Wizard has a kick pedal w/cable setup on his Cajon. I'm not a fan compared to a chain-driven kick though.

I think he got it from Paul Bothners...?

Thanks V8

Manny and I built cajons. Bought a Gibraltar cabled foot pedal from Marshalls for 900. I would get a chain driven one given another chance. Or experiment with secondhand bass drum pedals

cajons are way cool, its a drum in a box, and a good option for low level venues

Sorry for asking but reverse mounted or conventional mount wrt to the bass drum pedal?
Thanks

Stoffeltoo wrote: Sorry for asking but reverse mounted or conventional mount wrt to the bass drum pedal?

Reverse. Cajon is played with the player seated on it, so the pedal has to face away. That's why a cajon pedal is remote and cable driven.

I suppose you could use a conventional pedal if you play it with your heel, but that's probably even harder to control than a cable pedal.

Gibraltar and LP both make dedicated cajon pedals. Plus these guys:

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That's a much nicer pedal than the one I got

yes i use a cajon when i'm too lazy to bring the bass drum ? all i do is reverse the bass drum pedal...means you play with the heel not toe...it takes about 1 song to get the feel of the reverse but works fabulously well ...just a stock bass drum pedal ...

Wot Keira sed ? Just reverse the bass pedal and play with the heel. It's easy. I actually find it easier than playing the normal way...

Thanks Chocks

Now for building the attachment frame for the pedal. I received a dixon pedal as a present from a friend.
I have a discarded alu shower frame which seems as it will suit my needs ?

Doesn't the pedal have one of those little screw to tighten claws that it uses to hook onto the edge of the bass kick drum? is there no way you could use that to mount it to the bottom of the cajon?

Thanks Chocklit buuuut....
Drilling holes in a brand new Cajon to mount a fitting does not sit right by me ?.
I decided to rather make a frame to mount the cajon on and fit the pedal to the frame so no holes unless there is a more practical way of attachment

I meant more like a screw clamp. My sisters bass pedal has a little screw clamp attachment at the bottom to attach to the kickdrum. But a frame would be a a better, removable method

why do you need any frame??? i have a bass drum pedal that has a small metal base and i simply push it against the cajon no fixture and because of the heel motion it only moves backwards hence into the cajon so it stays in position and i been using this for many years just like that with 2 different pedals and no prob...

I'd want the pedal clamped to the cajon - too much chance of pedal creep otherwise, even using your heel. Especially if you get in the moment and start laying in to it. Then the toes'll lift off as you put your whole leg behind it and the pedal will be free to move around. I play heel down with my triggers, but still find it's easy to get carried away and revert to my rock drummer roots and start playing heel up.

Simple enough to screw on a plate to the bottom on which to clamp the pedal. Or some angle iron to the front if you need to get the height very specific (although I'd have to make sure that didn't damp the front panel). As long as it's about 3" long and protrudes about 1", it should be enough to clamp the pedal to.