Mensh
8 posts
Mar 09, 2015
8:24 AM
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Hello, good people.
Any thoughts on the woodblock percussion stompboxes that plug into an amp? Specifically, the Beat Root, the LogJam, and the many that come up on Ebay if you input "percussion stompboxes?"
Or here at Guitar Center:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Percussion-Stomp-Boxes-Electronic-Drums.gc
I need a stop sound - nothing special, nothing too big, nothing too expensive (Farmers is not in my price range...).
Thanks!
Heath
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Rontana
55 posts
Mar 09, 2015
9:29 AM
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If you're looking for a quick and cheap solution, a lot of my cigar box guitar acquaintances use something of this nature. The piezo version is dirt-simple to make; the p-bass is a little more complicated, but not by much. It also sounds better.
Plans and wiring diagrams are on this guy's site
DIY stomp boxes
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Marr's Guitars
Offering custom-built Cigar Box Guitars for the discriminating player of obscure musical unstruments
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Harp Study
75 posts
Mar 09, 2015
9:29 AM
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Mensh-
I haven't purchased one of the store bought stomp boxes, but I've tried making a few of my own. I tried making one with a piezo pickup: it was cheap but didn't sound the best. I've also made a few foot drums; which were ok. What ended up working the best for me was just a wooden box that I found at a thrift store which I shove a cheap vocal mic into and run through an EQ pedal to boost the bass. Cost me almost nothing (cause I already had the mic and the EQ pedal) and sounds the best of my attempts. It can also be played without the mic acoustically for a nice sound as well. Good luck.
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Fil
23 posts
Mar 09, 2015
10:33 AM
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I used a 4" speaker from an old mini-boom box as a pick-up in a home made box. Decent sound, but I have to try Harp Study's EQ pedal idea to get more bass. Very easy to build and I'm proof it takes minimal skill and time.
fil
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shakeylee
147 posts
Mar 09, 2015
11:19 AM
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i have also used a piezo drum trigger ($10) on a piece of scrap plywood(free) but i like heavy shoes or tap shoes better
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Last Edited by shakeylee on Mar 09, 2015 6:18 PM
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harpdude61
2238 posts
Mar 09, 2015
3:50 PM
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This is and old hard shell suitcase I found in a thrift shop. Twist locks and everything. 70s maybe?
I made this to use at open mics and such. I take it and just sit it out for looks when my band plays. A friend did the artwork.
I drilled a two inch hole in it and super glued some heavy screen mesh over the hole for looks. I made an aluminum stand to sit on a piece of rubber and bought a used bass drum pedal.
This thing is amazing. I can play lightly and get a nice deep thud. Everyone seems to like it and it's a nice conversation piece.
I take a SM-57 to use in the house P.A. so everything I need fits inside the suitcase.
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hvyj
2637 posts
Mar 11, 2015
5:28 PM
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The only acoustic player I work with uses a stomp box and it's great--especially if the PA has a sub woofer. He plays New Orleans style material and other stuff like Anders Osbourne and Tom Waits tunes. The guy has a husky voice and plays very percussively with a solid groove that the stompbox reinforces.
When i first met him he was going through a divorce and drinking too heavily. But it was fun--he get all fired up and start banging on the guitar body as he played, stomping his stomp box and howling the vocals with his husky voice generating a lot more rhythmic energy than could possibly be expected. I had a blast accompanying him, but I was always worried that he would't make it through all 4 sets (but he always did).
After his divorce he moved to New Orleans for a while and did a lot of busking. He's back in town now and hires me as a sideman for gigs every now and then and I book us as a duo if I have the opportunity or if my other duo can't take the gig. The guy still has his stompbox, and still does interesting material and is fun to play with, but it's nowhere near as intense as the fire water fueled gigs were with the high energy stompin' bangin' and howlin' and keeping me in a state of continual suspense wondering if he's going to fall off his chair or not be able to finish the gig, Ah, the good ol' days...
Last Edited by hvyj on Mar 12, 2015 6:45 PM
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isaacullah
2951 posts
Mar 11, 2015
9:42 PM
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I've made a few if these over the years. Used piezoa, p-bass pickups, speakers, and mics. Never really been able to make one that sound that good. Best sound i ever got was just stomping on an old biscuit mic...
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AC
51 posts
Mar 12, 2015
8:15 PM
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I use a Logjam Prolog and I love it. It's easy to carry around, sounds great through the PA and needs no power. Hitting it with the heel makes a noticeable different sound which I found really useful in creating beats by rolling the foot between heel and front.
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mlefree
256 posts
Mar 14, 2015
10:39 AM
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A friend of mine makes simple plywood boxes into which a microphone is inserted. They work great. You can get different tones by tapping on different parts of the box. He uses a 2x2 frame with a 2" gap on one side for the mic'. 1/4" plywood sides complete the box. The sides can range anywhere from 18" to 24" or larger. He likes an SM57 but I've tried several others and have found that any cheap mic' works fine.
Michelle
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email: mlefree@silverwingleather.com
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