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

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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. We have tried all of the major manufacturer's products and have chosen to be a USA dealer for the Headway Shire King 120 and Shire King 60 We haven't heard anything yet we like better than these. There are far too many brands and models to list all the other possibilities, but here are some of the other popular choices: AER (many models to choose from including Alpha and AcoustCube IIa), Fishman Loudbox 100 and Loudbox Performer, SWR California Blonde, and Trace Acoustic TA-50R and TA-100R.

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.

STRINGS

We highly recommend Super-Sensitive Sensicore Strings for our cellos. Super-Sensitive makes the special low and high pitched strings for our extended range instruments and their standard pitch strings are also unsurpassed in quality. These will be the strings that come stock on your Jordan Cello and you can always order replacements sets from us.

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

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

Brooklyn Gig Ce nter   557 10th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 (917) 796-8705 Email: sales@brooklyngigcenter.com
Electric Violin Shop 5314 Highway 55, Suite 102 Durham NC 27713 (866) 900-8400 Email: info@ElectricViolinShop.com
Elderly Instruments   1100 N. Washington    Lansing, MI 48906   (517) 372-7890
Fiddle Center 300 East Main St. (Rt 9) East Brookfield, MA 01515 (866) 490-0054 Email: info@fiddlecenter.com
Fiddles and Sticks 669 North Ave. Winder, GA 30680 (770) 867-5228 Email: bhurley@mindspring.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 Email: llleeellleee1@yahoo.com
Thomas Metzler Violin Shop   604 S. Central Ave. Glendale, CA 91204 (818) 246-0278

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