Larrivee & Cello

[B0WIE]

How'd the violin turn out?
 

On topic... I'm going to take this cello to a fellow at a local university soon and he's going to set it up properly.  I took it to a guy in Dallas a while back and he didn't do much for it.  Then it sat.  Again.  Playing this thing is a beast (keeping it in tune!) and I finally figured out it needs a good look from someone in-the-know.  My wife has messed around with it but hasn't gotten very far.  Hopefully she can after it's set up better.  We shall see.  It sure looks pretty in the corner though, no matter what. 

Thanks for asking. I undertook so many woodworking projects this spring that I developed a repetitive stress injury. Actually, several, in both hands. Bad enough that I couldn't play guitar or do anything normally. It wasn't getting better so I got a cortisone shot in August and have been in physical therapy for 4 months. I'm finally to the point where I'm 90% recovered and catching up on life. I'm finishing the amp I had to pause on and I hope to tackle the violin this coming spring.

[Silence Dogood]

Thanks for asking. I undertook so many woodworking projects this spring that I developed a repetitive stress injury. Actually, several, in both hands. Bad enough that I couldn't play guitar or do anything normally. It wasn't getting better so I got a cortisone shot in August and have been in physical therapy for 4 months. I'm finally to the point where I'm 90% recovered and catching up on life. I'm finishing the amp I had to pause on and I hope to tackle the violin this coming spring.

Dang, man, I'm sorry to hear that but glad to hear you're on the mend. 

I knew a lady once who made her own violin.  She lived a long and very full life, unmarried with no children, and did all kinds of interesting things.  Her house was full of odd bits and souvenirs from decades of creativity. 

I remember seeing the violin on a shelf and being blown away upon learning that she'd built it.  And not only built it, but did so using basic tools she had around the house.  Granted, it was a little rough but the whole thing was damn impressive. 

I made a flat-top mandolin once with a friend in his garage workshop. It was unplayable and becoming lovingly referred to as "the wood turd."  It did look pretty cool, and we had great fun making it.  Unfortunately it got destroyed at some point. 

I hope you'll post some pics of your violin when it's finished one of these days. 

[magnusvalhalla]

World-class cellist Tina Guo added on two tracks of my band's album, Crooked Nail. She used her Yamaha signature model electric cello. The titles are "Bonesnapper Boogie", and "Knuckledraggers Waltz". It's on all the streaming services, if anyone is curious. She's friends with our sax player. I believe we got her for a Friends & Family discount, lol!

[B0WIE]

World-class cellist Tina Guo added on two tracks of my band's album, Crooked Nail. She used her Yamaha signature model electric cello. The titles are "Bonesnapper Boogie", and "Knuckledraggers Waltz". It's on all the streaming services, if anyone is curious. She's friends with our sax player. I believe we got her for a Friends & Family discount, lol!

How cool. I have one of her albums.

[Denis]

I collaborate with a fellow in Norway.  We've released plenty of guitar duets in the past but recently, he purchased a cello to start recording with.  He's really new to it but he's a talented musician and has quickly worked out some nice stuff.  Here's our latest release.  I'm playing my Larrivee 00-24 tuned to DADGAD and he put some lovely cello over it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnRSJ3bcYgo

[mike in lytle]

I collaborate with a fellow in Norway.  We've released plenty of guitar duets in the past but recently, he purchased a cello to start recording with.  He's really new to it but he's a talented musician and has quickly worked out some nice stuff.  Here's our latest release.  I'm playing my Larrivee 00-24 tuned to DADGAD and he put some lovely cello over it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnRSJ3bcYgo

You should have had a new thread for this.
It is really good. I had my headphones on and looking west out the back window (ranch land and huge live oaks in the distance) with the sun going down, and I imagined I was in a movie.
Mike

[Silence Dogood]

I collaborate with a fellow in Norway.  We've released plenty of guitar duets in the past but recently, he purchased a cello to start recording with.  He's really new to it but he's a talented musician and has quickly worked out some nice stuff.  Here's our latest release.  I'm playing my Larrivee 00-24 tuned to DADGAD and he put some lovely cello over it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnRSJ3bcYgo

Wow, what an insanely beautiful piece of music!  It sounds like the best kind of movie soundtrack music.  I've saved it to a playlist on YT. Really nice work!

*** typed my reply the same time Mike did.  I agree, this needs its own thread.

[Silence Dogood]

You should have had a new thread for this.
It is really good. I had my headphones on and looking west out the back window (ranch land and huge live oaks in the distance) with the sun going down, and I imagined I was in a movie.
Mike

...and I just imagined I was in a novel.  Very well-written.  You really put me there.

[Denis]

Thanks guys.  I like it too!  Liked it when I came up with that guitar part.  My 00-24 doesn't get played enough.  I've developed an obsession with classical guitars.  What are you gonna do??  I do love the cello though! 

Tommy, my Norwegian friend, and I do really well with Spotify mostly.  But we're pretty much everywhere, Apple, Youtube, Pandora, Spotify....etc.  He's quite good with the mixing and mastering stuff too. We both collaborate with tons of other people we've met online. 

[Riverbend]

I collaborate with a fellow in Norway.  We've released plenty of guitar duets in the past but recently, he purchased a cello to start recording with.  He's really new to it but he's a talented musician and has quickly worked out some nice stuff.  Here's our latest release.  I'm playing my Larrivee 00-24 tuned to DADGAD and he put some lovely cello over it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnRSJ3bcYgo

Outstanding piece of music! Comfortable and warm from the first notes.

[Silence Dogood]

My wife has had this cello for a couple years and hasn't gotten very far with it.  A while back I took it to a guy in a shop over in Dallas to see if he could do anything with it.  He made some adjustments (not much else) and sold me some better strings, which I installed myself.  She still had to fight with the thing.  I recently found a guy at a local university with a really cool little workshop.  I took the cello to him and he's going to get setup the best it can be for what it is.  It's apparently not the best cello (didn't think so when I bought it) but it should be ok for what she wants to do.  Apparently, even a "decent" student cello starts around $5k.  Sheesh.  Glad I play guitar!

[Silence Dogood]

I went to a nice chamber music concert over the weekend where the fellow was playing an Italian cello made in the 1740s (the bow was also some rare item).  He spoke a bit about the cello but I was distracted by the instrument itself and missed some of his presentation.  Seems like it's on loan to the local symphony from some rich patron (like happens with violins).  I kept thinking of all the places that thing must've been over the centuries. Quite fascinating! 

It looked to be a bit smaller than modern cellos and had a very mid range-focused tone: but when he dug in on the lower strings the thing really growled.  I was sitting very close to him and the sound was heavenly. 

[teh]

Harry Chapin was one of my main influences who brought the cello into his music. It really added a new dimension to his music and live performances.

[StringPicker6]

Harry Chapin had some amazing songs. Died too young...

[Myopic Squirrel]

Yo Yo Ma was on Colbert last week and in the course of the interview demonstrated replicating some sounds whales make with his cello. Showed him in a boat in Hawaii, sitting on the deck playing - cool! Admittedly easily entertained, I've always been intrigued with whales' communications  And his "Over the Rainbow" rendition was very cool!

As an aside - seeing his energy level at age 70 was also very cool!