So I’m a cellist, I’ve been playing almost a decade. I own a cello that currently is worth around $10,000 and I really want a box cello. Totally honest. Let me know. 😂
Good to see this sense of rationale reach traditional instruments, finally. The guitar world has been full of all kinds of marketing hoopla and snobbery for centuries up until now. Especially electrics where people would (and still do to a degree) argue over scientifically unproven and even debunked fluff designed to make luthiers rich. Sorry, no cello is really worth $10,000. People just think they are.
@@denizenofclownworld4853 Maybe! I'd say it's worth whatever value it brings to a person which could easily be $10,000! A guy I know made one and spent 400 hours doing so, that time is only $25 per hour - those things are pretty huge undertakings for a skilled craftsman to make.
Really great building up a Box-Cello just just the first time and obviously a second one, being not a cellist and playing so well on them. You got my very personal respect and gain from me a virtual Grammy 🎵🎶❣️
I can't believe it. It actually has some nice resonance to it haha. Now we need to come up with the actual fold into a wooden brief case version and they'll be selling like hot cakes.
Great piece! Love the homemade cello. I watched the video where you make the cello and found it quite interesting. You did a great job! It sounds like any other cello I've ever heard.
Nice flowing piece with a great little melody. I love that low Ostinato. It would be a great Kontakt instrument to layer. Nice playing also for bowing on a homemade instrument.
Thanks! It took many takes to get it to a listenable state. About the Kontakt instrument: I spent all last weekend sampling it. Now I just need to chop up my samples and make it into a library. (So far I've just sampled sustained long notes, but I plan to do ostinato next.)
Dude this is amazing. I am a fingerstyle guitar player and I also play some cello. Recently I have thought about learning to build guitars and then i thought "hmmm, i bet building cello and guitar is pretty similar" Color me INSPIRED! Ps. I have also always scratched my head at why cellos still have tension peg tuners. .. dumb!
I know you created and composed this song in jest... but it's a beautifully created, composed and played masterpiece of music. Despite the nuances of your homemade cello instruments, the music is unique, original and stunningly beautiful. Well Done... and thank you for sharing your gift with the world...
Very impressive. A passable Cello for pennies! Just goes to show it's always worth giving an idea a try. I couldn't make it sound ok if I tried though :-)
This is actually mind-blowing. I can't believe that sound is coming from a box? So all violins and violas and cellos and basses and guitars could just be rectangular and it wouldn't make thaaaat much difference.
Incredible. Reminds me of cigar box guitars. This is resourceful and beautiful. If you sample it I wonder if you will try to recreate the "realism" of it or go for something otherworldly. It would be so funny to spend 100+ hours recording legato transitions for these instruments but at the same time a great experiment and learning process. Very curious what you think of sampling in this context.
Thanks! So far, I've decided to stick to regular "sustain" samples (as well as spiccato and pizzicato) and not worry about legato. It just seems too crazy for such a bizarre niche instrument. :)
Would share the sheet music for this piece. My 14yo son has played cello for 5th and 6th grade orchestra and now in the 8th grade. He loves your piece here and would like to learn it.
There is a simple scientific reason why David Hilowitz is able to create surprisingly good sound out of this cheaply made box cello. The fact is that a simple rectangular box with the correct proportion is the most efficient resonating chamber possible. It beats the curvy shape of the traditional violin family of instruments easily despite its "ugly" look.
Looks like an old fashioned painters box. You could probably pick one up at a place where they sell artist paints. (Without the fancy patina of course).
So did you build a second one with the two holes on the sound board and a lighter finish or did you refinished the first one you made and add sound holes? Cool composition !!!!!
This is so discouraging being a carpenters son I know plenty about wood work but I have no musical talent. So now I'm contemplating building a box cello and maybe find someone who is gifted with musical ability.
So I guess all the expertise and woodworking mastery of Luthiers is all nonsense because you can basically just make one out of a box and it sounds great lol.
what recording technique is used here.? is the piezo going into an amp? and also do you have a room mic as well? very curious on your mix. it turned out great.
So I’m a cellist, I’ve been playing almost a decade. I own a cello that currently is worth around $10,000 and I really want a box cello. Totally honest. Let me know. 😂
The thing sounds marvelous doesn't it? lol love it
I have made a cardboard box "cello". It, however, does sound horrible.
Good to see this sense of rationale reach traditional instruments, finally. The guitar world has been full of all kinds of marketing hoopla and snobbery for centuries up until now. Especially electrics where people would (and still do to a degree) argue over scientifically unproven and even debunked fluff designed to make luthiers rich.
Sorry, no cello is really worth $10,000. People just think they are.
@@denizenofclownworld4853 Maybe! I'd say it's worth whatever value it brings to a person which could easily be $10,000! A guy I know made one and spent 400 hours doing so, that time is only $25 per hour - those things are pretty huge undertakings for a skilled craftsman to make.
I feel ya. This is in a different class than a $10k cello… and that’s why it’s so cool!
Wow! I am really impressed he's got three other identical brothers that can also play the cello!
🤣🤣🤣
The definitive video I will show to any person complaining they need a better instrument to play better.
I thought at first glance it was a WWI trench cello....well done!
Wow. Thanks for this comment. I just googled "trench cello". It _really_ looks similar! Very, very cool.
Or a morin khuur with 4 strings!
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Really great building up a Box-Cello just just the first time and obviously a second one, being not a cellist and playing so well on them. You got my very personal respect and gain from me a virtual Grammy 🎵🎶❣️
Now I want to make a celo
This is fantastic! I've fantasized about making a box cello. I just haven't done it yet. Nice!
Two set needs to review the sacraligeous violins that have made.
I know, right? :)
best suitcase I've ever heard
This fellow rocks with his mellow box cello
To be playing the cello for the first time. That sounds good. Keep it up.never give up on the cello.
OMG I have two old painting boxes just like that! Guess I’ve got a project! Thanks so much.
I loooove this! It removes such a big barrier to entry for my favorite strings I can't own. Maybe I'll make one too!
Buzzing on the bass part/cello, sounds like a hurdy gurdy's bark. I like it.
I can't believe it. It actually has some nice resonance to it haha. Now we need to come up with the actual fold into a wooden brief case version and they'll be selling like hot cakes.
You have humour that I enjoy
Thank you for taking the time to upload and share...
You put your town on the map...
That's glorious... Perfect job and very nice music and professional play. Thank you very much to share !
Dig it. Didn't expect it to sound so well. Nice piece.
Great piece! Love the homemade cello. I watched the video where you make the cello and found it quite interesting. You did a great job! It sounds like any other cello I've ever heard.
I've got this tune stuck in my head and it won't go away! It's hypnotic. It makes for perfect Indy film music.
Very nice rounding tone! Super!
This is amazing. It sounds so good.
Nice flowing piece with a great little melody. I love that low Ostinato.
It would be a great Kontakt instrument to layer. Nice playing also for bowing on a homemade instrument.
Thanks! It took many takes to get it to a listenable state. About the Kontakt instrument: I spent all last weekend sampling it. Now I just need to chop up my samples and make it into a library. (So far I've just sampled sustained long notes, but I plan to do ostinato next.)
Beautiful....love the song...
Wonderful piece of equipment! Beautiful music.
Beautiful
Beautiful Cello and beautiful beautiful melody !!! Thank you so much. You gave me the strengh to make my own. Thank you for sharing these video...
This is awesome!
Wow! That is beautiful :) I watched you make the cello first and now this! Great content and music!
I am so thankful I've found your series, absolutely lovely.
That sounds great. Would love to try making one of these.
That box sounds great!!!
Dude this is amazing. I am a fingerstyle guitar player and I also play some cello. Recently I have thought about learning to build guitars and then i thought "hmmm, i bet building cello and guitar is pretty similar"
Color me INSPIRED!
Ps. I have also always scratched my head at why cellos still have tension peg tuners. .. dumb!
Great work David, the instrument sounds awesome and great musical composition!
Sounds legit mate.
thats awesome man, you deserve more press
Impressive to say the least!! Thanks for sharing
very inspirational on to the workbench I go
So cool David!
Fantastic!
sweet job
Proof that the player is more important than the instrument
Love this
Beautiful piece.
So Cool! want one!
Both cello videos are amazing. Subbed
I love this!
fantastic sound ! I want one too :-)
That is so many kinds of awesome.
I know you created and composed this song in jest... but it's a beautifully created, composed and played masterpiece of music. Despite the nuances of your homemade cello instruments, the music is unique, original and stunningly beautiful. Well Done... and thank you for sharing your gift with the world...
Beautiful!
Ilove it ,,,, you must visit Philippines
Awake that place with your music
Yull be gifted
By the heavens .
beautiful
David you are an insane composer. If I'm in your country I would become a student!
What in the hell! sounds fantastic.
NAILED it!
That's really pretty
I'm glad we escaped the stifling family melancholy of the Stätl and headed out onto the prairie!💕
Love your music! Very inspiring
I'm not a cello maker, but I think it sounds a lot pretty much like one, with very few differences, as the size of the "box" will let you hear.
Very impressive. A passable Cello for pennies! Just goes to show it's always worth giving an idea a try. I couldn't make it sound ok if I tried though :-)
Bonjour félicitations pour votre travail...donne envie de fabriquer le sien...me fait penser a ces fameuses ciguarbox...cordialement
If you played this on the street people would give you so much money.
This is actually mind-blowing. I can't believe that sound is coming from a box? So all violins and violas and cellos and basses and guitars could just be rectangular and it wouldn't make thaaaat much difference.
yes, I told myself it must be fake
well i think the only thing that stops people from doing such instruments, is the apearance, otherwise we would have boxshaped everything lol
Great !
you're crazy and i can't believe you did this. lol, cheers!
Incredible. Reminds me of cigar box guitars. This is resourceful and beautiful. If you sample it I wonder if you will try to recreate the "realism" of it or go for something otherworldly. It would be so funny to spend 100+ hours recording legato transitions for these instruments but at the same time a great experiment and learning process. Very curious what you think of sampling in this context.
Thanks! So far, I've decided to stick to regular "sustain" samples (as well as spiccato and pizzicato) and not worry about legato. It just seems too crazy for such a bizarre niche instrument. :)
This sounds like a Super Mario Galaxy level, in the best way 👏
Jaja best video I’ve seen today
Would share the sheet music for this piece. My 14yo son has played cello for 5th and 6th grade orchestra and now in the 8th grade. He loves your piece here and would like to learn it.
There is a simple scientific reason why David Hilowitz is able to create surprisingly good sound out of this cheaply made box cello. The fact is that a simple rectangular box with the correct proportion is the most efficient resonating chamber possible. It beats the curvy shape of the traditional violin family of instruments easily despite its "ugly" look.
Bravo
I really like this little piece :) Do you hace the score for sale somewhere?
Is that the raw sound or is there some processing. It was hauntingly beautiful. Well done.
Did the holes make a difference in the sound? Love the timbre and texture of this instrument's sound.
WOW Unbelievable.
Do have more information on the box? In particular the wood thickness and species. Love the tone
Looks like an old fashioned painters box. You could probably pick one up at a place where they sell artist paints. (Without the fancy patina of course).
You can watch his previous video - he actually made it out of an old wooden suitcase.
So did you build a second one with the two holes on the sound board and a lighter finish or did you refinished the first one you made and add sound holes? Cool composition !!!!!
This is brilliant and beautiful! I feel so inspired to build one for myself. May I ask if the fingerboards on these were radiused of left flat?
how long is the neck? I am working on building one I just want to make sure I have the right dimensions
Tutorial?
This is so discouraging being a carpenters son I know plenty about wood work but I have no musical talent. So now I'm contemplating building a box cello and maybe find someone who is gifted with musical ability.
So I guess all the expertise and woodworking mastery of Luthiers is all nonsense because you can basically just make one out of a box and it sounds great lol.
what recording technique is used here.? is the piezo going into an amp? and also do you have a room mic as well? very curious on your mix. it turned out great.
Nice, but I guess you added a bunch of reverb?
You actually composed stuff for it 😂😂
Do you respond to these posts
Stradivari and Ko have a rest
Fan Freakin Tastic! :-D
This is unreal. The fingerboard isn’t radiused with the bridge. The music is real but played on a real cello.
a little bit of reverb goes a looong way