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Anyone here play a cajon?
Since they do have strings for the snare, I thought this topic might belong here. Went to a bluegrass jam Saturday, and in addition to the usual Martin dreads, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and upright bass, there was a fellow playing a cajon for the percussion. Really sounded great with the rest of the acoustic instruments. It's the first time I have seen somebody play one of these close-up, and I wondered, are there any guitar players here with no drum expertise who have tried to play one of these?
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Anyone here play a cajon?
I have. It's fun and I'm no drummer. You can get a cajon for as little as 100 bucks from GC. Try it and see if you like it
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Thanks, I will have to check it out.
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We have one at church. I love it. Our drummer hates it because it "inhibits his artistic freedom". Which is why we have a cajon at church.
They're easy to play but a real drummer will always sound better on one than a non drummer. Don't let that stop you, though.
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Yes. Once you get used to where to hit for the sound you want they sound pretty good. i've yet to record with it but I will.
If you can play the steering wheel you can probably play a Cajon. Check out Kevin Ricard's YT videos on cajon. He plays on in the house band on american idol and Tonite show
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I have one...tons of fun.
If you're bored and check out "Just Don't Know" on the music section of my website below, the percussion is a cajon and a crash/ride cymbal. It ain't perfect, but it's pretty remarkable what sounds you can get with a pretty simple setup. |
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I haven't but i 've attended some live performances with one or two cajons.I want to buy one ever since but i don't know which one cos there are so many with so different tonal qualities.
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I bought one of the kits you put together for $49 at GC. It actually sound pretty good. You do need some good long clamps to hold it together when you glue it up. Lots of fun...
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got my younger daughter one last Christmas and she really digs it. It was around $100 and is actually pretty nice and solid-the sides are different so a different tone comes from each(i think one side is even braced).
its really pretty interesting..............and makes for a quick seat anytime there's a real popular youtube group that does a lot of covers(and very well), and they always usually have a guy using one-i cannot remember that bands name right off-i'll try to remember and post back here you go, fellow forumites helped out: check out Boyce Avenue on youtube d Last edited by darylcrisp; 04-01-2014 at 10:59 PM. |
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I found a special on a "Tycoon" Supremo at Amazon for $60, so I decided to give it a try. If I can't play it, it would make a decent end table
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I play one and have built a few. Our drummer plays one because a full drum kit would over power our acoustic band. The big plus is how easy it is to travel with as apposed to a drum kit.
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Uh, all this talk about a cajon has me thinking that I need to get one too!
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that's funny.
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I bought one last year from a guy who makes them local. Nice look, nice sounds, and very fun to play. $100. I bet if a person asked around, they could find someone making them in their community.
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I play one in my band. We're acoustic so it's more appropriate than a full kit. It's still pretty versatile and the sound can be changed thru tuning and brushes and stuffing the drum (like a bass drum). GC doesn't have any really good ones, though. I bought mine there and I do really like it, but the sound separation is a little wanting. I have the LP Mario Cortes.
Schlagwerk makes excellent cajons and also makes accessories for them as well.
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