Meinl Pickup Snarecraft Cajon

This is a great sounding, solid instrument. Although I typically play it acoustically in my Americana roots band, when I’ve plugged it into an amp or mixing board I’ve found the plugged in sound also to be quite good.

I purchased the smaller version for my husband but he yes 6 ft and it was too short for him to sit on. So I purchased this taller box and it’s perfect. He loves the quality material as well as the sound. He plays it with our church band and everyone things it sounds great.

I've played several cajons and own two others. Needed one w/ pickups for louder, amplified gigs. I first tried the Artisan series from same manufacture and returned it (see separate review). When amplified, the extra two pickups for the snares make a big difference (vs the Artisan model which inexplicably has just has one pick up for the whole cajon). Bright snare sound and finger rolls really come through especially when turning the Tone knob up. When un-amplified it also sounds balanced and natural so I will be using this for all variety of gigs. Also this cajon is "forgiving" in that you do not need precise location and technique to get both great bass and snare tones. The output signal signal strength from the pickups is not quite "line" level. It is an "instrument" level signal (yes, there is such a thing). With the cajon's output knob cranked to 10 and plugged into a line level input on a mixer it is still not as loud as line-level. Padding turned off, of course. So if you are going to be doing live mixes with other gear (mics, guitars, etc.) you will need a channel on your mixer with adjustable gain. [Update 8/2024- Getting good bass sound in the mix is tricky. I've found I need to turn the tone down to 2 and then boost the bass as high as it will go on my mixing board. Other reviewers here don't seem to have this problem so maybe the bass pickup is not working on mine].

awesome for small gigs, sounds great, and tough. great for the price!

This is my first Cajon and all I can say is, WOW! I love the bass and the snare sounds. The frontplate is smooth and punchy. It arrived just in time and in good shape. it's light and I'm also using the ChromaCast Cajon bag. The amplification is available and it works great. I'm plugging it to my portable speaker (Block Rocker) using 1/4 inch cable and it works like magic. It's loud!!! It's a beauty and I can't wait to get my first gig. Very much recommended. I hope this helps.

I liked the idea of the built-in pickup, but this cajon arrived D.O.A. It had an unruly resonant twang when I tapped the front. The sound was unuseable. Support through Sweetwater was terrible. I was hoping there might be a simple solution, like an adjustment to the snare strings. But I kept getting put on hold to transfer me to a different department, and after about an hour waiting on hold, I gave up. There was also no phone support available from the manufacturer (Meinl). Hopefully the next person won't have this issue.

this is a good quality cajon.

I have gotten 3 different cajons. All minel cajons . I like them all but I especially love this one because I can plug it in to our amp system which you can see behind a picture. It lets me be hard with the band that I’m playing with it does really sound good I’m very happy with it and I’m glad I made this choice. If you do plan a combo like this you would want that power so you can be heard and it also makes the band sound wonderful.So take it from me you cannot go wrong with this Cajon

PERFETTO , NON C'E' ALTRO DA AGGIUNGERE.

Pratique pour des petits concerts et supris part là qualité et le son

Excelente produto de qualidade superior

I let a seasoned cajon player play this and he said it was the best cajon he’s played.

Perfektes Geschenk, klang gut üben muss man halt.