Stompbox builders - any tips or suggestions?

[pete.young]

I need to acquire a stompbox (one of those things you er, stomp on which make a noise a bit like a bass drum if fed to a PA). What Seasick Steve calls a Mississippi Drum Machine.

My plan was to build something using a cigar box, half a precision pickup I happen to have lying around, a bit of steel plate or a tin lid or something to replace the strings, and some double sided tape.

Has anyone done this before, and have any suggestions or tips?

[songofthewind]

There’s a fair few how to videos on YouTube.

[pete.young]

Thanks, I'll check it out for inspiration.

 

 

[Bigwan]

Precision pickup? I thought most stomp boxes used a piezo glued to the box?