Review; Meinl Turbo Slaptop Cajon
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2022
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After using the @meinlpercussion-products Turbo Slaptop Cajon for 5 months I think I have all the information i need to do a review.
Right off the bat I want to let you know i love this drum. This slaptop Cajon is so much fun to play, the position of it sitting on your lap rather having to bend over to reach the playing surface of a traditional Cajon make even a long gig so much more pleasurable.
The body of the Meinl Turbo Slaptop Cajon is made from Baltic Birch with the playing surface being Walnut. The snare effect takes the pain away from slap tones and it has forward sound projection for the bass and high sounds and textures. This is all helped by the in built pick up and a 6.3 mm mono jack input/output with controls for there Snare and Bass.
In the video you can hear the sound samples. I my opinion, when talking about sound, the Slaptop Cajon beats the tradition Cajon (at the same price point) on all levels bar the bass. Coming in at under 200€ £ or $ its worth every penny. If you’re in the market and are looking to get a new cajon, maybe your back is causing trouble during cajon gigs or you're looking for a cajon you can plug straight into the mixer for a closer sound then definitely give this a look.
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Thank you so much for this demonstration. I just bought one and your review eased my mind of any concerns I may have had lingering in the back of my mind.
Good stuff, yeah im still using mine every week, and still sounding great . Chat soon Mickey. Let me know what you think of it. Brendan
I’ve been looking at these, first real world band example I’ve seen posted, so thanks!
Yeah i didn't see much on it before i bought it. Glad it helped. Chat soon Brendan
I run the older version of this that has the single snare port and is more compact in size, through a pretty inexpensive YORKVILLE 50KW keyboard amp. The bass will fill small to medium venues with no issues. I love it!! If you're on the fence, PULL THE TRIGGER!! Through a p.a. these things are game changers. So much fun!! SO VERSATILE!!
yeah i love it too
Great review on the different sounds off mic and pick up.
What does the 'link' input do?
Are the bass and snare knobs for volume only or do they add effect ie depth to bass?
Thanks for saying so. I think the 'link' is for if you had a snap box for example it can go through the cajon to the desk. The knobs only give the volume from my experience. Chat soon man
Are foot tambourines or foot shakers possible with this, or would it move the cajon too much and make it feel to insecure in your lap?
Great questions, yes if youre playing heel down and you’re not moving much.
I had one, with the matching Cajon with pickups that that you sit on.
The slap top was great, the cajon, not so much.
My advice? Buy a cheap Pearl bass cajon, use a cajon pedal with it, and you have a kick drum you can sit on that will give you the bass you’re missing while you jam out on that a slap top. I do something similar for small stages.
Cool, thanks for the info
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@@BrendrumJones video of me using Cajon as a kickdrum like this while playing a Djembe’
@@SwordCymbal79 Ill have a look
@@BrendrumJones cool, my channel is pretty lamé compared to yours, but I appreciate your content and how it gives me inspiration. I originally found your page by looking up drummer stretches and your video was one of the best out there.
Have you tried the mahogany surface model? I am debating between that or the walnut and wondering what differences there would be?
No I haven’t unfortunately, I would imagine it would be a feel difference
Just did a gig last night with the jumbo meinl cajon. How you sit on it def makes a difference and can be fatiguing but it's a great cajon for the low end. I want one of these too.
Yeah, how you sit is a big game changer, the low end on this im not the biggest fan of but it is still ok, chat soon
What the heck lol. I just got into playing drums. I did know something like this existed. I've watched some of your drumming videos. As a complete beginner I have a question. As I'm playing on my kit I'm always counting to know where I am. Once I guy gets good enough do you mostly stop counting. I know it's probably a silly question but I don't understand how you guys drum so well lol.
It depends Robby , i m currently doing a musical and in the more complex parts I still go back to counting to get it right. The more you do it the better, but again if you are rocking out it’s better to be in the moment in my opinion.
Hey, Brandon! Are you knowledgeable about drum rugs? I don't wanna spend a lot of money on a real drum rug, but would a traditional door mat work? Thanks in advance!:)
Hey man, good to hear from you. I use a door mat but it’s the type that you would see if you walked in to a shop, so it big enough for the full kit. It does the job well. Smaller would work but only for the bass drum 🥁
@@BrendrumJones I think I might've found an alternative! I needed somewhere I could attach velcro tape to the rug, on my current rug that's not gonna work, but I'll try out the alternative I found. I'll update you once I get things set up!
This looks like the cajon Phil Collins used live, but I think the one Phil used was a LP...
I cant remember that one, im a big collins fan.
@@BrendrumJones Phil used a cajon like that in his not dead yet tour
you can add a bass box...
Why is the sound so deteriorated when you only have the pickups on? It doesn’t sound that way on other demos. It significantly cuts out the low and top ends of your frequencies.
Maybe the other recording have been tampered with. I don’t know but there is a significant difference when you take of the mic, and its represented in the sound here ion the videos. Overall just using the pickup, you lose a lot of bottom end which its lacking acoustically anyway
@@BrendrumJones got it - thanks for the insight. I’m really considering getting this cajon to play at church instead of my electronic drum set, so I was hoping not having to mic it. On other recordings it sounds really deep. Appreciate the transparency!
@@IWASRANSOMED Its very good i would highly recommend it. It would definitely do the job and you can always add things to mix on the board
@@BrendrumJones glad to hear it. I found a local store that has the non pickup version, so I’ll demo it there. If I like it I’ll get the pickup version. Thank you!
@@IWASRANSOMED no worries I’m glad it helped chat soon 👍🏻
Clearly for a mic setup you'd need two mics...
Tu video tiene efectos de sonido, así no se escucha ese cajón. ¿Por qué engañas a las personas?
There's no effect on the audio
@@BrendrumJones Really? The sound is awesome! Me discúlpo sinceramente si no hay efectos de sonido. Si el sonido es natural, creo que el mejor cajón que he oído en ese formato. Gracias por aclararlo BrendrumJones, thankas a lot!
@@edgarllamas8090 No worries Edgar, yeah there are no effects on the recording. chat soon, Brendan