The New Jordan Electric Cello

I've been dreaming about a new cello for years.......................... Haven't you?
Being an amateur performing electric cellist myself, I've spent literally years of thoughts and dreams on the question of what the ultimate electric cello design would be for me. This drive towards perfection causes me to continually consider what could and should be done, that hasn't been done yet. It took quite a few years to get from the rough initial sketches to the fully evolved design I'm offering now. This 2003 design represents my most current vision, truly the cello of my dreams. This striking new design while visually asymmetrical maintains symmetry in its contact points. This new design is far more complicated to construct than my original design requiring large complex joints and precision routed channels. I think of the electric cello not just as a functional instrument, but as a work of art to be interpreted by an artist with a vision. The vision has materialized and the dream has become reality!

Designed and built by John Jordan, a recognized violin maker.
Use of precision geared tuning machines ensures excellent tuning stability and fine tuners are provided for convenience and familiarity.
All normal contact points as well as standard cello geometry and proportion are maintained allowing any cello transducer system to be used and the solidbody design ensures no feedback even at stage volume.

Read a Product Review of Jordan Electric Violins from STRINGS Magazine

Visit the JORDAN ELECTRIC CELLO Photo Gallery
Visit the Wood Gallery to see examples of beautiful woods we use.

The JORDAN ELECTRIC CELLO standard four string New model features maple neck thru body finished in a solid opaque color of your choice and a Barbera Standard transducer bridge. $7,000.

See options below to determine the price of an instrument with options as preferred.

ADDITIONAL UPGRADES

Five string cello - add $1,400
Six string cello - add $2,200
Fingerboard Extention (For Low E on the F string - on five and six string cellos only) - add $220
Fretted fingerboard - add $430

WOOD AND FINISH UPGRADES

Pearlescent or metallic finishes - add $60
Heavily flamed maple with transparent finish - add $1,200
Exotic hardwood body - add $1,200 & up
Holoflash, or other custom finish - add $320 & up
Harlequin color shifting finishes - add $580
Gold plated metal hardware - add $100
Custom Inlays - quoted individually

OTHER TRANSDUCER OPTIONS

RMC Transducer Bridge with Polydrive Preamp - add $400
Alternative Transducers, Internal and external preamplifiers - Quoted individually

CASES

Many brands and options available including BAM - Quoted individually

AMPLIFICATION

There are many excellent choices of amplifiers that work well with electric cello. Most of the best choices are designed as acoustic instrument amplifiers as these have ultra-high impedance inputs that match ideally with the types of transducers used to sense the string vibrations, and they are designed for accurate sound reproduction. There are far too many brands and models to list all the possibilities, but here are some of the most popular choices: Acoustic Image Coda and Contra, AER (many models to choose from including AcoustCube IIa and BassCube), Fishman Loudbox Pro, and SWR California Blonde.

BOWS Any conventional bow can be used with our electric instruments. For those players who are thinking of a modern bow to match with their new electric cello, we offer the full CodaBow line of graphite-fiber bows including the CodaBow Electric, the first bow designed with electric cellists in mind. These fine bows are available at special prices when purchased with our cellos.

AUTHORIZED DEALERS FOR JORDAN ELECTRIC CELLOS

Currently, there are no dealers stocking our electric cellos.The dealers below could accept orders on a special order basis. If there is no dealer in your area, you may purchase directly from Jordan Electric Violins.

INTERNATIONAL DEALERS

Judicael Strings York House 80 Leeds Road Huddersfield
West Yorkshire HD1 6DD UK Tel.# 0870 1993131 (building access and parking is at the rear of the building on Gas Works Street)
Tel.# (eves.) 01484 329203 Email: info@judicael.co.uk (UK distributors for Jordan Electric Violins)

Maison TASSET sprl Bd. Piercot, 31-b
4000 Liege BELGIUM Tel.# (00 32) (0) 4 223 43 47
Email: info@tasset.com (for Belgian customers, and any other French speaking or continental European customers)

U.S.A. DEALERS

Discount String Center - The Woodwind and the Brasswind 4004 Technology Drive   South Bend Indiana 46628   (866) 849 -3477 (also with stores in New York, NY and Paris, France)
Elderly Instruments   1100 N. Washington    Lansing, MI 48906   (517) 372-7890
Electric Violin Shop 5314 Highway 55, Suite 102 Durham NC 27713 (919) 806-3311 Email: info@ElectricViolinShop.com
Groth Music 8056 Nicollet Ave. So.   Bloomington, MN 55420 (800) 969-4772 Email: strings@yahoo.com
Gryphon Stringed Instruments   211 Lambert Ave.   Palo Alto, CA 94306 (888) 493-2131
Phillip Injeian Violin Shop 905 Penn Ave.   Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (800)553-8742 Email: pinjeian@fyi.net
Singing Strings Music   49 Shaker Road    Belmont, NH 03220   (603) 267-7186
Thomas Metzler Violin Shop   604 S. Central Ave. Glendale, CA 91204 (818) 246-0278

Contact Us Via Email
Back to Main Page