Buy Meinl Headliner Cajon, Rubber Wood FrontMeinl Headliner Cajon, Rubber Wood Front Product Description:
- Adjustable top corners for desired sound
- Anti-slipping sitting surface
- Adjustable sizzle effect to fit different applications
- Matte finish
- Rubber wood frontplate and resonating body
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Headliner Cajon, Rubber Wood Front
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Not bad for 100 bucks
By E.C.
I was a little worried by some of the feedback on this product. One remark was that it had an awful snare sound. Once I received the Cajon, I got the same worrisome sound. I simply tightened the snare wires with the provided allen wrench and the sound turned into a good sound. It's not a masterpiece of percussion instruments; it's a somewhat inexpensive mid-quality instrument.This being my first Cajon, I didn't want to go all out on a 300/400 dollar instrument. I'm reasonably satisfied with this instrument, and I can't complain that it's not louder or more refined in sound. It's actually a good instrument for the price.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Highly Customizable Instrument for Fat, Personalized Beats
By Starcadia
I've been casually beating on random stuff for 25 years, and have developed a sort of science of, and aptitude for, rhythm. I love taking a mundane object and turning it into an expressive drum. Almost anything works if you can find its individual talent and character. A cardboard box, a sink, a couch, a bottle, a file cabinet, and on and on. I'd been familiar with the cajon for a while, but like with other forms of percussion, I was skeptical that I'd be able to find enough character and variety in it for it to be an all-around instrument that I'd want to play often. Well, let me just say that this thing is really cool.My girlfriend bought this for me for Christmas. Originally she wanted to buy a more swanky thing from Etsy, but I told her that I only needed something basic and classic. If I can make a cardboard box do special things, then I don't need an expensive, custom-painted set-piece. So she got me this one. Mind you it's the only cajon I've ever played, but I've fallen in love with it. And I LOOOOVE rhythm.The love didn't happen immediately, however. Out of the box, the thing had an awful vibration at distinct tones - not a surprise, since the snares inside are made of stretched guitar strings. So I started messing with it. After about a half-hour of fiddling, I realized that if I loosened the two strings, using the supplied allen wrench inside the instrument, to a point where they're loose but still buzz a little, but at a tone that is too low to recognize, then it actually sounds good (bassy and fat). I actually like a little bit of artifact noise in the bass for character, but you can get rid of it altogether by loosening the strings even more. Mine are currently just above that.Then by loosening all the screws on the upper front panel a few turns, I was able to get a nice, crisp snare sound as well. I may mess with it some more, and even try "preparing" the drum in interesting ways, but for now it's a real pleasure, with great sound, and it has a way of inspiring some seriously fat, complex beats. Other improvised surfaces only have up to a few inherent rhythmic capabilities, but this is a bona-fide instrument, and totally customizable, that allows me to fully express myself. It's a joy, really.I will say I suspect it may take a little bit of experience with hand rhythm to really be able to appreciate this thing, and to personalize it to a point that it is usable and pleasurable at the same time. It is very basic, but that, along with its good sound, is its major strength, because you can make it what you want it to be. It's a street instrument, essentially, not a Steinway, and its benefits will scale with your skill and imagination. In other words, if you expect this thing to perform for you, you may be disappointed. If you know how to MAKE it perform for you, you'll be delighted.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
needs to be built right to get a good sound
By ucfmat
I've been messing around with my new cajon for a while now, trying to tune it just right, but with the particular one I received I cannot seem to get it to give enough snare sound before you start to just hearing twanging from the guitar strings.I was incredibly dissapointed after I received this specific item. I was looking forward to playing it so much, but it just couldn't give the right sounds. I looked through the hole in the back and noticed the piece of wood that helps apply tension to the strings is off kilter...and this is due to having one set of strings being much longer than the other set.I went out and played the exact same version in a Sam Ash music store and it sounded great...better than the other much more expensive models they had there. This leads me to believe that I got the short stick on the one I received. If I had received the same one that I found in the store, then this would have gotten 5 stars easy. I loved the sound of that one.
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