Draco Electric Cello Purple/Black

PRODUCT INFORMATION

The body: The body is hollow, moulded from a kevlar and carbon fibre composite giving a high strength to weight ratio. The hollow body generates an open sound without the use of reverb or delay. It is smooth and forgiving when played and allows low volume practise without the use of headphones or amps. Highly stable across temperature and humidity ranges.

Headstock: Inspired by a Stradivari 1701 Viola da Gamba, modified to the modern sized peg box this headstock has become a trademark of ‘Bridge’. The distinctive shield, through peg box and neck is carved from a single maple block.

Pegs and Strings: The high quality ebony pegs are professionally fitted to give a smooth tuning action. The Draco is fitted with D'Addario Helicore strings or equivalent.

Fingerboard and Nut: The ebony fingerboard and nut are professionally shaped to modern standard orchestral measurements and traditionally finished.

Tailpiece: All our electric range of instruments is fitted with a Wittner lightweight alloy tailpiece fitted with integral tuners.

Endpin: Ebony plug with brass ferrule and screw in keeping with all the high quality fittings on this instrument.

Bridge: The bridge houses the ‘Bridge’ pick up system, a piezo crystal configuration. We designed the ‘Bridge’ pick up system specifically and only for use with our instruments. It is designed to pick up both the string vibration and the body resonance generated from the hollow composite body. Utilising all the properties of a traditional acoustic bridge it captures the warmth of tone synonymous with its acoustic counterpart, with no feedback.

Battery Holder: The battery holder is located neatly on the back of the instrument and powers the Bridge active circuitry. It houses a 9V battery which keeps the instruments light and is readily available and easy to fit. It provides approximately 3000 hours playing time and only drains whilst the jack is connected.

Active Circuitry: Each model has its own sophisticated and bespoke active circuitry, frequency dedicated and designed to perform in conjunction with the ‘Bridge’ pick-up system. It supplies power to drive effects and radio packs and puts the string player on equal footing with every other amplified instrument in the band.

Jack Socket: ¼ inch mono jack - industry standard. The switch jack system automatically switches the active circuitry on and off as the jack is inserted or removed. It is carefully positioned and compatible with all common wireless solutions.

Controls: All our electric range of instruments carry a volume and tone control, easily accessible for quick adjustment during performance. The tone control is a tilt control, not a boost/cut control, changing the tonal range of the instrument.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Construction
Body Length 750mm
Neck Stop 280mm
Body Stop 400mm
Weight 3.19kg

Set Up
Nut width 32.0mm
String spacing at nut 23.0mm
String spacing at bridge 46.5mm
String tunings C, G, D A

Electronics
BRIDGE pick up Piezo Configuration
Active surface mount pre amp
Instrument Output 200mV nominal
Load Resistance 10K Ohms minimum
Battery PP3 9V
Battery life playing time approx 1000 hours Output via ¼" jack socket

Designed by the Bridge luthiers UK
Made at the Bridge Workshops by Eastman Strings, Beijing to Bridge specifications