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Posted by Mike Bingham on April 10, 2011 at 4:55pm

I finally found a used bass drum pedal at the local flea market and built my suitcase kick drum I've wanted for a while. The suitcase was $3.00 at the thrift store and the wood was scrounged. It was totally worth the wait! Sounds HUGE. Very worthwhile project.

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BUGGY (C) May 27, 2015 at 2:34am

Did you remove the interior fabric and add any holes??
Mike Bingham December 16, 2012 at 4:30am

Thanks DarkMark! I don't have a pickup in it. Something I've done, though to use it with an amp is set a speaker about a foot from it and use the speaker like a mic to feed the amp. I just used clip leads to hook the speaker wire to a guitar cord and plug it right in. I hope this helps.
DarkMark December 11, 2012 at 11:45am

nicely nicely done. do you have a pickup in this thing, and if so where? preparing to make one for myself, out of an old (octagonal) 20th Century Fox 35mm motion picture film shipping box, and want option to run into an amp. thx
Mike Bingham April 10, 2011 at 11:54pm

Thanks for the comment Greg. I hope you are as pleased with yours as I am with mine. It far exceeded my expectations.
Greg Francis April 10, 2011 at 11:35pm

Nice!!! I have an old suitcase that I'm waiting to do the same thing with. Enjoy. :)
Mike Bingham April 10, 2011 at 7:29pm

Thanks NightOwl! I'm thrilled with this thing. Gonna try to do a video after while.
NightOwl April 10, 2011 at 6:08pm

Love it!
Mike Bingham April 10, 2011 at 5:37pm

Thanks Wes. Interesting choice of words - I actually had a typo in the description in "suitcase" where I put an "h" in place of the "u". The wife and I had a good laugh. Your comment gave us another. Have a good 'un!