KICK PEDAL tech issues

[thebeard]

Hey Gang,

This one is for all you drummers out there. I have used various pedals throughout my "career" as a drummer. I always seem to have to ghetto-rig them at some point though. One very common problem I have is when I am playing and my beater simply flies off the pedal while playing. So I have to stop and fix the damn thing and continue with the song. I really don't feel like putting loc-tite on the screws that hold in the beater, so does anyone have any advice as to what I can do to make sure this doesn't happen.

-the beard-

[re]

What kind of pedal is it?

You really do get what you pay for with drum hardware.

I had a tama pedal. piece of shit but then i got the standard pearl pedal and i've had no issues.

[thebeard]

ive always used Gibraltar hardware. to be fair the pedal is probably 2 maybe 3 years old now and it was a floor model haha.

[jordanstb]

Dec 23, 2010 13:48:48 GMT -5 @re said:

What kind of pedal is it?

You really do get what you pay for with drum hardware.

I had a tama pedal. piece of shit but then i got the standard pearl pedal and i've had no issues.

he's right I had a mapex double pedal for years and if the beaters wern't flying off the chain was coming undone. I would suggest looking into pearl pedals, for the money you really can't go wrong and they're reliable as all hell.

[benallen]

DW Series 5000 pedal rules. My buddy has the double kick version and has been using for 10+ years with no problems and loves the thing!