My experiment last night was an abysmal failure. All I could coax out of the X-Hat contraption was a dead "click, click, click". The pedal for my right foot wasn't too bad but, the one one the other end of the drive shaft was weak and quite lame. After three songs, I went back to my original gear.From that point on, the practice went well.

Oh well, at least I have some "interesting" old Tama hardware...maybe better to look at than to actually play. Lesson learned.

Brian

I hear ya loud and clear..

using the dble pedal wasn't a prob /

but getting to and from the drop clutch ****ed me off..

also I really use my hats a lot for accents/etc...couldn't anymore..

needless to say my dbl DW5000 were sold a yr back..

If what you are talking about is using a double pedal as a means to go from playing a single kick drum to a double bass set-up then you should give that more than a couple of hours at a band rehearsal. If I am missing something then I apologize. Double bass is another animal completely.

If you really want to have your jaw drop, spend a few minutes listening to some of these death metal, speed metal, metal core, fatigued metal, rusty metal bands. While not really my personal taste, my son really likes the musicianship with bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Vol Beat, Evan's Blue, etc. These guys have turned drumming into a sport. I think it all started when a couple of young rockers were watching a re-run of Mel Brooks' "Space Balls" and they heard Rick Moranis order the ship to "ludicrous speed!" They looked at each other and said "that's it!" I will say, if nothing else, they have seriously elevated the bar on what one can do with double bass.

No, not a double bass, a double pedal. It was a Tama Pro-Beat Twin from 1984. The hi-hat contraption was an X-Hat from the Titan series from 1986. Twenty minutes was all I needed to go back to my old hi-hat and DW 5000 bass pedal. Any longer than that would have been severe overkill.

Brian