Build a Percussion Stompbox for $20
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- I've been wanting a percussion stompbox for playing acoustic blues, so I finally broke down and built several versions - all for less than $20 US. I just thought I'd share some of my discoveries in case anyone else wants to build a stompbox. You can pay up to $300 for a commercial version, but I don't think they work much better than mine.
Best DIY stompbox recipe I’ve come across so far. Thanks mate, the “build” goes down tomorrow.
This even gives a snare sound! Very good!
This guy is really humble and cool. Great hair!
New Zealand seems to be the place to be. Would really like moving there someday.
This is a good example of the KISS principle - keep it stupid simple, nice work
Very nice. I actually use Cigar Boxes and Piezo Pickups. On my higher end ones, i use 3 piezos and a preamp with a 3 band EQ and volume control
Cigar boxes? I haven't seen actual cigar boxes since I was a little kid, not sure why. They have many uses, including some I haven't thought of.
Meanwhile they sell stomp boxes for $200-$300 that don’t do anything more than this bit of scrap wood and $20 piezo. If anything, this scrap wood version wins points for being authentic badass.
Exactly! Local music store just advertised one for $155 CAD - for a small wooden box and a piezo. Just picked up a piezo, complete with output jack and volume knob already wired in for $7.50. Add a good piece of wood and any sort of box to cover the electronics for a few more bucks and bingo.
Fantastic. Thanks for saving me a hundred bucks!
3 time's the charm sir. Thanks. People are doing a whole lot of electronics in between the pickup and the output jack, but i'd rather not. I won't be gigging anyway, what does it matter? This is great, Thanks. I'm sure the wood thickness and type will also have a bearing on what kind of sound you get.
Nice! I have one of those suction pickups lying around. Never thought of turning it upside down! I also just caught wind of the Wazinator stomp which is just a flat piece of wood with what looks like a large speaker on it. Your solution is best of both! Like you I don't like having one foot significantly raised above the other. Cheers! Going to try some different wood planks I have lying around.
Nice
Cheep and simple
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the inspiration, started to work on my self-build stomp box thanks to your video. :-)
Well done! I laughed when I saw this because I had just been thinking of making a stomp box so I watched about a dozen videos on the subject. But not only is yours the simplest but I didn't see another one that sounded better and most sounded worse. You proved that sometimes simplicity is best. Some people tend to take a simple idea and over-complicate it. Being a woodworker, I understand that but there's no need to make a work of art or a complex design for something that can be so simple. I happen tot have a suction cup guitar pickup that I bought a few years back but never used. I bought it thinking I would use it for special applications when using my digital recorder - like recording the internal sounds of engines, etc., but I never used it. Tomorrow I'm going to try what you've done here. Thanks so much for posting this. By the way, I think you can pick up this type of pickup for about $5 in the states. I can't remember what I paid for it but I don't think it was anywhere near $20.
Thanks! And as for the $5 pickup, that doesn't surprise me. A guitar that sells for $1000 in the US sells for $3000 here.
Also I wear boots but the rubber heel protectors makes a huge difference in clean deep base addition
Great work, brother!! 👏 Gonna build me one!
Excellent work and a simple project. My thanks for sharing your talent.
I've been doing some research for stomp box. mark3 sounds great. thanks for posting
I love it! I'm totally blown away, best one I've seen and you play very well. Well done.
Thanks, man - I guess I'm just a perpetual guitar student, but we guitar players love sharing things we learn.
Nice job Bro, best I've seen yet!!
Great! Thanks for sharing
I have one of those guitar pickups around too I will have to try this !!!!
I bought a stomp box for $ 300 from a online music store and sent it back because It didn't sound as good as yours .
Ok, I am as cheap as anyone, but when I compare your contraption with my Ortega Stop box, totally satisfied with spending $70 more for professional product.
There's a Bass-Pedal called "The mole" (electro harmonix). If you use it with this "stompbox", you'll get a fat bass sound. It costs about 40 €, but that's a very good investment. It works perfect!
Have you try it on a stompbox?
Thank you!
WOW ! Best sounding box i heard.....perfect and simple....thanks
Love it. Thanks
Love it! So simple
Thank you for this
It sounds like you have a wood floor and the mk 3 is well coupled int the hollow part of your floor, which of course would have a great low frequency resonance. I'm betting it wouldn't work nearly so well on my concrete floor!
It's a massively thick concrete floor, since it's holding up a 3-story house. On top of that is a carpet plus underlay, so zero low frequency resonance, same as your floor. Anyway, it would be cheap to test it out on your floor.
Shop online for “piezo disc” and you’ll find the guts of that guitar pickup he uses for less than a dollar a disc. Hot glue and a bottle cap works great for a casing. I use those discs for acoustic guitars, standup basses, cellos, violins, banjos, and electronic drum triggers.
Even better! Great idea.
I wouldn’t glue it. I’d t a piece of wood over it and screw the two ends. 😊 Gonna build me one. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing
best sound I have heard from a stomp, nice deep thud,
Thanks, I guess the amp has a lot to do with it also.
Mark 3 man love it
Steve this is just amazing!! Thanks for sharing it
Ale
Cool man!
Excellent idea!
Nice. I'm using an old bamboo breadboard. Works fine.
Great idea, a ready-made board that looks cool!
Thank you
Excellent
nice.. thank you.. nice playing too.. ;8)
New subscriber. Thanks for the info, I'm tired of smashing down when playing for sound. This should be great
Great idea ! Thanks for sharing 😊
I never would’ve thought just a solid piece of wood with a pick up on it with sound that good. Ridiculous how much companies are charging for basically the same thing.
Nice job, great to hear a fellow kiwi!
Great Playing!
Thanks. I'm a guitar student with ActiveMelody.com, and I think that was lesson EP065. Check it out, if you like it.
Thanks
Nice one ,now I got you
Thanks!!!
Thanks for sharing - sounds great!
Question about the electrical box - is the transducer still connected directly to the wood? Or did you mount the box to the wood, attach the transducer to the bottom of the plastic box and then screw the lid to it? Looking for a suitable box, if you happen to have a make/model number to pass on? Thanks!
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That's funny that it's the most simple design and yet it sounds the best. Lots of elaborate builds that look amazing, but they have a weird sound to them.
It was an accident, or just trial and error, I should say.
Good stuff thx
I know what I'm doing this weekend!
Brilliant !
I bought LogJam stomp box...but this sounds pretty much the same.Nice job!
Thanks. Is the Logjam made from a solid piece of wood?
Its from solid wood,yes!
Great video! Thanks for sharing! I’m curious, if I wanted to add a rattle soun, do you know if the pickup would capture the sound if I attaching something that rattles onto the board?
Simple and perfect i love it
Cool
Hmm. Wonder if I still have that bottle cap pick up from my old guitar. I could pretty much make it for free.
Your stomp box sounds better than most others
Thanks. Maybe it's my shoes....
Excellent! 👏👏👏👏
I love it... Nice job!
Thanks. Since the video, I've found that the type of shoes you wear makes a big difference to the sound. If you build one, be sure to try some different shoes.
sunjamrblues - thanks! I will do that... I just ordered a Dean Markly transducer, so I’ll let you know!
I just watch the hobbit the other day and now I see your video right here and well there's no explanation needed
Thank you.
No problem. I've been using it a lot lately: ruclips.net/video/STkjkI5xkmY/видео.html
Great Video. Do you find you have to really crank up the gain on your amp/PA to get it to sound loud enough?
Not really, it's plenty loud even when lightly stomping on the board.
@@sunjamrblues I wasn't able to find the same pickup but got something similar. Unfortunately I really need to crank the gain on the amp/PA. Shouldn't be a problem but not as sensitive as I expected. I too went through 4 different versions before settling on yours. I may also build a cigar box one with a preamp down the road.
Fantástico!!!
for a fatter, deeper sound, put on safety shoes. Heavy work shoes work well or hiking shoes. Makes a big difference ... l
True. I wonder how Dutch wooden shoes would work?
Awesome!
Thanks. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention.
Hi, great informative video..I kept backing up trying to understand the model/name of the pickup but still can't hear what you said. Hope you get this message, thanks.
The pickup I used is a piezo transducer called Soho TP-201, but now my guitar shop sells a better one for a similar price: The Belcat EGT-101 is smaller and comes ready to just stick onto the board. Plus, it's cable has a plug socket on the end with a nice mounting bracket, so all you have to do is screw it onto the board. You could literally build a stompbox in about 5 minutes, if you have a suitable piece of wood. Check it out on Amazon.com.
Great!!! Hey man, you look like Greg Allmann hehe
Thanks, if only I could play like him....
Just a reminder: The type of shoe you wear while using it matters hugely. You just have to experiment. And I'm wondering about thicker wood vs thinner wood. Which would work better?
How thick and what type of wood have you used in the Mark III version?
It's 20 mm (3/4") pine. I wonder if a thinner piece - say half that thick - might work better. Logic tells us that if you put the piezo on a big log, then stomp on it, probably not much vibration would happen. On the other hand, if the wood is too thin, it could break if you step on it.
Thank you Mr Sunjamblues for sharing this simple intuitive design. The heel / toe variation of tone is a useful feature, commercial stompers I have seen don't seem to offer this.
Perhaps a longer plank would give more resonance?
Try two 1inch wide carpet strips glued across the underside, about an inch from either end (like a xylophone keys), this may also help resonance, and the sound should be more consistent whatever floor surface you put it on.
these suggestions are untested, and to be honest resonance introduces a new problem, if your percussion instrument has a specific pitch it needs to be tuned, so how would you tune it? I think what you have made is good enough :o)
@@bonnybluehare: Good ideas. I made the plank that size based on how it would fit between my feet and the chair. I was trying to imitate the sound of a foot stomping on a wooden front porch, and it accidentally seems to come pretty close. It's just a trial and error thing.
Steve!!!
I don't know if you remember me from the gym, Its Vann. we should catch up sometime my friend!?
Hey Vann, are you still at Les Mills? If so, I'll drop by sometime.
sunjamrblues hey brother no I'm not.
Give me a text 0211164875 let's have a jam soon
Will do. Just this minute got back from WOMAD International Music Festival in New Plymouth. Pretty whipped after long drive, but inspired by what I saw and heard. Will text soon.
Yes, Vann down by the river 😂😂😂
Check out the shakers attached to the foot of the percussionist from Piedmont Bluz. Something like this might make a cool addition to a stomp box: ruclips.net/video/jCyCw0BrOrs/видео.html
great stuff, where does the higher sound from the front come from?
Maybe a tack in his sole.
Is their a way to modigy the transducer so that their is a in and out put?
I believe you mean like an effects pedal, where you can either send a signal straight thru (bypass) or thru the pedal. I don't think so, because this is basically like an electric guitar, except that it's a piece of wood instead of a guitar. Maybe some electronics guru would know the answer.
@@sunjamrblues true, it is a bit harder. Thanks for replying!
How did you fix the electrical box over the piezo?
Just screwed it down. The box was actually called a junction box. Any small plastic box would do. BTW, I just noticed somebody installed a piezo inside the sole of a shoe. That might be the ultimate in portability. Just don't try to go through airport security with it on your foot.
Well the boxes that I found the screw hole don't go thru I'm going to find a way. Don't want to glue it or I might use velcro. Saw that also.........I'm considering going with a box instead of a simple plank (simple and effective your set-up) and also might add a second piezo.....piezos are very cheap BTW! Not 20$.........about 10 x cheaper............directly from China!
What was that number of the Piezo pickup you mentioned? Please?
That is a Soho TP201 transducer pickup, but I see that my local guitar store no longer sells them. I like the look of this $10 one from Amazon (easy to mount), but pretty much any one should work. I would probably avoid the ones with microphone included, due to potential feedback problems. Really all you need is a piezo to sense vibrations.
sunjamrblues Thank you kindly. Wish I could copy this whole response but no way to copy and paste it. My daughter wants to try doing what you done. Yours sounds very nice, She absolutely loved it and the price is what did it I think.
Sorry, it looks like the link for one at Amazon.com didn't come through. I'll try again: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VCDWKGR?pf_rd_p=183f5289-9dc0-416f-942e-e8f213ef368b&pf_rd_r=S5MYJN0NG0QXEDSX3488
sunjamrblues Daughter old me she already bought it maybe even bought 2. I asked that she donthat since it is such a Affordable item? Anywho, Thank you very much Sir
Did you try just gluing the transducer to your shoe?
I did actually think of that, but didn't do it. Some of the old blues musicians attached bells and bottle caps to their shoes as percussion aids. And if you had shoes with LED lights in the soles - like kids wear - that would be even cooler.
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how can i make the snare sound?
Not sure, probably some kind of effect pedal. If you figure it out, share the answer here.
...and
what kind of wood is it?
Pine. But I think almost any wood would work.
Thanks,
soft wood is good for low frequencies 👍
Dang you should sell those...
Hmmm....I hadn't thought of that.
And here's a REAL stompbox, the Australian way:
ruclips.net/video/qHGrYll3O6Y/видео.html
Too bright for me.
You can EQ it, no?
Brilliant!