Those who have spent time on this site will know that I play a Lois and Clark Caron Fibre cello. I have written about my reasons in another article here..., but here I wanted to say there are some options out there but for me, there were only two in the right price range.
One is the L & C and the other is the Mezzo-forte.
It is difficult t find many example online of musicians using these - or sometimes, simply using them well. But here are two examples:
Played by ''That Cello Guy''
And played by Scott Crowley
Played by Hajime Mizoguchi
Of course, you will find your own favourites but the above are examples where I heard something I liked. Incidentally, I use my L & C on all my recordings - but am still working on best mic position and mix before I want to write too much about that.
and played by Stan Orlovsky
Any other favourite examples you can add?