Off Topic Happy with my vibrator

[Powman]

I was thinking of getting a Basskicker platform but it was over $700 for the complete kit. So I made my own and its working well. Here's the parts list

1. Aura Bass Shaker (Parts Express)
2. 70 W Subwoofer amp (Parts Express)
3. Platform made from 2 sheets of 2 feet by 2 feet half in plywood. Basically, I made a hollow cavity with 1 inch by 2 inch pine as a frame in between the plywood. The hollow cavity works better IMO.
4. Bass shaker screwed into the platform.
5. Shure SM 58 mic for the kickdrum.
6. Then to ART mic pre-amp
7. Then to the Subwoofer amp
8. Then speaker wire to the bass shaker.

Works quite well and allowing me to easily feel the kick drum. Makes me a better bass player...I am much tigher with the drummer.

I have also used this on my iMac. I used some RCA splitters so that a signal gets sent to both the normal subwoofer and my bass shaker subwoofer. So when jamming to a song, again I also feel the drums (but also the recorded bass).

Lastly, it can be also used to just feel my own bass if I wanted to do that.

I paid about $200 for parts. You folks in the US of A are in better luck because I paid too much for shipping and brokerage fees. You won't have to pay for shipping like I did.

Give it a try...

 

[five7]

Always nice to save money and be creative at the same time. I don't think I could stand in one place though. How do you do that and what if the drummer doesn't have perfect tempo?

 

[Aussie Mark]

Standing in the one place might work in an emo shoegazer band I suppose.

 

[nashman]

Hey Powman ... greetings - although I don't live there now, I grew up in Oakville.

 

[Powman]

Always nice to save money and be creative at the same time. I don't think I could stand in one place though. How do you do that and what if the drummer doesn't have perfect tempo?

This gizmo is only a week or so old...so I can't say too much et. But tonight I used it at band practice. We used a Roland digital kit in practice (real drums live). I plugged it into the headphone jack of the Roland. It was absolutely awesome...

So far, my drummer has excellent tempo. In fact, he is anal about tempo, so no worries there.

The few gigs I have done have stages so tiny, I am not too worried about moving around. In fact, it helps me carve out a bit of territory for myself actually.

 

[Powman]

Standing in the one place might work in an emo shoegazer band I suppose.

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When I do my emo stuff, the platform helps catch all the blood from my self inflicted cuts, so again, quite handy little gizmo

 

[Powman]

Hey Powman ... greetings - although I don't live there now, I grew up in Oakville.

We should go for coffee...you know, have a "man date"

 

[bovinehost]

When I do my emo stuff, the platform helps catch all the blood from my self inflicted cuts, so again, quite handy little gizmo

That response rocks.