my modified bassdrum

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i do not know if this is the correct threadto reply or if i should open a new thread. there was a thread with similar mod but cant find it. anyway here iswhat i did to make the bass drum not move. i used a rod in the shape of letter T adn the top of the letter T i wrapped it in an old shirt and also between the rod and the bass drum i put a vetex to absorb some nasty collision tears that might happen in the bass drum. anywayhere  are the pics.it works really well

[roel]

there you go:


By roel2104 at 2011-07-22


By roel2104 at 2011-07-22


By roel2104 at 2011-07-22

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yep yours looks more elegant id say, still mine does the job.
i wil lsay something here though that again i realised i dislike
and i found that out accidentally
tonight i wanted to practise galloping with double pedal. and cause it was late i decided to put a sweater on the bass drum so that the beaters hit the sweater and be really silent (yeah i know i am mac guiver).
what i realised though is that the rebound got so much better with it. so i realised even with this mod i made with the iron bars, i still aint satisfied. when i goto my teacher, he has td9, with the plastic kick pad. the rebound there is perfect

so i wonder what am i doing wrong? i want it to be perfect. should i tighten more the head? losen it more? get new mesh heads?
quit drumming?
i just need perfect rebound. because when you play really fast, it matters

also an idea crossed my mind. could we somehow use kd-9 of roland as kick somehow? manfred?

yeah i know i have nothing else to do and i start bitching about . sorry. perhaps there really is a mans period just like the women. oh well..

[roel]

yep yours looks more elegant id say, still mine does the job.
i wil lsay something here though that again i realised i dislike
and i found that out accidentally
tonight i wanted to practise galloping with double pedal. and cause it was late i decided to put a sweater on the bass drum so that the beaters hit the sweater and be really silent (yeah i know i am mac guiver).
what i realised though is that the rebound got so much better with it. so i realised even with this mod i made with the iron bars, i still aint satisfied. when i goto my teacher, he has td9, with the plastic kick pad. the rebound there is perfect

so i wonder what am i doing wrong? i want it to be perfect. should i tighten more the head? losen it more? get new mesh heads?
quit drumming?
i just need perfect rebound. because when you play really fast, it matters

also an idea crossed my mind. could we somehow use kd-9 of roland as kick somehow? manfred?

yeah i know i have nothing else to do and i start bitching about . sorry. perhaps there really is a mans period just like the women. oh well..

I have still have the MK1 KICKPAD wonder how a MK2 KICKPAD plays? how much better it is?

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it is much more silent. thats the real difference. but also it has less rebound than the mk1 because the beater hits a plastic thingy, not a mesh

[roel]

it is much more silent. thats the real difference. but also it has less rebound than the mk1 because the beater hits a plastic thingy, not a mesh

Hello BA Baracus!
Ok Iam gonna contact my dealer.
Thank you for the info.
greetings,
Roel.

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no problem mate
for me, since i had both, mk2 is way better. it still isnt perfect. perhaps a tighter mesh head (2ply) is what is needed to make this a killer kick pad. i dunno. i am exp[erimenting. cause since i started playing double pedal, and faster with my feet in general, it isnt what i wanted it to be. and that is perfect. it is90% of what i want. but i am a perfectionist...
i want it to be 100% awesome. i will try many things i have in mind. right now i am trying to see what is goin on with the mesh being extremely loose. (mind you i have a falam where the beaters hit, and this makes the rebound a bit mysterious, thats why i wanna see if the loose mesh will falam will work...

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you will laugh at this i know. but i found the perfect settings for the kick drum to be awesome.with double pedalor single pedal.
mesh is very tight. i am using the tennis ball beaters.
and i just did this




















i added a sweater on the the kick pad. yes, when i say sweater, i mean thye sweaters we wear.
now , trigerring is still the same, and there is no double trigerring or odd bouncing. it is PERFECT. i will tell mum to maybe cut an old blanket and make some sort of kick drum shaped cover that is nice on it.
very strange what i just described but guys it is awesome!!!!! i cant believe it either. i was watching a movie right now(blood and bones, awesome) and was playing double pedal the whole time. it feels amazing

and please stop laughing hehehe

[roel]

do you have a photo of it?

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i can make a photo of my sweater or even better a video, but i am waiting my mum to make a proper cloth for it and then i iwll make a video of showing how it feels to slide with the cloth and without it, and also how it triggers (it triggers the same no miss hits). if you just want a photo of the sweater i can do it really soon, just tell me

[rythm]

Hi, where exactly did you put the sweater?

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in front of the mesh head.i will post pics tomorrow

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because you asked for it. if i do not fold in 2 the sweater, double triggering is eliminatedextreme bouncing as well. and it triggers fine. if i fold it in 2, it is even better, but then i have to adjust threshold etc. anyway one should make experiments. i do insist though, a sweater makes the kick pad aweszome. more test will be done soon. honestly sliding was fuckin bad without the sweater, now i love to kick.

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dont laugh with my sleepers. they are better than playing with my socks when i wanna slide (always), and they are easier than wearing shoes...i know they are ugly...

[roel]

Hello Guys.

Today I modified my mk1 kickpad to a mk2 kickpad.Its more silent now.Iam not 100% satisfied with it,So iam gonna mount a 2ply drum-tec meshhead on it. cutting the black foam was a ......job! I need the foam from a mk2 kick.without foam the kickpad double triggers a lot.Iam gonna find out the best solution and let you know.

Greetings,
Roel.