Foot Drum?

mardybumbum

Heya.
Im in an acoustic duo at the moment. Two guitars. One lead singer and one back up singer. I want to add some percussion to our live gigs.
I recently seen a JBT video where he is using some sort of foot drum.
Im sorry, I dont know the proper name for it.
What is it, and where can I get one?
Thanks in advance.

discobeaker

I think i seen one of these in goodwins on capel st,Dublin, the other week. Think it was about 120. If you went in im sure you could try it out

mardybumbum

Cheers mate. Im in mayo at the moment but Ill take a look in there when Im back in Dublin next.
Do you know if it can be plugged into a PA at all?

discobeaker

I have no idea if you can plug it into the pa,would assume you can. I have a magazine somewhere that has a little write up on it. if i can find the mag i will let you know what it says about it. The magazine was guitar world so maybe even check out their site

Welease

Your pic is not showing for me.. I remember seeing something similar to what you are asking about..If memory serves, it was a Australian company who made them, and yes they could be hooked up to a PA.. lemme do some checking..


Edit - Is this it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_RIkTBsKJM&feature=channel
http://ellisguitars.com

mardybumbum

Thats exactly what Im looking for. Cheers.
When I googled "foot drum" all I got was information on some "farmer footdrum" which I certainly do not want.
So its a stompbox Im looking for.
Thanks.

Parsley

i always though john just had a bit of carpet and wood with a mic under it for that!

Dord

Afaik it's just a piece of wood with a piezo in it for picking up the foot stomps.
It'd be fairly easy to make one for cheap.

Welease

Dord wrote: »

Afaik it's just a piece of wood with a piezo in it for picking up the foot stomps.
It'd be fairly easy to make one for cheap.

Yep.. i believe thats exactly what it's made of.

mardybumbum

Parsley wrote: »

i always though john just had a bit of carpet and wood with a mic under it for that!

Yes. Johns one does look pretty primative.
I dont think I'd be able to make a decent one myself.
Would prefer to buy one of those miniature stomp boxes. They look very portable.

trad

There's a guy who gigs agound Bray area, plays lead guitar while sitting with a base drum and high hat on the feet and sometimes plays snare depending on the tune and then back to lead, some sight.

discobeaker

Sorry about the late reply. Found the advert on guitar world.

Here is a link to what i thought you were after

http://www.shadow-electronics.com/viewpro.html?lang_id=&id=254