or on the bus OK. that seems to happen a lot w/you string players.. you just leave your 300 year old violin in the mens room at chuck-e-cheese then i hear about it on NPR."


LOL, I'm not Larry Craig, so that probably won't happen.
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01/28/08 +  MonkeyPlus1
cool! btw, I wanna hear more miniwave stuff, you guys still working on that?
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