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« on: January 05, 2005, 05:57 PM » |
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Just stumbled onto this on another site and thought I'd share as its just plain neat  LapDrum |
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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2005, 06:17 PM » |
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I imagine that it would sound great with brushes. Maybe some rubber spatulas, too.
While this would be far from the intended purpose, I imagine it would sound nice with a practice pad on top.
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« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2005, 06:23 PM » |
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Interesting ideas, Joe. I was thinking they might sound cool with tymp mallets or various yarn or rubber mallets.
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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2005, 02:35 PM » |
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Wish I'd had one of these on my last trip!
Can't carry my drums,, they're too big,, but these little guys would fit quite nicely in a duffle bag..
Just modified this post as I just bought one.
I'm just too figgity on trips without having drums around, so we'll see how it does the trick!
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2005, 12:50 PM » |
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windhorse , when you get that lap Drum - please let us know how it sounds...
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2005, 10:32 PM » |
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OK, tonight I played it as the lead drum in a Yambu!
It friggin rocked the house!
Yep, nice little drum.
My Fat conga cajons sound much sweeter.. The slap drum is more rough sounding.
I also found it a bit difficult to hold steady between the legs - compared to regular cajons.
It makes for a nice addition to a 4 set of the Fat Congas though if you've got another drummer that can fit in - and wants to be heard - like tonight.
Overall, I'm very happy with the quality that you can get out of such a portable thing - ultimately the reason I bought it.
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2005, 02:30 PM » |
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I also found it a bit difficult to hold steady between the legs - compared to regular cajons.
If I recall you don't play kit much if at all, but I'm curious about its facility in that role. How I imagine it (outside of just portable) is ina snare stand with a kit or some other setup (like Barts 'percussion' kit). If you have an opprotunity to try it out that way I'd be curious to hear about the results. |
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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2005, 02:02 AM » |
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i checked out the big tumba slap drum... the sound from the sample it made is amazing, and the maintanence whould not be a problem with these! im buying one  |
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« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2005, 09:45 PM » |
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Actually, I built a my own cajon out of birch and a lap drum out of maple with some snares.
The drums sound great in an acoustic environment. What's amazing are the costs are minimal.
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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2005, 03:28 AM » |
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did you build the cajon like the tall pyramid looks ones becuase im not so sure which cajons are which, the conga slag tumba on the site looks like a pyramid with no top (the hole) and im just wondering what types of wood you used to make yours? the tumba one sounds like its played like a djembe, bass in the middle and higher pitched tones on the rims em i correct? im hoping to make a huge one for deep deep bass!
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