Hey All,

Another newbie here.  I'm trying to find something (preferably not a drum machine) to keep the beat like a bass drum while I'm playing my fretless 3 string.  I built a "foot stomp box" out of an old Pepsi crate, it works fine but it isn't deep like a bass drum.  Any ideas?

Thanks, Sam

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HMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm....how about trying a pitch shifter effect, lowering the tone by an octave? Also, try hooking it up to a graphic equilizer? This is assuming you areusing a piezo in your stompbox, of course (how silly of me...LOL). If you have not done so, consider it. Then run your stomp box through an amp using the suggestions mentioned above. Or maybe I'm psychobabbling...LOL!!! Oh, yeah...WELCOME to the Nation! :-)
you could use a suitcase.
I've got a piezo cigar stomp box, which I run through a bass amp with the treble down and the bass up, it works out all right. It's not a bass drum, but then again it cost under five bucks!
You could buy a bass drum!Or try a cardboard box.
I think that the early Motown recordings used a peach crate with a bass drum pedal.
They did OK with that & sold millions of records.
Could you give me a little more detail about using a suitcase?

Michael Gajeski said:
you could use a suitcase.
Thanks all for your input!
I have a small practice bass amp, will that do the job?
Hey Sam, how about an old mic element in a plastic barrel?
These are from Bluesboy Jag's Website



Sam Williams said:
Could you give me a little more detail about using a suitcase?

Michael Gajeski said:
you could use a suitcase.
My budget can handle the cardboard box!

Ben said:
You could buy a bass drum!Or try a cardboard box.
I LIKE IT!!!
Thanks, Sam

Michael Gajeski said:
These are from Bluesboy Jag's Website



Sam Williams said:
Could you give me a little more detail about using a suitcase?

Michael Gajeski said:
you could use a suitcase.

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