What Is A Stompbox?

[bieke]

A small wooden structure with a pick up inside, so guitarists can tap their feet to produce a booming percussion sound - like amplifying the sound of your foot tapping on a wooden stage. Built by West Australian luthier Andrew Ellis, these boxes look fantastic and are all handmade to last. Different sounds can be produced depending on what part of the box you tap, and different-soled shoes will affect tonal output too

 

Sending a signal from the Stomp Box is easy enough : one jack, no controls; in terms of maintenance and so forth, there's very little to do. So, just how good can a wood block sound, if a wood block can sound good? The emphasis is on a woody bass 'thunk'

[bieke]

[bieke]

The Schaller pickup is installed so that each corner and side will produce a different sound, when tapped. Also, depending on your shoe (ie the sole material) you will find a variety of sounds.
Ellis Stomp Boxes are built to last, when used properly. They are not designed to be stomped on, particularly directly onto the timber top. You only need to tap the corners or sides to achieve a great result. Using solid Australian timbers and exotic guitar woods, the Stomp Boxes are hand made the the old way - to last!

[bieke]

yours for 155$

[Lanefair]

I'd love to hear some kung fu {censored} on those blocks.

[Nico de Roode]

Hans Teesink uses a transducer he tapes on the floor. Sounds like a bassdrum through PA.

[fernmeister]

too expensive, but a cool idea

[fortytwo]

Very cool.. Linky?

[CurtisM]

Id love to hear one of those run through a cranked fuzzface. That would be rad.

[zhivago]

so if I sat on it and farted, I'd get a tremolo machinegun-style sound?

[bieke]

Originally posted by fortytwo Very cool.. Linky?

 

 

http://www.ellisguitars.com

[Muscated]

Brilliant

[bieke]

Originally posted by zhivago so if I sat on it and farted, I'd get a tremolo machinegun-style sound?

 

 

I think they have a FAQ section on their homepage

[thebazaar]

i tried one of those on the weekend. pretty cool if you are playing solo acoustic.


Ellis makes some cool {censored}

[Sir H C]

I think that is what Skid Roper used when he was with Mojo Nixon early on (when it was just the two of them playing). Probably a much more basic version, but he got great clicks from it.

[YourHerodDGC]

They might be giants used a simlar idea. The only difference was that their pickup was in a giant 15-foot long stick. They would pound it on the ground to get this weird reverby percussive sound.

[fernmeister]

Originally posted by zhivago so if I sat on it and farted, I'd get a tremolo machinegun-style sound?

i don't know. do people duck for cover when you fart?

[zhivago]

Originally posted by fernmeister i don't know. do people duck for cover when you fart?

depends if I'm pointing at them or not

[Andrew Ellis]

Thanks for the kind words about the stomp boxes we make.

[murch33]

Originally posted by fernmeister too expensive, but a cool idea