It’s a BUY... no consistent difference from just listening (did it feel much different?) .... which is very encouraging... you don’t have to be rich, you just need to keep growing in your skill. 🥰
Yes I can hear the difference now, especially on Tarantella when the bow leaves the string. I can hear the resonance as you hop off, and also the deeper notes sound more chocolate like. I have recently upgraded from $149 cheap bow to $550 Coda bow NX. Even that small upgrade showed me the huge difference between bows and has allowed me to progress more in my musicality than expected. I am currently saving for a much better bow while I practice Bach. Thank you again for these videos.
Whilst it is possible to hear the difference, perhaps beautiful sound still largely depends on the cellist. Beautiful ❤I’m reminded to practice every time I listen to you @iliaLaporevcellist
Would have liked to hear some spicatto...off the string strokes. Then we would likely heard more ugly noise from the cheaper bow. Bow a was the cheap one. It did have a little junk in the tone. Clearly the cheap bow is good for the money. Where did you get it?? I'll get my students to buy... lol.
Ilia I SPENT about an hour or more at a violin shop trying a bunch of their cello bows costing over thousands of dollars ( some were under a thousand) for my new traditional cello and I kid you not the best sound and comfort I got from a bow only cost me less than 500 dollars! U could have knocked me over with a feather when they told me the price on the bow! It was not a fluke I tried all those bows again and I kept going back to that same bow! It brought out a huge sound from my cello and the grip felt good. Moment I won't forget. It drives me crazy that people mortgage their homes for a cello or would spent their life savings over a bow when you can get a good quality cello for about 5,000. Mine was was is 8000. My L&C was a little over 7000.
They're different colors! There's no guessing! The silver one (bow b, the expensive one) sounds clearer to me, but the $99 (green, bow a) is pretty darn good! If pressed for money, I'd have no qualms with the $99 one!!! Where do we buy this?
The Glasser is a heavier cello bow and after 30 minutes of scale practice my wrist an hand began to hurt. But my $800 cello bow I can play all day without any PAIN. It is important to invest in a quality now you can afford,that us comfortable for you to play on for hours on end.
I have a $150 P&H carbon fiber bow, and I love it. There are no luthier within 150 miles of me... So being able to replace my own bow hair is my most important requirement
People pay too much attention to the price of bows, cellos and many other. I saw people playing beautifully on cheap chinese instruments, saw people making beautiful photos with cheap equipment. Talent and hard work - that's what matters
The metal next to wear your index finger rests are different colors. The $99 bow had yellowish stripes (a) and his expensive bow looked like a solid metal gray (b).
I think once you get to $1000 and upwards, the difference is negligible. While the difference between a $30 and $1000 bow might be obvious, the more you spend from that point the less difference there is. In other words bow prices are on an extreme exponential curve. Even if I was an advanced player I would never spend $3000 on a bow. That amount of cash would be better spent on a few sets of the best strings you can afford, plus an advance expert luthier set up and adjustment (sound post, bridge etc). You are a great player so both of the bows help you make a wonderful sound.
Hi Ilia, this was a great video, I found that I could be much more attentive to the differences in sound that each bow created. I would be interested to know what the weight differences are between each bow, is the $99 bow that you used a bit heavier or lighter at the frog than that $3000 bow that you used? I am looking for a new bow at the moment, so I am trying to work out whether I will benefit from something that is a bit heavier or a bit lighter. Thank you from New Zealand!
Thank you so much! Good question. I play on a 7/8 because it is really comfortable to play on. But of course it depends all on the instrument. In my case the instrument just hugged since we met and we felt immediately a connection between the two of us.
The bow used in the “b” designated performances sounded Iike the $3,000 one. I heard more resonance from the cello and a brighter sound. The $99 bow sounded darker and there was less depth in the sound. Good to know that a $99 bow can provide acceptable performance for aspiring cellists.
I couldn't hear a lot of difference . maybe in articulation. At your level of playing you can make 100.00 bow sound good. for me the 2900.00 diff in price doesn't justify the sound difference. playability is subjective too.
I can't really tell the difference, not sure if it's obvious for you when playing it, but it might be easier for us listening if you could upgrade your mic for recording with a pair of Sony ECM-100N mics or a pair of Neumann KM184 MT, although you would have to sell your expensive bow to buy one of those 😀
I can hear the difference between the 2. The more expensive draws more "ring" out your cello. Bows are all so unique and finding one that draws a best sound out of your instrument is key and sometimes it's not the most expensive that does that.
Your cello? Your ability? You could play with a pool cue and it would sound good. I also play electric guitar. If you play an adequate guitar (well set up) though a good amp, it sounds good, reverse, not the case. Maybe the $99 bow in this instance is a well set up guitar.
I have a $100 bow and a $1000 bow. The difference is great. The cheap one is heavy and unwieldy. The expensive one is lighter and more agile. The sound it creates is much better.
I hear no difference between the two bows. I think only the player will FEEL the difference. Personally, I think that the most important difference between bows is the relative ease of producing spiccato. I enjoyed hearing your rich playing.
To my untrained ear, the difference was very slight but more noticable with certain pieces. My takeaway from this is, the skill of the Bowman maketh the bow. PS: For $3000 that dam bow better come with a white cello, a Yamaha CLP 745 in polished ebony and a convertible mini Cooper in baby blue, for good measure! 😁
It's easy for you to transpose your technique on a cheap bow because you already explored it on a really expensive bow (far from 3000 😅) , so you know how to play. The difference would be more significant if it was a 3rd grade cellist who was testing both of them. 👍🏻 Also, we can't hear real projection you have with them and it makes a real difference.
