I recently got a bee in my bonnet about Cajon drums, and decided to have a go at making my own one. I searched around the web and found the best design, in my opinion, and this is how it turned out...
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Quote from Wikipedia
The cajón is the most widely used Afro-Peruvian musical instrument since the late eighteenth century.
It is basically a wooden box with the front "tapa" being much thinner than the rest. You hit the tapa to generate the drum sound. You will notice the 4 coach screws on the side, these are for tuning the 4 guitar strings that run along the top of the tapa that create the snare sound when hit. If you hit the middle of the tapa you get the bass sound.
I am not much of a drummer myself, but when I gave it to a friend to play around on I was amazed at the sound. IMO this is a very versatile percussion instrument, and it sounds fantastic. The bass sound is really tight and you can adjust the tuning of the guitar strings to give you differing snare sounds. It's going to be great to do some acoustic sets with this baby!
I'm keen to hear what you all think.
