Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

I could see the signs of wear on my kickpad within a week of its
arrival at Casa Creighton. I bought a commercially available patch-
looks like Kevlar- and used its self-stick feature to attach it. This
remained attached for minutes.
I then got out the trusty calk gun and loaded it with some clear
silicone sealer and glued the bloody thing in place with a clamp to
hold it while it dried. This repair has lasted for months now with no
sign of it falling off. The unit seems to play as well as it did
before.


On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 14:36:34 -0000, emf <liberatusvirus@...> wrote:
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> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "bongokonzelmann" <carsten@h...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ed,
> >
> > although this is an old message I would like to pick it up again as
> > indeed I am now sitting with a total dmagae of my KP65 kick tower.
> The
> > rubber pad is worn but more severe is the fact that the foam behind
> is
> > dented and the piezo double triggers. The first signal is fired when
> > the beater hits the pad and the second (lower in volume) when the
> > beater swings back. Very strange (although I now can impress people
> > with some kind of magic double bass playing ...).
> >
> > Interesting was also that my dealer refused to replace the pad (1
> year
> > old with a 2 years warranty) saying that Yamaha Netherlands does not
> > see a possibility to repair or exchange. I therefore asked Yamaha
> > Germany to help me out and they were reacting immediately. The pad
> now
> > is on its way.
> >
> > Does anybody have found a solution to cover/protect the rubber pad
> at
> > least?
> 
> Hi Bongo,
> 
> At least a year ago, we had that issue crop up. OGD noticed that the
> kick was subject to wear in just the ways that you mention. You might
> buy yourself an acoustic kick drum patch, from any number of
> companies, to place over the pad. You could also use a bicycle tire
> patch (OGD's suggestion) or even a mouse pad cut to size, none of
> which will void your warranty. Those devices will protect the pad and
> foam from deteriorating too quickly (though the foam will eventually
> recede, anyway, as those of us who used the early mesh pads were to
> find out). Another strategy that can help is to change the strike
> point of your beater a little bit every once in a while so that you
> don't simply batter one spot all of the time. Hold onto your old pad,
> or at least some of its guts; it might come in handy someday. Let's
> see if other people have suggestions, too.
> 
> Ed
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Creighton Higgins