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Permalink Reply by Chester Winowiecki on July 17, 2010 at 1:33am

I'm sure it's out there, but I can' t seem to find one either right now...
Another solution is to have the cable be dedicated to the box: Just drill a hole in the side, tie a knot on the inside as a strain relief and connect to the mic. If I were doing this I'd probably use the crappiest mic I had anyway as the sound quality wouldn't be all that important. But if the box can be opened, then everything is reversible and can be modified.

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Permalink Reply by Brett Morgan on July 17, 2010 at 8:24pm

Yeah thanks Chester, maybe if I cut the small cable and solder that to the cover plate that I can find.

Brett
Chester Winowiecki said:

I'm sure it's out there, but I can' t seem to find one either right now...
Another solution is to have the cable be dedicated to the box: Just drill a hole in the side, tie a knot on the inside as a strain relief and connect to the mic. If I were doing this I'd probably use the crappiest mic I had anyway as the sound quality wouldn't be all that important. But if the box can be opened, then everything is reversible and can be modified.

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Permalink Reply by Chester Winowiecki on July 18, 2010 at 2:43am

Yea, there's lot of options here....another would be to disassemble the mic and solder the element directly to the cover plate (one less cable to buy). You can also try using a speaker as a mic and just use a regular 1/4 in. jack. I've heard that this works as well. You could also make a mounting bracket to hold the mic to the box with the XLR end sticking out of the box so that it could be jacked into easily. Lots more probably....I like to try to find the simplest solution even if it isn't the most elegant. Looking for what I have on hand rather than paying for and waiting for parts.

Chester

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Permalink Reply by Vagabanjo on February 4, 2011 at 7:22am

I'm just about to start building a stomp box, I plan to use a speaker as a microphone, they can only deal with bass when used as microphones. Screw the speaker to the top of a fairly solid box, also gonna put a sheet of rubber between speaker and top. Finally I will put either rubber on the bottom or carpet to stop it sliding on floor.

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Permalink Reply by Vagabanjo on February 4, 2011 at 12:01pm

Built the stomp box, but sound is bad, can anyone advise on what and where padding should go? and should I have the speaker screwed tight to the wood or use rubber washers? doesn't resonate at all, and not loud, could do better just tapping my foot on a sink bowl...

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Permalink Reply by Vagabanjo on February 5, 2011 at 1:22am

tried padding, but no good, although better, had a bit more bass. I reckon that the top wood needs to be thinner and of a more resonant wood. Some people say screw the speaker tight to the lid with padding in between and some say leave speaker loose, some even say mount the speaker tight but have rubber grommets as spacers between the padding.

There must be someone in the Nation who has been through all this!!!

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Permalink Reply by John Stevenson on February 23, 2011 at 2:21pm

I did one of these with the speakers and mine basically sucks as well. I used real thin wood too.

Also Tried it with a mike under it and still no good.  I also bought one made with a cigar box  and piezo

and it's still weak.  There must be a secret, but I haven't ran into it.  john
Vagabanjo said:

tried padding, but no good, although better, had a bit more bass. I reckon that the top wood needs to be thinner and of a more resonant wood. Some people say screw the speaker tight to the lid with padding in between and some say leave speaker loose, some even say mount the speaker tight but have rubber grommets as spacers between the padding.

There must be someone in the Nation who has been through all this!!!

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