bass drum foam is dead....

[mandubien]

Hi there.

I recently changed my Eliminator bass drum pedal for a Demon Drive, and since yesterday, my bass drum foam is dead at the point where the right batter hits the pad.

It's like the hole in formation. Do you think it can come from the new batter ? Cause it doesn't look aggressive, it's a foamy batter.

So for now I simply turned the foam as 180° to use the other half, but i couldn't imagine it was that fragile.

Pictures soon

[Baby Samus]

Best to take the foam out and move the trigger, then use a rubber head beater (MK II conversion).  No need to worry about foam again and the mesh will last much longer...

[puttenvr]

Any instructions how to do that?
(I don't but perhaps some people will)

[Daniel]

Any instructions how to do that?
(I don't but perhaps some people will)

just remove all screws, throw away the metal plate and the foam and put it back together.

[spoenk]

the screws are not only screwed but also glued, so you might need to apply some violence too, or somehow dissolve the glue.
i chose the path of violence ...

the topic http://www.2box-forum.com/index.php/topic,395.0.html deals with this issue. the original idea, which is also applied to the mkII version, is from forum member AA

[mandubien]

Thanks for your quick answers guys !

As I'm really not good in do-it-yourself things, I think I will first use a Roland mesh head (which are double-ply) first to protect more the foam. If I still have problems, I will probably remove the foam and metal plate and modify the sensor position.

Best !

[mandubien]

Ok I know what happened : there's a crack in the mesh head, so the foam wasn't protected anymore by the head. That's why there is this hole in formation. I just need to change to head and it should be ok.