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Re: Kick pad other than KP65

2005-09-06 by Keith

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, john@j... wrote:
> I was looking here
> <http://www.achamilton.co.uk/drums/KickTrigger.htm>, I haven't the
> faintest clue how the KD7 works, for instance, but it might make less
> noise.

There is something strange about the KD7 which makes people not like
it - I cannot remember what but it is something to do with how your
pedal beater has to swing to hit it.

> My Yamaha supplier wouldn't vouch for a Roland part, and ACHamilton,
> being Roland suppliers, wouldn't vouch for their part triggering a
> Yamaha brain. U just need to try one, I guess.

Sheerers stock both Roland and Yamaha so you could possibly go down
and move a part from a Roland to the Yamaha and see if it works.  They
have always been helpful.

Keith.

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