OK, so I've been monkeying around with the Cajon Drum box that I introduced in my previous post. Something was amiss . . . the tone . . . it wasn't quite what I wanted . . . the pitch was too high and it sounded muted. Recall the head was made from 1/4" baltic birch. Sooooo, I made a new head from 1/8" (3mm) baltic birch and whoa baby, I got the tone I wanted. A nice basey (sp) tone that isn't too far from a regular kick drum, and good volume to boot. I'm thinking the good tone and volume are a successful pairing of the dense (3/4") sides, the 1/4" back, and the 1/8" head. The muting she's be gone. Really nice tone when palmed or pedaled. Anywhoo, onward and upward to the next adventure.
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