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Re: Love the stuff, snare |
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Written by mgmt
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Sunday, May 15 2011 12:49 |
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You said "because the end of the snare is not located at the top, would it not give off much... snareness" ... not sure what you mean... the assembly in general is at the top of the cajon, right? Maybe what you meant is that the contact the snare makes with the tapa is maybe too low? I'd agree: for my taste the contact point would be higher and more towards the corners a bit, but it takes some tweaking to get the placement right (it's also hard to tell from the picture, since we can't see how tall the cajon is.) If anything, I think it would give off too much snareness, since every hit (whether "snare" or "kick") is going to fire the snares when they are close to the center of the tapa.
Or maybe what you meant is that one end of the snare is not in contact with the tapa?
Most "real"-snare setups do that: one end is off the tapa and the snare is angled toward the tapa with a little tension to press the snares against the tapa. In other words, it doesn't sit, tensioned, on the tapa like a snare on a snare drum would. The angle that it hits the tapa at and the tension with which it is held both dramatically affect the sound of the snare (as would the length of the snares, i assume), which is why i would urge you to build in some kind of adjustability into the system until you have it perfected. As long as you have a hole in the cajon you can reach a hand in there and tweak.
-c
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