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Cajon Pedal - TMCP

MEINL

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This Cajon Pedal from Meinl leaves your hands unrestricted to play patterns while keeping steady kick drum rhythms beneath. The soft beater, smooth horizontal cable, and cradle-like mount combined with dual adjustable spring tension gives you a natural and stable feel beneath your foot, allowing you to create an infinite amount of grooves with total relaxation.

Located on both the pedal and beater mount are adjustable springs that allow you to dial-in the amount of response you require. Double strokes come effortlessly and dynamics are easy to control. The cable system is positioned horizontally to give the beater the best reaction time while relieving the cable of any tension areas. Heavy-duty spurs are located on contact points with the ground to prevent slippage and may be threaded all the way in or out for different types of flooring. Convert your cajon into a kick drum with the Meinl Cajon Pedal!
MEINL Chain Drive Cajon Pedal with Soft Beater and Adjustable Spring Tension
MEINL Chain Drive Cajon Pedal with Soft Beater and Adjustable Spring Tension

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  • Horizonally positioned cable
  • Heavy-duty spurs
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One year replacement, parts, and labor warranty on all percussion products.

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2.95

20 Reviews

44%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend

Use Caution....
Awesome Cajon Pedal. The best that I have ever used!

Most Liked Positive Review

5

Feels great under my foot, and seems solid!

I've read a lot of reviews for cajon pedals. This pedal has higher ratings than nearly all other pedals on the BIG internet sites. Additionally, I had an opportunity to check it out at NAMM before it was officially released and I was impressed. So, I was excited to get one. Initially, It feels much heavier and solid than I expected and looks GREAT out in front of my cajon. When I received it, there was a lot of travel in the pedal, and play in the cable. The pedal nearly hit the floor before the beater hit the cajon. Luckily there are many adjustments available. The pedal also includes the tools to make these adjustments. So, I rolled the cable attachment back a bit on both cam shafts. This took up a lot of the slack and now the attachment pulls the cable straight out of the guide. It reduced the travel of both the pedal and the beater. I also rolled the chain attachment back a bit to raise the pedal. Now the pedal has GREAT action and is much more responsive. The pedal requires a minimal press to get a solid satisfying thump out of my cajon. I also adjusted the angle of the beater so that it hits the cajon straight on and just sounds great! It is a load of fun to play my cajon with my big fat Meinl Cajon brushes, or play a shaker in my right hand and brush on cajon with my left. I even offset the beater assembly a bit so I can do some tone bending on the face of the cajon with one foot. My biggest concern with this pedal, as with many others, is cable breakage. I'm hoping that having adjusted the pedal to reduce the slack and minimize how hard it needs to be pressed will protect the cable a bit more. Bicyclists and many other industries have been using cable technology for years so this must be a viable way to do this. I think Meinl has it right. But, just like I have extra guitar strings, I think I'll be looking for a replacement cable just in case. It doesn't seem too I will be updating this review as I use this pedal in practice and performance.

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Most Liked Negative Review

2

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Bought this to use my cajon as a "bass drum" with an acoustic duo I am working with. Played two practices, one light gig (5 songs). Set up to practice at home and about 30 minutes in I noticed the cable had frayed almost to the point of breaking. I had diligently set it up as carefully as possible to minimize cable strain and "rubbing" at the beater end. Low and behold it frayed at the FACTORY fitting right below the beater. I had read about this happening but was convinced it had to be a set up issue. Nope...just not designed for any type of "drummer's" bass drum pedal playing. Probably work fine for a cajon player who just needs to tap out singles on the 1 and 3 etc. But any more than that seems to put too much strain on the cable because of how it is attached. Kinda bummed out, because I had just gotten it to where I could get some nice expressive playing out of it... Oh well.

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Best Uses
  1. Concerts4
  2. Practicing3
  3. Casual use by CAJON players1
  4. Acoustic, but only in amplified situations1
  5. Add a big bass Cajon sound to your performances!1
Cons
  1. Difficult To Use5
  2. Poor Quality5
  3. Not Functional4
  4. Unreliable tension1
  5. Can't get good response out of it.1
Describe Yourself
  1. Experienced11
  2. Professional Musician8
Pros
  1. Easy To Use9
  2. Good Quality9
  3. Functional8
  4. Improves Sound4
  5. Heavy1

Reviewed by 20 customers

  • Returned

    1

    submitted4 years ago

    byLou

    fromFlorida

    Cable so tough you had to jump mop on this pedal to get it to move. Not for me

  • Do NOT buy thia

    1

    submitted5 years ago

    byCajon Drummer

    fromChesapeake, VA

    This thing broke on the very first gig i took it on! I'm not even extremely heavy footed. The worst part os I waited several months for this due to covid. Then, i took it out on to a gig and it broke in the second set. Cable just snapped. Do not waste your money on this product.

  • Better than I expected

    5

    submitted5 years ago

    byJonah

    fromSeattle

    Bought an open box model, but despite the lack of packaging it looked like new. Created a better kick drum thud than I was expecting-often cajons retain that rattle sound even in the bass. Sounds great when playing Fleetwood Mac's "the Chain" or my attempts at Buttler's "Ocean"

  • Had to send back

    1

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    submitted7 years ago

    byDARREN

    fromundisclosed

    The first one I got was damaged. The second one seems to have some design problem. The cable end hangs up causing noise and slight delayed beater reaction. I don't know if this is a design problem or simply a quality control problem. I tried contacting the manufacturer and got no response.

  • STAY AWAY - Seriously Flawed....

    1

    submitted8 years ago

    byGary

    fromPottstown, PA

    This pedal is SERIOUSLY over-engineered. Like another reviewer stated, the cable (same sort of cable that bicycle handbrake cables are made from) frayed out. I've gone through 2 cables. The amount of adjustments are insane. After seeing and playing the DW cajon pedal, there is no question that it is a more solid pedal. I'll be upgrading to that one in the near future. Save your money and look else-where. I was really bummed, was so excited about this pedal but it's simply not worth the frustration.

  • Unreliable

    2

    submitted8 years ago

    byWill

    fromLong Island, NY

    After doing a lot of research and a successful test drive, I bought this pedal to augment my cajon playing for my band's bar/restaurant semi-plugged gigs. From day 1 the pedal has been unreliable-adjustments to tension do not stick. It has not lasted a full 2- or 3-hour gig in the 6-8 months I have owned it, and on several occasions during gigs, I have straight-up disassembled it in favor of playing bass tones with my hands or brushes. However, it is steadier in much lower-volume, lighter-playing practice or rehearsal settings. If I decide to get another canon pedal, I will likely get the DW. For now, I am doing a double cajon rig, affixing cajon pedal beaters to my DW9000 single pedal and hooking it up to my secondary box to create a bass drum cajon setup, which frees me up to play my primary in a number of different ways.

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  • submitted7 years ago

    asked byRob

    fromMcCall, Idaho

    where can I get a replacement cable

    where can I get a replacement cable

    Open Reply -
    Part number is SPARE-57. We can have this special ordered for you. Please give us a call.