I'm a player and I've used a Cajon in just about every genre of music you could imagine.

If it sounds good to you and works for the music ... use it!

Generally speaking, I'm personallly using the Cajon for acoustic music, whether it be Rock, Country, Latin, Jazz, etc. I also use it a lot for drum loop concepts, in conjunction with a drumset.

There's going to be a big push in the market for Cajons. We'll see more and more companies offering the instrument as well as custom builders. It's the latest fad ... and was the buzz at the 2005 NAMM Show.

It's funny how something that has been around for so long can suddenly gain a lot of exposure and popularity. Like the Djembe did a number of years ago, the Cajon is making a commotion throughout the music industry.

I wonder what will be next.  

That is so true... even coupple of years ago when I first got interested in cajon... I searched on ebay and there was nothing... and there is a ton any day...

It's good though that it gets exposure... the more players play, more better ones will emerge... well more bad once too    but the point is that things will develop... better or different sounding drums, new desings etc...  The hype will ofcourse die down but there always be demand for good music and musicianship which is developed only through a lot of "sweating" ...  


trauco233, thanks for the PM...
Let us know if there is a way to maybe see and hear some of your creations...

Do you play other percussion other then cajon?

by the way you should post some more comments because if you don't, it will seem like you are here to sell cajons (which is cool with me because I realy want one )  and B-man might come and bust your donkey... if you know what I mean  

seriously though... tell us more about where you play and in what kind of group...  are there sites you recomend to check about "South American folk and Nouveau Flamenco"

I have some great links for you guys to see but i have no idea if i am allowed to put links here. Let me know.
There is a lot of info in one of them.

In my "interpretation of the law"  if it's link to your site put it in the signature in your profile, and if it's not your site and you just sharing information you could post the links.

by the way I didn't know any of the instruments you listed except cajon and classical guitar...
you ever heard of Rodrigo Rodriguez he is a classical guitarist originaly from Equador. He lives in US now.

Sorry if i made it look as if i was looking for customers, but it is true that i make cajones. I would like to share some info that i will quote because it is not mine, but it is some history of the peruvian cajon for those that wanted to know about the peruvian cajon.

"The Peruvian Cajón



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The Peruvian cajón, or wooden box, became synonymous with Afro-Peruvian music during this century, although its use dates back to the 1800s. With the arrival of the recording industry in Peru, the cajón was added to the instrumentation of the vals criollo, or "creole waltz", and in the 1970s it was adopted in Spain for flamenco music as well as for popular music such as rock and fusion. The latter development is traced to one man -- the guitar player Paco de Lucía, who took it to Spain and with it replaced the percussive hand clapping which accompanied his flamenco performances. The Peruvian cajón has a cousin of the same name in Cuba, where it is made in three sizes, reflecting the arrangement of sets of drums such as congas and batá. The Cuban cajón is primarily featured in the rumba de cajón. In Peru, however, where only a single cajón producing a variety of sounds is played, it fulfills a more universal musical function.

Just as its name indicates, a cajón is a box made of wooden sheets --preferably cedar or mahogany -- on which the player sits to strike the front and sides. A sound hole is cut into the back, and the front is loosely attached to permit a rattling sound to be made.

As with many folk instruments, the origins of the cajón cannot be established with assurance, but the most likely theories involve antecedents that were not drums nor necessarily made of wood. While it is possible that the cajón indeed represents a variant of the drums that it eventually replaced, Nicomedes Santa Cruz, among others, looks instead to the two botijas, or conical clay jugs, that were used by earlier generations of black Peruvians to accompany the zamacueca, the precursor of todays marinera. Once the jugs' bottoms were removed, the mouths of the jugs were covered with patches of donkey skin, which were struck by the musicians. The larger, or bass, jug was the llamador, and the smaller instrument, used for improvising, was the repicador. Another candidate for predecessor of the cajón is the tamborete, no longer in use. The tamborete, which was also known as mesa de ruidos (table of noises) outside of Lima and tormento in Chile, was a sheet of wood set on four legs like a small table. Bottle caps and wood chips, which the player could strike to achieve different sounds, might have been attached to the top of the tamborete.

The cajón is now a national emblem for Peruvians, and an indispensable part of any ensemble that performs the traditional and folk music of Peru."

I just found this forum about three or four days ago, and some pleople contacted me with pm`s it was not me that contacted them first, just to clear this about me trying to make money with my cajones.

Since i would also like to contribute to this site i will teach you guys how to make a cajon with plywood. I would also like to clarify that i never intended to add my site to make business since i do not have a site yet. I just wanted to add some links for people to read more about the cajones. And decide if the peruvian or flamenco or cuban caja is best for their needs.

Tonight i will share some info on how to build your own cajon with plywood.

sorry guys but today is a no go i am kind of tired i will do that tomorrow.

Yes they are made from solid wood, but the biggest one the depth is not enough. Should be at least a couple of inches more about 11 inches in depth.

Here there is a sound sample that do not belong to my cajones but it is played by a great cajonero and some other ones from other cajoneros. These are cajon LA PERU and FLAMENKITO wich are very expensive. They come from Europe. Just to let you know that the sounds of these cajones are extremely good but the cost i believe is over 275 euros.

To be able to listen to the files you really need good speakers, with a polk audio it will sound really bad. So try to have some good speakers with some bass. Cheap speakers are useless for this files.

Flamenco cajon samples



http://www.flamenkito.com/producto_46/perunegro.wav

http://www.flamenkito.com/producto_202/cjaleo.mp3

http://www.flamenkito.com/producto_45/cduende.mp3

http://www.flamenkito.com/producto_44/cembrujo.mp3



http://www.esflamenco.com/media/video/cajon_03.mpg
http://www.esflamenco.com/media/video/cajon_04.mpg
http://www.esflamenco.com/media/video/cajon_02.mpg

Sound of cajon peruano

http://www.rumillajta.com/cajondec.mp3



Well i guess this would be all for now. Hope you guys like this sounds of great cajoneros.

The reason why i had embeded them before, it was because some people believed that i was here only to sell my cajones. This files are in other sites, wich are also great sites to buy from, but quite expensive, to my taste.

I has been changed now. They are ready for you to download with the url.