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Ultimate Stomp Board.... sorta

I have a gig at a music festival coming up and have built several "stomp boards" to get the sound of a juke joint floor... all to no avail.... so,

built my own porch floor. 1 by rough cut oak planks and a 4x4 post. With a mic laying on the floor a real thump/thump comes through.

Here are 5 CBGs built for sale in the performers booth...

extreme measures... but,... what the heck?

the best,

Wichita Sam

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on June 8, 2012 at 2:41pm

Nice!

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on June 8, 2012 at 11:13pm

I've seen this before used on stage. Great idea. I guess it is hard to beat the tone, when it is actually a porch floor...LOL Enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Tinker on June 9, 2012 at 1:07am

Excellent!

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Permalink Reply by William McCauley on June 9, 2012 at 11:39am

Does anyone remember John Hartford and his sheet of plywood?

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Permalink Reply by Doug Patterson on June 10, 2012 at 12:07pm

I do. He performed at my college way back in 1973. I remember being fascinated by that plywood. Had never seen that before.

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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Nation on June 10, 2012 at 2:10pm

I love this!!!

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on June 10, 2012 at 2:32pm

Ron,

Looking forward to it. I'm doing a TV interview on KOZL Wednesday to promo the festival....

later,

Sam

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on June 12, 2012 at 9:49pm

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Permalink Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire on June 13, 2012 at 2:08am

Looks good, But maybe age it a bit, chain it to the truck, drag down a dirt and gravel road for a few miles, through some mud then rinse with beer.. that should give it just the right sound and look you need...

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on June 13, 2012 at 5:48am

Hmmm, knew I guy who made house number signs out of chunks of limestone that had been used as corner posts in Kansas. He would tie them behind his pickup and drive down gravel/sand roads.... amazing...

I was actually thinking about gray deck paint, then age it (hahahaha) and build a plank guitar build from the same rough cut lumber.....

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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Gus on June 13, 2012 at 4:31am

It seems like every time I visit this site, something new inherits the "Coolest Thing I've Ever Seen" slot. I wonder what it would sound like wired up with a piezo and volume/tone pots...you'd also get the absurdness of having an "electric porch" as one of your instruments.