NXT5a-CO-BK High E : Great for practice, not so much for sound

An electric cello is never going to sound as good as an acoustic cello.

Please don't think you are going to get a sound with as much body or oomph as a real cello.

However, I find as a composer it is much easier to pick up and throw around the NS Cello than unpacking and playing my expensive acoustic, also meaning it's much likely to get damaged in the studio.

It sounds great through FX plugins, and it's great for an eerie "eastern" nasal sound. You will not fool anyone who has heard a cello though.

Build quality is fantastic, it's built to last.

Get a good bow with it, and some decent rosin. As ALL the sound is directly picked up from the strings / bridge pickup, it makes a big difference to the sound.

I went with the high E string.