Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I agree with you. I like the quick but hard action on the kick pad.

One kick tower tip, I periodically tighten all the screws on the tower as I
have found that the pad noise and vibration distraction increases as they
get loose. This really seems to make a difference.

Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: tdjme@... <tdjme@...>
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com <DTXpress@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, May 24, 2001 5:52 AM
Subject: [DTXpress] Kick pad pros-n-cons


>Guys, over the last few days I have been reading the comments about
>how clunky the DTXpress kick pad is, how hard, and how noisy.  I gotta
>tell ya, I love it.
>
>I grew up playing drums with a fast foot - I learned to play listening
>to drummers that I later learned were playing double bass, so I was
>playing double bass patterns with a single pedal.  With the DTXpress
>kick pad, I agree it might have been designed to be a bit more
>cosmetically appealing, but I can do some awesome triples and doubles
>on the thing, with any bass drum voice I want.  To do that on a
>acoustic bass drum would mean retuning, getting the right tension on
>the head, etc...
>
>The sound of the stealth pad left me cold.  It's made of stress gel
>stuff?  How do you get decent action on that?  I also have never been
>a fan of making the beater go in a different direction - it just
>doesn't have the same 'feel'.
>
>Does anyone else out there agree with me?
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