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Ultimate Stomp Board.... sorta

Posted by Wichita Sam on June 8, 2012 at 9:30pm in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts

I have a gig at a music festival coming up and have built several "stomp boards" to get the sound of a juke joint floor... all to no avail.... so,

built my own porch floor.  1  by  rough cut oak planks and a 4x4 post.  With a mic laying on the floor a real thump/thump comes through.

 

Here are 5 CBGs built for sale in the performers booth...

extreme measures... but,... what the heck?

 

the best,

 

Wichita Sam

 

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  • Swamp Dawg Primal Music June 13, 2012 at 4:53pm

    needs a hammock and a beer table

    • Uncle Gus > Swamp Dawg Primal Music June 13, 2012 at 6:12pm

      Or a barbecue grill and a rusty old cooler.

  • Hip Bone Bellaire June 13, 2012 at 4:45pm

    Electric Porch, great name for an album.

  • Uncle Gus June 13, 2012 at 11:31am

    It seems like every time I visit this site, something new inherits the "Coolest Thing I've Ever Seen" slot. I wonder what it would sound like wired up with a piezo and volume/tone pots...you'd also get the absurdness of having an "electric porch" as one of your instruments.

    • Wichita Sam > Uncle Gus June 13, 2012 at 12:39pm

      ahhhh, errrrr, now you've done it.... do I have time before the show? freeeeeeeakeeeeeee

      • robert jones > Wichita Sam June 13, 2012 at 2:10pm

        LOL Electric porch!

        You could put a set of caster wheels on one side pointed up, a handle on the other side, and some eyebolts in the 4X4s for tie down points. When you're ready to pack up just flip it up, strap on your gear, tip it the rest of the way back onto the casters so you can roll it and everything out the door in one go.

  • Hip Bone Bellaire June 13, 2012 at 9:08am

    Looks good, But maybe age it a bit, chain it to the truck, drag down a dirt and gravel road for a few miles, through some mud then rinse with beer.. that should give it just the right sound and look you need...

    • Wichita Sam > Hip Bone Bellaire June 13, 2012 at 12:48pm

      Hmmm, knew I guy who made house number signs out of chunks of limestone that had been used as corner posts in Kansas.  He would tie them behind his pickup and drive down gravel/sand roads.... amazing...

       

      I was actually thinking about gray deck paint, then age it (hahahaha) and build a plank guitar build from the same rough cut lumber.....

  • The Phrygian Kid June 13, 2012 at 4:49am

  • Shane Speal June 10, 2012 at 9:10pm

    I love this!!!

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