heI just ran across the "PorchBoard Bass" and compared it to stomp boxes.. there does seem to me a better sound from the The PorchBoard Bass.. so what's the difference?
I have a similar stomp box that is a padron box with a piece of carpet and a license plate on top- piezo inside- I run it through a mixer with the high and mid down and the bass up then to a powered pa. I also made one with a license plate with bottle caps on top and a tamborine attached- this one has the treble turned up and the bass down for my other foot. I used both in this vid of the test run of the barefoot cajun oil can 3 stringer
I've owned a Porchboard bass, helped Ted design the Terraplane Floorboard and built my own stomper from a wood soda crate. The Porchboard is over-hyped and way to expensive for its own good. Ted's Terraplanes are great for tapping the beat.
However, I use my soda crate more than anything. I based it on Seasick Steve's "Mississippi Drum Machine". It's just a piezo under a piece of wood. I stomp the hell outta it wearing cowboy boots. I just plug it into the PA and remove all treble and mids. Works perfectly
I've owned a Porchboard bass, helped Ted design the Terraplane Floorboard and built my own stomper from a wood soda crate. The Porchboard is over-hyped and way to expensive for its own good. Ted's Terraplanes are great for tapping the beat.
However, I use my soda crate more than anything. I based it on Seasick Steve's "Mississippi Drum Machine". It's just a piezo under a piece of wood. I stomp the hell outta it wearing cowboy boots. I just plug it into the PA and remove all treble and mids. Works perfectly
I would be interested to hear the ted crocker / shane speal one with better sound quality
http://porchboard.com/PorchBoard/PorchBoardFront.jpg, the porch board seems to have a strip of metal on the top for stomping (which makes me think there's a magnetic pickup inside), a tone switch/knob of sorts, I'm assuming it works on a similar principal, that or a dynamic coil sort of thing, reverse speaker in a box
I would think a bass pickup would work the best though
Next time I get my hands on one ill try it out
Joker said:
Ted Crocker built one just like you are talking about a couple of years ago. It has a license plate over a bass pickup Here us a vid of shane playing it
Cloudy Knuckles said:
Why not put a bass pickup in a box with something metal on top?
Might not even need the metal. If I hit my 2x4 diddley bow against something it makes a good "kick" sound, it has a humbucker on it
Ted Crocker built one just like you are talking about a couple of years ago. It has a license plate over a bass pickup
Here us a vid of shane playing it
Cloudy Knuckles said:
Why not put a bass pickup in a box with something metal on top?
Might not even need the metal. If I hit my 2x4 diddley bow against something it makes a good "kick" sound, it has a humbucker on it
I've used a PorchBoard (borrowed it at an open mic), and they do sound good, but they are expensive. I don't know what pickup they have in them, but it certainly gives a proper rounded bass thump. If I knew what the difference was, I'd be making something similar myself!
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Find more videos like this on Cigar Box Nation Shane Speal said:
However, I use my soda crate more than anything. I based it on Seasick Steve's "Mississippi Drum Machine". It's just a piezo under a piece of wood. I stomp the hell outta it wearing cowboy boots. I just plug it into the PA and remove all treble and mids. Works perfectly
http://porchboard.com/PorchBoard/PorchBoardFront.jpg, the porch board seems to have a strip of metal on the top for stomping (which makes me think there's a magnetic pickup inside), a tone switch/knob of sorts, I'm assuming it works on a similar principal, that or a dynamic coil sort of thing, reverse speaker in a box
I would think a bass pickup would work the best though
Next time I get my hands on one ill try it out
Joker said:
Here us a vid of shane playing it
Cloudy Knuckles said:
Might not even need the metal. If I hit my 2x4 diddley bow against something it makes a good "kick" sound, it has a humbucker on it