This is a Cheap cajon. It sounded pretty dead out of the box, but I Loosened the strings a tad, Taped one string down that was buzzing, and Loosed the top corners and it sounds like a Cajon now. to the ear, It sounds like a Box with beads inside. But with a mic in the Back, which Is How I will be playing it-It sounds good enough. the Low end punches through quite clearly in the back with the peak at 60-125 Htz, pretty low. I found with a sm-57 almost all the way in and aiming Upwards toward the "snare" sound area, With EQ on the board I need to boost 2K and up, and bring down the Bass a bit, and It sounds good. Reverb Helps it. Its a cheap cajon, I wish the Snap in the "snare" area was a bit higher pitched then it is, But It sounds dead with tighter strings. It's good enough, and It is a Cajon. Not spectacular, But It'll work for me.

Nice.

It's worth what you pay for it. there are Many Better sounding Cajons out there, But you can make this work.

It's Nice. My Blues/Rocknroll/Funk Band Can't get into a lot of places because of my full drum set. So we decided to arrange a quieter set where I'd play Cajon, Djembe and shakers in my shoes. This will work fine.

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Everything, I play different stuff in different Bands.

I own many different cajons for different sounds, settings, etc. This is not the best that I own, nor it wounds the best, but it is my "go to" model most of the times. It's because it's the best sounding one for the price and features. It also can take a beating and I don't have to worry about the materials becoming lose, broken or whatever. Tuning it is a breeze. Just use the provided allen wrench and start plucking the guitar strings inside to see which side is loosest or tightest. If too lose, tighten it. If too tight, loosen it.....and you'll hear the sound immediately improve. It doesnt' hurt to buy the cajon bag that Meinl makes for it's cajons. I didn't find it here, but saw it at a local store, so I bargained with the store guy and I got a great deal.

Very simple to use allen screws allow you to tune the string tension and the screws on the front plate allow you to also adjust the amount of slap that you want to get out of the drum.

Before I knew that it was easy to adjust, I called Meinl's USA office in Nashville and spoke with their very knowlegeable staff. They took very good care of me....taught me how to tune and adjust the drum and thsi is why I ude this drum more often than the others. It's just so easy to use!

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Like everyone else, mine sounded like crap when taken out of the box, but with some trial & error and some adjusting I got it to sound pretty decent for the price!! I got my sounding decent by doing the following... I removed the front plate and loosened the 2 adjustable nuts all the way. I adjusted the string slack to be even on BOTH sides (runs in a V shape from the nut) the string runs and re tightened the nuts while keeping the string slack even. Once tightened to preferred 'snare' resonation I then placed two single paper towel sheets folded into a square (4 ply 3"X3") and placed them on each side between the face plate and strings closest to the center rod with the length overlapping the other strings. Upon re-tightening the front plate I left the corner top and center top screw loose by about 2 whole turns for the coveted 'slap' or rimshot sound. Hope this will help someone as I could have used the help!! Enjoy!

Unless you don't have hands it's a breeze to use!

I had to deduct here as some of the plate screw were drilled in crokked making the heads stick out when slightly loosened.

for a c-note and change you can't go wrong!

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rock, reggae, jazz, latin, alternative