What's up everyone!
Thanks to all of you who have recently followed me! I hope you enjoy the things I'm going to be posting about. Stay tuned cause I have some cool interviews that I will be putting up next week sometime. In the meantime, I'm going to follow up on my first "Gear" post and talk about some of the hardware and accessories that I use. Hopefully this post makes sense when I'm done with it. I'm kind of enjoying watching the beat down the Giants are laying on the Packers right now. (No offense to any Packers fans out there)
So lets talk about the pedals I use.
Most of you out there would probably think about using a DW, Pearl, or Tama pedal before you even remotely considered a Yamaha pedal. Some of you may not have even known that Yamaha made pedals. They actually make great pedals! I have been using one for about 3 years now. It is a Yamaha Professional Model direct drive double bass pedal.
For those who may not know, a direct drive pedal uses solid linkage between the beater and the footboard rather than a chain. This provides a seamless, and lightening fast response without the lag on the up stroke that you see with a lot of chain pedals. That being said, chain pedals are much more responsive these days than they have been in the past.
Anyway, the picture above is how the pedal looks out of the box. I have made a couple changes to mine just to suit my playing preferences. The first thing I did was replace the beaters with DW beaters. The traditional round beaters are cool for certain styles, but the DW beaters add a little more punch.
The only qualm I have with this pedal is the surface of the footboard. It is so smooth which is great for playing barefoot I suppose, but I play with shoes on. I had a couple instances where someone spilled their water on the drum riser. Because the footboards are so smooth, my feet kept slipping off of the footboards which was really frustrating considering it made it almost impossible for me to play anything! After a couple times of this happening I was determined to fix this issue so that I never had to worry about it again. I considered just getting a different pedal but really didn't want to because I love the way this one plays. So all of a sudden it hit me. Grip Tape! I went to Home Depot and got some of that grip tape that you see on steps and stair cases sometimes. I have never had a problem since! It was actually a little too grippy at first, but once you play on it for a little bit, the grip tape will wear down enough to where it is comfortable. So there ya go!
As far as general hardware goes (cymbal stands, snare stands, etc.) I use mostly Pearl stuff. It is actually a lot of the same hardware that came with my first Pearl kit that I talked about in my first gear post. They make great stuff! That being said, I do have a PDP stand and a Gibralter snare stand for my rack tom. I have a Roc n Soc saddle style drum throne but it is starting to get worn out so I'm hoping to get a Pork Pie throne soon. I'm a little tired of the saddle style, not to mention the Pork Pie thrones are so comfortable!
As far as cases go, I have an Enduro kick drum case. It has seen a LOT of travel and one of the straps has a broken clip, so it is getting a little worn out as well. I am also wanting to upgrade that to a flight case soon. As for cases for the rest of my kit, I used to have everything in separate cases but I got a flight case about a year ago which was originally made for keyboards. I customized it into a drum/hardware case and let me just say, it has been a life saver! It's so much easier to just throw my kick drum on top and roll it into the venue, rather than carrying 15 different things in!
Well, I think that does it for my gear/hardware! Thanks for reading! Help spread the word and be on the look out for some cool stuff happening soon!
Happy Football Sunday!
Casey
Thanks to all of you who have recently followed me! I hope you enjoy the things I'm going to be posting about. Stay tuned cause I have some cool interviews that I will be putting up next week sometime. In the meantime, I'm going to follow up on my first "Gear" post and talk about some of the hardware and accessories that I use. Hopefully this post makes sense when I'm done with it. I'm kind of enjoying watching the beat down the Giants are laying on the Packers right now. (No offense to any Packers fans out there)
So lets talk about the pedals I use.
Most of you out there would probably think about using a DW, Pearl, or Tama pedal before you even remotely considered a Yamaha pedal. Some of you may not have even known that Yamaha made pedals. They actually make great pedals! I have been using one for about 3 years now. It is a Yamaha Professional Model direct drive double bass pedal.
For those who may not know, a direct drive pedal uses solid linkage between the beater and the footboard rather than a chain. This provides a seamless, and lightening fast response without the lag on the up stroke that you see with a lot of chain pedals. That being said, chain pedals are much more responsive these days than they have been in the past.
Anyway, the picture above is how the pedal looks out of the box. I have made a couple changes to mine just to suit my playing preferences. The first thing I did was replace the beaters with DW beaters. The traditional round beaters are cool for certain styles, but the DW beaters add a little more punch.
The only qualm I have with this pedal is the surface of the footboard. It is so smooth which is great for playing barefoot I suppose, but I play with shoes on. I had a couple instances where someone spilled their water on the drum riser. Because the footboards are so smooth, my feet kept slipping off of the footboards which was really frustrating considering it made it almost impossible for me to play anything! After a couple times of this happening I was determined to fix this issue so that I never had to worry about it again. I considered just getting a different pedal but really didn't want to because I love the way this one plays. So all of a sudden it hit me. Grip Tape! I went to Home Depot and got some of that grip tape that you see on steps and stair cases sometimes. I have never had a problem since! It was actually a little too grippy at first, but once you play on it for a little bit, the grip tape will wear down enough to where it is comfortable. So there ya go!
As far as general hardware goes (cymbal stands, snare stands, etc.) I use mostly Pearl stuff. It is actually a lot of the same hardware that came with my first Pearl kit that I talked about in my first gear post. They make great stuff! That being said, I do have a PDP stand and a Gibralter snare stand for my rack tom. I have a Roc n Soc saddle style drum throne but it is starting to get worn out so I'm hoping to get a Pork Pie throne soon. I'm a little tired of the saddle style, not to mention the Pork Pie thrones are so comfortable!
As far as cases go, I have an Enduro kick drum case. It has seen a LOT of travel and one of the straps has a broken clip, so it is getting a little worn out as well. I am also wanting to upgrade that to a flight case soon. As for cases for the rest of my kit, I used to have everything in separate cases but I got a flight case about a year ago which was originally made for keyboards. I customized it into a drum/hardware case and let me just say, it has been a life saver! It's so much easier to just throw my kick drum on top and roll it into the venue, rather than carrying 15 different things in!
Well, I think that does it for my gear/hardware! Thanks for reading! Help spread the word and be on the look out for some cool stuff happening soon!
Happy Football Sunday!
Casey
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