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December 17

Paper drum in the guitar of Johnny Cash?

It says in the article about Johnny Cash: "According to Cash, he loved the sound of a snare drum, but drums were not used in country music back then, so he placed a piece of paper in his guitar strings and created his own unique "snare drum"." — My question is: How can you make a drum, or even a drum like sound, out of a piece of paper tucked into the strings of a guitar? 83.251.94.184 (talk) 01:49, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Does that interesting claim have a source? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:29, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Bugs, even the Germans know the trick! Drmies (talk) 03:37, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, that trickeration is well documented and it's mentioned for instance in I Walk the Line. It's mentioned in lots of books (see this one, for instance), but I think that German kid in the video linked above makes it clear enough. Keep on rocking in the free world, Drmies (talk) 03:40, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Making the video black & white along with the harsh lighting definitely doesn't help that guy get his demo across. I appreciate you posting it but the guy needs to watch a tutorial about making tutorials. Dismas|^(talk) 04:03, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good deal. I saw Walk the Line a couple of times but didn't pick up on that reference. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:02, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen Cash do it on many occasions. I've seen several televised concerts of his where he plays "I Walk the Line" and he puts the paper in the guitar, explaining exactly how he came up with the idea to get the percussive sound out of it. See [1] where he explains it exactly. --Jayron32 05:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]