How to make a cheap Cigar Box Stomp box!

[mdoreilly1]

YES! YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE WOOD BROTHERS!

[simKearney]

you must be smoking a lot of cigars...

[DanielThomas234]

Hey all. For a slightly different approach but a great bass sound check out my STOMP BOX BOOT as an alternative option...

[CigarBoxMusic]

I want to steal my wife Jewelry box and do this, I have an thought that older wood sounds better.

[65doyle]

Everything I tried to build one failed, until I saw this video. Now I'm up and running, thanks to you, Fresh!

[freshprogression]

@65doyle Glad I could help!

[Invernesssoul]

Nice one. Well done.

[toremainn]

Great, just ordered the same trigger !! Thanks.

[svanurmg]

@toremainn where did you find it...can´t find one :(

[toremainn]

@svanurmg found it on eBay (ddrum Drum Triggers Red Shot Bass Drum Kick Trigger)

[fireicer]

cigar box recycling wow that is one hell of an idea why i not think of that rofl

[2bLooker]

Snapping Awesome!!

[2bLooker]

Snap!!

[wizzer570]

nice peavy i got the same one

[kiwiproject]

very helpful, well inspired to make one but I can't find those pick ups anywhere, what they really called? Bass drum trigger or something?

[molesticles]

you must smoke a lot of cigars

[Xstractor]

I got this electronic drum kit, right after watching your movie i hooked a drum tru a multieffect device to my amp! Really amazing sounds, especially with lots of reverb, never thought about it before! Maby I should post a video about it and get 25.000 views! Keep it up!

[a0e0roberts]

Ah, you put the finish on AFTER fretting the fretboard? Hmmm. Makes it tough to sand.

[JonnyXC]

hey yeah, thanks for this, i made one out of my paint box, have used it in recording and live it's so useful, i bought a behringer bass eq for it to get rid of the boxy mids, works a treat

[LennyPRobert]

23000 views!!!!!

[freshprogression]

I KNOW, its crazy! I didn't think it was going to be my most viewed video. I've made some improvements to it...I should make another video

[redghost105]

@freshprogression you seem to like scigar boxes haha

[archiveiteverywhere]

What kind of mic are you using?

I made a CB stomper recently using a 4ohm speaker instead of a contact mic (you can get these speakers out of any old stereo system) and wired it directly to a standard guitar cable. There's slightly more bass to the sound (I like your sound too though) but you can have loads of fun running them through FX pedals - especially delays or loops.

Thanks for uploading dude

[Rob919Gore]

Thats neat as hell!

[bebenavole]

what kind of a mic is that?

i tried using a piezo and its not working real well. what am i doing wrong?

[mrmuscle91]

if you put something soft like really low quality thin carpet underneath then it stops it bouncing and can give a richer tone quality. I am just messing around with making one atm. :)

[bushleagueunlimited]

thanks. thanks for sharing. I think you could have rolled the bass on the amp and made it have a little more bottom for demo purposes.

[ultrakool]

sounds like a snare. lol. just put a regular mic in a small brief case

[BrianLouderbackMusic]

Bad ass man! Everyone I have ever seen only gets a really low bass sound. This one actually seems to have some punch! Does it get even more high end if you hit it with something tin or metal?

[freshprogression]

Thanks, I need to make another video of this stomp box. The sound really didn't come out like I wanted it to (I was in my Garage). But you can get a wide range of sounds out of it. I was thinking about making another one with a volume and tone control on it. If anyone has any ideas, please feel free to post them. Thanks!

[smgmusic1]

Inventive and effective as a last resort type thing to have on stand-by. But it sounds too weak and hollow to pass as something recordable or something that you could perform with. It's a pretty box though. Kudos.

[scheuregger]

Is that Wood Brothers playing in the background?

[freshprogression]

Yes it is...

[riztar]

just dont stomp to hard . that wood is thin and not the strongest in the world

[Frostystraidlazed]

If you're interested, you can hear my stomp box as backing percussion on the track "Stained Glass Windows" by The Dobson Units at:

myspace(dot)com/thedobsonunits

[Frostystraidlazed]

I based my own stomp box on a few designs, including this one and glued/duct taped a piece of dense (about 5mm thick) carpet on the top of my stomp box (made out of a wooden gift box which had a metal shot glass, a metal flask and a bottle opener in it.. anyway, very similar to a cigar box)

[Frostystraidlazed]

Oh yeah, I had to cover the entire surface carpet with duct tape because the tiny fibres/hairs on the surface of the carpet sort of stuck to my foot just a little bit when I pulled my foot away from the surface of the stomp box after a good ol' thump. :) Anyhoo, the duct tape made an even and glossy surface which eliminated the "sucking" sound (life removing tape from a surface) after each hit.

[Frostystraidlazed]

correction: "LIKE removing tape from a surface", not "LIFE removing" :DD

[shiknalt]

what did u use as a pickup?thx

[Frostystraidlazed]

It's a Ddrum "Red Shot" drum trigger (pretty easy to get a hold of) :)

[shiknalt]

cool, but i already got a piezo

[TheBrowndawg]

did the piezo do a good job? im thinking of going that way myself. i also saw a guy who used a pair of old stereo speakers

[shiknalt]

yeah not bad

[H0LL0WBELLY]

be good hearing it in a track..that carpet ideas probably a good un.

cool-nice work bro.

[freshprogression]

hey hollowbelly! yeah, I'm going to make a video of the box "in action" soon. How's it going? I'm a fan of your music...keep it up!

[11barber11]

Awsome mate

[outcastchoppers]

yeah, I didn't add anything but the cigar box itself. All the electronics come with the drum trigger.....good idea on the carpet. I'm going to try that out. Thanks

[Frostystraidlazed]

That was very cool! Does the 1/4' jack come connected with the drum trigger (I don't know anything about drum mics :D). By the way, you might want to put just a bit of carpet on the surface to muffle the sharp tap and create a bass drum-ish sound.