Are cello more delicate than guitars

[guitar344]

I just had my cello drop and the neck came off. I dropped my guitars many times and nothing happened. BTW my guitars are acoustic.

[Villamarzia]

Totally, if a cello is in tune the pressure of its strings is quite unbearable for its structure. Your problem with the neck is very common..

[MBE]

Yikes! My condolences - cellos are pricey instruments and I'm sorry to hear that.

When it comes to guitars, it depends on the guitar of course, but they are quite robust. In the case of solidbody electric guitars, most could survive a fall down the stairs with no case.

You can definitely break off a headstock on a guitar, or crush the top/back/sides, but for the neck to detach from the body would require one heck of an impact, unless you're talking about a Journey or Voyage-Air guitar

[The Growler]

Based off your other posts, I have to ask: what was it tuned to when it dropped?

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by guitar344

I just had my cello drop and the neck came off. I dropped my guitars many times and nothing happened. BTW my guitars are acoustic.

Originally Posted by The Growler

Based off your other posts, I have to ask: what was it tuned to when it dropped?

I hope this isn't another "experiment" ...

[MBE]

Originally Posted by The Growler

Based off your other posts, I have to ask: what was it tuned to when it dropped?

Oh dear. I was unaware of the posting history when replying to this on my phone...(just had a look-see).

[Jim_G]

I think I'll follow Pualee's example.

[Pualee]

deleted... mean spirited...

[guitar344]

I've kept it standard. I enjoyed playing tunes like ode to joy on it. Now it's over. Can a cello survive a drop under standard tension?

[guitar344]

Here is a picture of the broken cello.

[posternutbag]

I would think it is totally fixable, assuming no internal damage.

I know a bass player who dropped his bass; the neck came off; the tail piece came off; there were a few cracks, but he had it repaired. However, this is NOT a job for your local guitar tech. You should take it to a stringed instrument shop.

At music school, there was the picture circulating of a bass that had taken a tumble; the neck came off; the fingerboard came off; the tail piece came off. Basically it exploded into several pieces, but all the pieces were OK, so a stringed instrument shop was able to repair it.

Someone smashed Bill Monroe's 1924 Gibson F5 mandolin with a fire poker, It took like a year, but it was reassembled. If it is worth it, it can probably be fixed.

Oh, and to answer your question, stringed instruments (violins, cellos, double basses etc) are probably more fragile than a guitar. They are built more lightly.

[cotten]

I agree, dropping violin-family instruments is never a good idea. But then, I'd recommend not dropping guitars, either.

cotten