DG Cajons have just announced the release of a new instructional DVD from Cajon master Paquito González. The double DVD set concentrates on Andalusian music and features performance form top artists of the genre. For a video preview and details how to order check out the DG site here.
Written by cajonkeith on June 23rd, 2009 with no comments.
Read more articles on News.
The New Year begins with the winter Namm Show. This industry music show provides manufactures with an outlet to show off their new gear. For the Cajon drummer there were some innovative new products released.
Fresh out of the gates for the Namm show was Tycoon Percussion who announced their new e-cajon. The Cajon is said to include it’s own pickup, amp and speaker. This give the player a volume boost and the addition of a volume jack means you can plug in an ipod and play along with your top tracks. Image
Pearl is a huge supplier of drums and percussion. On the Cajon front they had a few new products on show.
Making the biggest splash was the new Jingle Cajon this Fiberglass Cajon uses two tambourine style jingles at the bottom of the playing surface. The nice things about the design is that the tension on the jingles can be adjusted to open or close the sound and the jingles are both different sizes to provide sonic variation.
Next up is the their Travel Cajon. This can be strapped to your leg or placed on a stand to offer portable Cajon playing. It’s similar to their travel Conga which was well reviewed.
These can both be spotted at the end of this video.
Finally the Pearl Tri Tone Cajon was released which is a Conga style Cajon and part of the Jesus Diaz range. It has an added snare for snare sound that can be turned on or off giving two tones. The third of the tones is delivered by turning the drum on its side and using the bottom as a playing surface.
Written by cajonkeith on January 19th, 2009 with 1 comment.
Read more articles on General.
With the frame built the remaining items are the playing surface and resonant side. As previously described I planned to use an angled resonant side on the lap Cajon to try and create a difference in pitch end to end. This seemed to be simpler to construct than two separate chambers and should provide tone across the length of the drum.
Both the resonant and playing surfaces were cut from 3mm plywood. The resonant surface was glued into position at an angle supported by wood strips and clamped to give a good seal. Once this had dried the playing surface was then glued and clamped into position.
Lap Cajon Resonant Support
I decided against adding any snares / strings to this Cajon to give more of a bongo sound. I also decided not to cut a sound hole as I was unsure how this would work on an angled surface but it may be something worth experimenting with in future versions.
To finish off the project the edges were rounded and the drum given a couple of coats of Danish Oil.
Side View
Written by cajonkeith on November 1st, 2008 with no comments.
Read more articles on Building.
For my next project I decided to make a lap sized cajon. I’d seen a smaller flatter Cajon in Cuba which looked pretty handy and I’m aware that Meinl make a good looking Bongo Cajon.
Rather than playing between the legs in the Bongo style which can be tiring I’ve based the next project on a lap version.
To try and create a cross between a Bongo Cajon and a regular Cajon I plan to use an angled back board to give different tones.
Lap Cajon Tones
Written by cajonkeith on August 28th, 2008 with 1 comment.
Read more articles on Building.
As requested here are some much larger pictures of my diy Cajon.
Written by cajonkeith on December 26th, 2006 with 1 comment.
Read more articles on Building.
Stay current with Cajon Drummming on these personalized pages:
