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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 68505" data-attributes="member: 277">Re: Saturday, the house tech said...I imagine a well mic&#039;d tweed covered suitcase with a capable player and a talented engineer could sound pretty good. I had a band a couple of years ago with crazy instruments like that all the way around. The kik drum was one of those orange 5 gallon plastic buckets from Home Depot. Sounded incredible through our 6 SB1000&#039;s and 4 KF650&#039;s. Mic&#039;d it &quot;inside&quot; with a D6. Great &quot;click&quot; and huge bottom (after a little EQ) with perfect decay, no gate needed. The snare was a tupperware container with some BB&#039;s, nails, and other assorted things inside it. Mic&#039;d it with a 57 and added a little gated reverb. It actually sounded better than most of the other snares played by the other 5 bands that day. The Bass was a washtub and a broom with a string. It had a Fishman pickup mounted on it. I just used a little compression on it with flat EQ and it sounded like an expensive rig. The Saw played with a violin bow had a pickup mounted on it as well. It went on from there with other &quot;instruments&quot; such as the Sears Craftsman mechanic wrenches mounted like a Xylophone and played with a hammer. I really wish I had a video camera for that one. The guys were all pretty much A players and the tuning was impeccable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 68505, member: 277"] Re: Saturday, the house tech said... I imagine a well mic'd tweed covered suitcase with a capable player and a talented engineer could sound pretty good. I had a band a couple of years ago with crazy instruments like that all the way around. The kik drum was one of those orange 5 gallon plastic buckets from Home Depot. Sounded incredible through our 6 SB1000's and 4 KF650's. Mic'd it "inside" with a D6. Great "click" and huge bottom (after a little EQ) with perfect decay, no gate needed. The snare was a tupperware container with some BB's, nails, and other assorted things inside it. Mic'd it with a 57 and added a little gated reverb. It actually sounded better than most of the other snares played by the other 5 bands that day. The Bass was a washtub and a broom with a string. It had a Fishman pickup mounted on it. I just used a little compression on it with flat EQ and it sounded like an expensive rig. The Saw played with a violin bow had a pickup mounted on it as well. It went on from there with other "instruments" such as the Sears Craftsman mechanic wrenches mounted like a Xylophone and played with a hammer. I really wish I had a video camera for that one. The guys were all pretty much A players and the tuning was impeccable. [/QUOTE]

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