Meinl Make Your Own Bongo Cajon - Drum Set Jam 

@rdavidr great video explaining the process of making the Bongo Cajon and then demonstrating the sound. For sure lots of guys will find this video useful. Thank you so much and keep up the great work!

Had a lot of fun with this one! In a future video I will be checking out the Meinl Make Your Own Cajon, as well as some other cymbals. So stay tuned for that! Skip to 6:30 to hear how it sounds!

Plz make a marching snare

rdavidr, the only man on the earth happy about packages with some assembly required.

6:30 is the only scenario where I'm comfortable watching a man play with himself. Thanks for humbling yourself and using the Meinl tool kit to show that it could actually be done.

Very cool groove at the end. Which came first: The cajon beat or the kit beat?

Dude, loved the JB’s style groove at 6:50. Sounds great!

I loved that inspiring bongo playing on top of everything else.

Meinl couldn't have teamed up with a better RU-vidr for this product! 10/10!

Now I want a whole set of Meinl logo'd Wera screwdrivers...

I built the cajon from Meinl and it was a load of fun!

Sounds good. Not sure how bongo cajones are played normally but the larger “female” regular bongo is typically played on the player’s right with the smaller “male” bongo on the left. Only really makes any difference if you’re trying to learn the classic grooves like martillo and you’re right handed I guess.

Great tutorial thanks ! I would like to make 2 extra suggestions . 1. Instead of the blue tape , extra belts could be tied or clamped around it . 2. When hammering the dividers in , I’d use a bit of padding on the wood to prevent dents in the wood . Thanks for the video ! 😊

Now that ending beat was fresh and very groovy Dave

You had a blast playing it, I had blast listening. So dope sick

Awesome groove at the end, brother! Keep up the good work!

Just a tip. When using a hammer like how you used it in this video, put a 2x4 on top of the divider and hammer the 2x4 to avoid damaging the wood.

The drummer and cajon player look REALLY similar. does anybody else notice this?

Not that it was ever bad, but I have been watching your channel long enough now that I can see some awesome improvement in your playing. Kinda cool to see progress since most of us don’t record ourselves over years to be able to look back at how far we have come.

It looks so uncomplicated that I might actually get one myself. It's only 20 euros, I can probably learn a bunch from it and if things succeed, I have a bongo cajon to play when friends play guitar at the campsite or whatever. Thanks for the video!

Keep up the good work dude this video is amazing!

I can definitely tell that your grooves are getting better.

My drum kit came in shells with heads and hardware except the 10" tom and snare drum were assembled but tuned horribly and my cymbal stands had to be assembled also i finally tuned all my toms over the last 2 hours and i got them to sound good

From the title I legit thought it was something that had to do with the bongo cat meme but it was just another great video. Keep up the good work!

honestly if this beat was on itunes or something i'd buy it

Had a cool thought yesterday. Use long double lugs of just the right length and hole spacing to connect 2 floor toms end to end to make a like a 32x16. Like mount the lugs “upside down” so they extend past the bearing edge and half screws into one drum and half into the other... bridging the gap. Only use heads and hoops on the outer ends so that it really functions like one long drum. Maybe play it like a kick drum with spurs on it since it ought to have a pretty similar internal volume to a 22” kick. Somewhere around 6000 Cu. in.

You killed it playing it

The rhythm you were playing near the end reminded me of the theme from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, so now that's stuck in my head.

That snare sound... dang it... perfect for a sample library. ;)

Cool! The part with the two Daves was pretty groovy!

awesome groove

This is so rad!

that friggin bass drum dude, also very nice groove you played!

Congrats on winning, bro!!!

@rdavidr cool to see someone else rocking a 545SD! One of my favorite mics.

great video dave

David I really dig all your videos. Thanks for posting such cool drum tech stuff. Keep up the great work man you are awesome

Seriously love this channel

Nice groove, your vids are always educational & entertaining!🤘

Nice. Very cool. Good, clear video with solid advice and tip as we've all come to expect on this great YT channel. Might be a fun project to do with the grandkids, too. And the price is right for sure. BTW, I'm sure that it's not written in stone or anything but looking around at other videos it looks like the normal way of playing bongos for a right handed player is to have the lower pitched drum on the right. I mess around with bongos a bit and have tried both ways. It seems to be easier and more natural to do it 'right hand low". Easier to play the 'ands' on the low drum which works well in a lot of musical situations. (as a quick example, try playing single stroke 16ths on the high drum moving the right hand to the low drum for only the "and of 1" and the "and of 3") Playing that way also gives you the same orientation as a regular drum kit, tom tom pitch-wise. Just my two cents.

One of your better videos, R

Great vid!! Really great groove at the end! Very impressive hand drumming!!! Looking forward to the next one!!

Dude that combo sounded great!👍

Sounds good 👍

that was dope. also really creative considering you only had 2 different sound chambers. cool stuff Dave.

I like your Work skils 👍

El mejor drumer

You are awesome man.

Groove was pretty tight man. Once again, another great video.

I honestly love this part at 7:20

I'm buying one ! Nice presentation of assembly and some incorporation with the drum kit. You gotta solid groove going there brotherman and at 7:40 that was a SWEET 10 seconds of sum flipn' funk toss around ; ) Keep it up

Straight up Apache Steelo 👌🏽😜🎶👏🏾

Nice one Dude.

Awesome work my friend!! 👍👍👍👍

Hey, nice reverb at 4:23!

LP makes cajon style congas that are very similar and great for mobility. I'd love to see you experiment with more Latin percussion.

when youtubers say a big company sent something to them, it makes me think they sent it to them personally, but it just means they bought it and it got shipped to their house like they would anybody else.

Talents

Very handy

Loved it!

Awesome man!

4:22 Just gently tapping it in

I'd like to see you make a full sized cajon out of wooden pallets

Maybe check for "square" for the four sides. The oversize top is a good idea if it's a hair off.

You ever thought about making like a 20+ ply tom or snare? Jojo Mayer’s snare rum is 27 ply and I believe Danny Carey’s toms are like 32 ply. Didn’t know if that could be a possible video for you to make.

Amazing video! Thanks Man!

Hey I just watched your homemade cowbell video, and I wanted to recommend the black beauty LP cowbell. They have one a on the drum kit at my school, I hope to get one if I ever get a drum kit. Also am asking for this for Christmas.

Hell yeah DUDE!! That was a tasty groove.... Do they come in different sizes?..

Cool!

hey can u make a 13x1 picolo? i am rlly curious wat ittl sound like. it is a good use for extra drum shells

Love the videos man!

Nice video dude, 1 tip though, with stuff like bongos or conga's its better to put a mic on the hole side instead of the hitting side

david having watched this great vid, i highly recommend checking out godsmack's drum solo. where the used... yes you guesed it. bongos! and maybe do another jam vid. cheers!

Hey can u make metal stick tips or sticks because I think that would make a clan found on the ride

do a video on the make your own meinl cajon!!!!

a sharp block plane would work, too.

how about leaving the bottom, allow sound to project and hopefully clean up a bit. find it very muddy. I might order one and try,,,worlds a crazy place.

Me: can't you just use bongos? FBI, Illuminati, Interpol: don't fucking move

i have to get a wood project going....been a long time since i've applied a poly finish to something 🤔

I like the Meinl cymbals around the kit. Vid on why you bought those specific ones?

Hmm... Whole lot of new meinl shenanigans happening on this channel 🤔🤔

Amazing video! Can u share us the measurements please?

Can you do a Ringo starr drum impression?

hi!!, I wanted to know if it is possible to play the instrument with the mallets. sounds good? I would insert bongo in cajon set. Thanks

@rdavidr what about sandblasted cymbal?

can you do a video on how to make a meinl(-ish) snare timbale and also did you get endorsed by meinl?

I enjoyed your groove. Nice beard, btw. :)

Hey DR is there a drum company that will send you a kit where you can assemble yourself ??

Hey David, when are you gonna make a review on the MeeAudio m7?? I think you mentioned them a little while ago in a video?

Is that a pure alloy China?

JHEEZ DAVE please use a deadblow hammer instead of a nailing hammer when doing fittin stuff in tight joins because i dont want you damaging ur beautiful drums and now cajon

You should make a hipster cajon kit ;)

Do you do covers? If so can you cover Breakout by Foo Fighters?

How about a full canon kit (basically a kit made completely out of wood

Product is awesome... What are you running for in-ears in this?

Is there a very different sound if you mic the bottom side??

You didn't use a surface plate to true the body before gluing the top? GAFAW!!

well... one of your channel best performances. is that line in the cajon a crack??

hey im a dummer and i dont have a crash is it possible to use moon gel on a cymbal i wanted to know just in case i accidentally ruin it

What kind of splash did you use for the drum set?