Steve, your last few projects have been great... A Wirligig, a Door Harp and a Stompbox... All 3 of those things i want to try out, excellent work man... keep inspiring!
I have the skills to do the woodworking part but man you have the GIFT of gab and a fantastic camera presence. Something I will never have. Keep it up man Great!!!! Job.
I am trying! Thank you for the reply! You have inspired me to keep working in the shop while other things have not looked so good. I would like to see more instruments!!! Again, thanks
This is a fantastic video, how in the world has it received even a single downvote?! Thanks for this detailed walk-through, this is an excellent stomp box idea, and your work is beautiful--you're a genius! I can't wait to build one. Cheers!
This is a really great project. The bamboo panels look quite nice for this, too. As for the biscuits, it actually would have been a great idea to use them for corner joints, because with a mitre joint, you have a weak glue surface. Basically, they're very useful for 90 degree corners, shelves (like in a bookcase), face frames, mitered corners (even door frames and picture frames if they're wide enough), etc.
That a boy Steve, back to your intuitive solutions. Really you are being under rated just being on You Tube. :-) BTW, I love to build boxes, this is a good one.
It was so stupid...I really kept coming up with all sorts of complicated ways of dealing with the snare before that. I should never forget the value of duct tape.
Thanks! I built a stomp box from an old cigar box, but yours is much more functional and has a better acoustic sound....mine really needs to be plugged in.
A plastic cover insted of wood might work. But break probably. I also found paintings work, whether it is the canvas or the stiff material covered with canvas. Anyway the lightest gear possible if you are busking, is desirable. Great upload thx!
You just have to play with it. If the snare presses too tightly against the tapa, it won't do anything. If it's too loose, it won't make a nice snappy sound.
the placement of the piezo(s) and even the type and amount of glue used have quite an inpact on the sound. it's worth experimenting a bit! the face sounds different than the sides, and the corners from the middle. the elasticity of hot glue douple sided tapes absorbs more high frequencies, than CA or epoxy, and backing the piezo with a rubber foot or some plumbers putty increases the bassy thud - the heavier the backing, the thicker. happy tinkering!
i would have used bisquits just for those that were complaing about them. but then that's why you do vids and i don't. haha...another great vid. now i know what a stomp box is.
dude, this video was amazing! wasn't expecting the end tho :D. very nice. I especially liked the transition to the guitar playing and the drill sound kinda overlapping, great job!
I want to make note that using a Piezo pick-up directly can be fairly hot. i have done this using 2-3 different sized Piezo disks. In testing with several different boxes small wooden jewellery box, plastic DIY electronics hobby box, cookie tin. pick-up was to hot and caused feedback. plus piezo pick-ups don't have much bottom/low end. I found putting them through a bass guitar preamp gives them more bottom end. how was your testing, did you improve the pickup in any way.
Great project, and a great jam! Thanks for the inspiration, on this Friday the 13th, going down to the workshop to tinker around... da da a da da dun da da a dun da a fa fa la la dun da da aaaa
If you want a quicker way to join two pieces of wood without a miter joint. Try using the Kreg jig with about three holes in the piece used in this project. For smaller projects, use two. It holds stronger than glue and takes about a couple of minutes.
Very nice video Steve. A friend of mine at work was telling me about this and thought I'd check it out. I'll be building one of these myself and I guess visiting Radio Shack for the transducer. Yours sounds great!!
No, most electric guitar pickups rely on induction coils which generate current when the metal string vibrates back and forth over a magnet. You will definitely want to use a piezo-electric transducer which generates electric current when there is a change in pressure (like sound vibrations) against the pickup.
Brilliant video! Absolutely hilarious, great instructions and cool editing/camera work. I'm thinking to get a Cajon but this idea seems better since I want to play guitar at the same time. Thanks for the inspiration Steve.
Stevin, I built your "other" cahone box and placed the snare parts inside but I can not seem to get the snare adjusted so you can hear it while playing it.....In this video I clearly hear hear the snare part. Any comments on how you set the snare parts?
Excellent.. I like this fella, Good humour ! And with the left over tamborine body you could make a cigarbox type banjo guitar? Thankyou for sharing that Steve
Then is a "beat box" a box that a person sits on and thumps on it with their hands? Have you built one of those? Is the hole supposed to be in a certain place and of a certain size? Would the pickup be any different than the bass pickup that you mentioned? Same connection, right? Thank you:)
Does the pickup also get the tambourine? Would like to add a snare from your other video and see how this runs through some of my fx pedals. Really great videos!
ROFL! I totally bought two of those clamps today! I didn't like the other ones! :P Love this video! What tool are you using to make those kinds of specialty circular depressions for the electrical components? It looks like a drill...are they just specific bits? Cheers!
nice! Does the pickup pick up vibrations from the air, or the wood that it is attached to? Would it make a difference if you glued it to the thinner top or bottom? I think the jingly things are called conches, that might help someone find them. Wyatt is a lot better than I will ever be, that's for sure. Keep on playing!!
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Excellent video. I work at an elementary school and I would love to surprise the music teacher with a few of these. Thanks again!!
Great demo. I love the White Stripes!
Steve, your last few projects have been great... A Wirligig, a Door Harp and a Stompbox... All 3 of those things i want to try out, excellent work man... keep inspiring!
I have the skills to do the woodworking part but man you have the GIFT of gab and a fantastic camera presence. Something I will never have. Keep it up man Great!!!! Job.
Brilliant video. Giving your information for free so everyone can learn. Top Man. Respect from the UK.
very nice! your how to's are always so much more concise and simple than anything else out there. I like all the white stripes at the end too lol
Hats off for the overall work and for the White Stripes !
I am trying! Thank you for the reply! You have inspired me to keep working in the shop while other things have not looked so good. I would like to see more instruments!!! Again, thanks
This is a fantastic video, how in the world has it received even a single downvote?! Thanks for this detailed walk-through, this is an excellent stomp box idea, and your work is beautiful--you're a genius! I can't wait to build one. Cheers!
wow, so cool. The tamborine add on was genius!
This is a really great project. The bamboo panels look quite nice for this, too. As for the biscuits, it actually would have been a great idea to use them for corner joints, because with a mitre joint, you have a weak glue surface. Basically, they're very useful for 90 degree corners, shelves (like in a bookcase), face frames, mitered corners (even door frames and picture frames if they're wide enough), etc.
Ah, another project I need to make for my musician wife. Great video Steve!
I've watched just two of your videos and I think you're probably one of the best percussion woodworkers I've seen yet.
Hey Steve, thanx for all the great vids. Sometimes entertaining, sometimes annoying, but always informative.
That a boy Steve, back to your intuitive solutions. Really you are being under rated just being on You Tube. :-) BTW, I love to build boxes, this is a good one.
It was so stupid...I really kept coming up with all sorts of complicated ways of dealing with the snare before that. I should never forget the value of duct tape.
Two thumbs up for duct tape, you can make a pretty decent wallet from it as well.
Thanks! I built a stomp box from an old cigar box, but yours is much more functional and has a better acoustic sound....mine really needs to be plugged in.
Looks and sounds rad. I'll have to make on of these for my youngin when she's older.
A plastic cover insted of wood might work. But break probably. I also found paintings work, whether it is the canvas or the stiff material covered with canvas. Anyway the lightest gear possible if you are busking, is desirable. Great upload thx!
this is great i was actually trying to come up with something like this
made me very happy when his son sang white stripes at the end
You just have to play with it. If the snare presses too tightly against the tapa, it won't do anything. If it's too loose, it won't make a nice snappy sound.
the placement of the piezo(s) and even the type and amount of glue used have quite an inpact on the sound. it's worth experimenting a bit!
the face sounds different than the sides, and the corners from the middle. the elasticity of hot glue douple sided tapes absorbs more high frequencies, than CA or epoxy, and backing the piezo with a rubber foot or some plumbers putty increases the bassy thud - the heavier the backing, the thicker. happy tinkering!
Hmmm... needs more cowbell...
I love that big concrete clamp! Eat your heart out Norm...
nice music choice, the white stripes are awesome
Loved the cement chunk clamp for the top.
Cool...yes, I've seen people play cajones using all three sides.
i would have used bisquits just for those that were complaing about them. but then that's why you do vids and i don't. haha...another great vid. now i know what a stomp box is.
Just one word: amazing!
Genius. Been looking for a cool design, this is one! Thanks.
Forstner bit. You could use a spade bit, too.
Great vid, I love weirdos who make stuff like stomp boxes and loud music. Keep it comin!
"Suddenly the solution hit me" /oooooooooo/
You're just amazing man, keep wooding
dude, this video was amazing! wasn't expecting the end tho :D. very nice. I especially liked the transition to the guitar playing and the drill sound kinda overlapping, great job!
I'd love to see a series of videos of you building an entire guitar.
Bravo Mastery...😊😊😊
your getting better and better at creating this videos nice editing nice tempo -thanks
I want to make note that using a Piezo pick-up directly can be fairly hot. i have done this using 2-3 different sized Piezo disks. In testing with several different boxes small wooden jewellery box, plastic DIY electronics hobby box, cookie tin. pick-up was to hot and caused feedback. plus piezo pick-ups don't have much bottom/low end. I found putting them through a bass guitar preamp gives them more bottom end.
how was your testing, did you improve the pickup in any way.
You're right! I didn't realize that redundancy!
Yer your son is an awesome singer
+joe finnigan yer your funny
"And then the solution hit me" Ductape!!
Awesome man! Nice video and good humor.
Very nice video, Steve!
Your son likes green day and Metallica. He's good in my book.
That's a really cool little stomp box, keep up the good work :)
Great project, and a great jam! Thanks for the inspiration, on this Friday the 13th, going down to the workshop to tinker around... da da a da da dun da da a dun da a fa fa la la dun da da aaaa
this is awesome, it sounds great!
... i need to make one of these.
Love it.. I would love to hear the difference if the pickup was placed on the thinner percussive surface rather than the solid walls of the box. ..
Perfect for White Stripes songs as demonstrated at the end of the video 🤘
Dang, that thing is cool!
If you want a quicker way to join two pieces of wood without a miter joint. Try using the Kreg jig with about three holes in the piece used in this project. For smaller projects, use two. It holds stronger than glue and takes about a couple of minutes.
great work Steve
Woodworkers get excited with dovetails
Excellent camera work (and subject matter too)...
my friend had one of these but its an instrument in itself. you sit on it and 3 sides produce a different sound and one is the acoustic hole
Good edtiing. Inspirational. Hope your son is still playing.
you sir. are an artist and a great teacher. new subscriber here. thanks for these videos
Well done Stevin! Always enjoy your vids, Thanks!
Any wood bits will work with MDF.
Cool project, never even thought of making one and now I want it. Ha!
Very nice video Steve. A friend of mine at work was telling me about this and thought I'd check it out. I'll be building one of these myself and I guess visiting Radio Shack for the transducer. Yours sounds great!!
you're a genius dude!
Thx Steve.
I can use this when playing my Ukulele.
Greatings from Belgium/Europe
U da man, and your son rocks! Thanks for sharing.
No, most electric guitar pickups rely on induction coils which generate current when the metal string vibrates back and forth over a magnet. You will definitely want to use a piezo-electric transducer which generates electric current when there is a change in pressure (like sound vibrations) against the pickup.
Great vid. Deff gonna consider making one of those.
xcellent job recording, including the close ups. thanks
Great video. The tape might fall off, especially if it gets hot. I always use velcro for that sort of thing
Heck yeah White Stripes!!
thats pretty gnarly!
THAT kid has his heart into it all really great but hes gotta work on his vocals being more stable singer but hes got heart for sure cheers buddy
I love this guy!
you can also use the fixing discs that are used when placing insulated plasterboard only a buck or two at hardware store for about 50
Yes, except the dowels.
Thanks Ken....I never thought of that.
Brilliant video! Absolutely hilarious, great instructions and cool editing/camera work. I'm thinking to get a Cajon but this idea seems better since I want to play guitar at the same time. Thanks for the inspiration Steve.
YOU ARE CRAZY DUDE!
You might try looking in the description.
Nicely done. I want!
Another great video man. It is hard to tell on my phone's screen is the whole box bamboo?
I freakin' love ya'lls taste in music.
you're son is pretty good. he should start a youtbe channel too
Cool, thanks man! What would you suggest to drill holes into a MDF (Medium density fibreboard) @ a thickness of 8mm-15mm
you simply rock, man!
that kid is down with the white stripes and that's awesome
Really great video. It's given me a good few ideas.
Great video!
Stevin,
I built your "other" cahone box and placed the snare parts inside but I can not seem to get the snare adjusted so you can hear it while playing it.....In this video I clearly hear hear the snare part. Any comments on how you set the snare parts?
Excellent.. I like this fella, Good humour !
And with the left over tamborine body you could make a cigarbox type banjo guitar?
Thankyou for sharing that Steve
It's blockboard. Certainly that's the name in the UK, may be different in US or elsewhere.
Then is a "beat box" a box that a person sits on and thumps on it with their hands?
Have you built one of those? Is the hole supposed to be in a certain place and of a certain size? Would the pickup be any different than the bass pickup that you mentioned? Same connection, right?
Thank you:)
I was interested in how quickly your glue dried so what glue do you use and would you be able to give me a website link, Man thanks
Super explanation. Thanks!
Does the pickup also get the tambourine? Would like to add a snare from your other video and see how this runs through some of my fx pedals. Really great videos!
Subscribed. Your video was fun, and informative! Thank you so very much for this great instructional!
ROFL! I totally bought two of those clamps today! I didn't like the other ones! :P
Love this video! What tool are you using to make those kinds of specialty circular depressions for the electrical components? It looks like a drill...are they just specific bits? Cheers!
thats really cool man thanks!
Thanks! Coincidentally, I wanted to ask you to do a musical box. Very good!! regards.
nice! Does the pickup pick up vibrations from the air, or the wood that it is attached to? Would it make a difference if you glued it to the thinner top or bottom?
I think the jingly things are called conches, that might help someone find them.
Wyatt is a lot better than I will ever be, that's for sure. Keep on playing!!
Very nice! FYI the metal parts on the tambourine are called Zills