I
managed to save a KP60 myself- the 1/4" phone jack had separated from the
circuit board and as I messed with it- the leads came of the piezo. Peeled a
piezo out of the radio-shack ( I think it's a 273-091 and a bit dicey to get
out.) Scraped the old piezo off the metal plate in the rubber pad and hot glued
the new one in. Wired it to a 1/4" phone jack-threw out the circuit board and
hooked it all up. Had to tweak the module a bit- but it works and allows me to
save my shekels for a decent snare. Good luck
-----Original Message-----Thanks to everyone who replied about the dead KP60. After getting off
From: Darren Lo [mailto:lo@...]
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:41 AM
To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DTXpress] Re: New member: kick tower question.
the phone with UPS (sounds like I won't get any satisfaction from them),
I went ahead and opened up the unit. Apparently the leads from the piezo
had snapped right where they come out from the sensor. I still have to
pry off the glued-on foam to get a closer look at the thing, but it
looks like a $2 repair should do the job. I might still get a better
kick tower, but it's good to know exactly what's wrong with the one I
have now.
Darren Lo
lo@math.wisc.edu
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, liberatusvirus wrote:
> Hi Darren,
>
> Notwithstanding the gentle ministrations of UPS, the KP60 was
> definitely the weak link in the DTXpress chain. Just put on your
> reading glasses and run a search for it, or for kick drum problems,
> in the archives. To make a long story short, double triggers,
> dropouts, and complete silence were not uncommon. First, spray a
>; little WD40 on the cable jack. Then, when that fails, if you're
> adventurous--and, as I've had occasion to say before--optimistic,
> you can pull out the circuit board and check for anything loose.
> Then re-solder every connection, whether it seems suspect or not. If
> that doesn't work, you can always buy another piezo at Radio Shack.
> In one of those more recent archived posts, someone gives the part
> number; they're cheap.
>
> If none of these strategies works, or appeals to you, you could try
> the KP65, which, judging from the lack of complaints about it on
> this board, seems to be far more reliable. Pintech also has a couple
>; of options that have proven popular, the Vertikick and the Ergokik
> (which is the less expensive of the two and features an inverted
> beater; see the Pintech site). Ebay is always worth a try. You can
> spend a lot of money for some of the other kicks made by Yamaha,
> Pintech, Roland, etc., but that kind of expense with the DTXpress
> would seem penny foolish.
>
> Ed
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Darren Lo wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm a complete newbie (both to e-drums and to drums in general) who
> > bought a used first-generation DTXpress off eBay in the spirit of
> fun
> > and experimentation. Everything seems to work great, except for
> the kick
> > tower, which is completely dead. The cause of death may have been
> the
> > "tender" ministrations of UPS. In any case, I'm now in the market
> for a
> >; new kick trigger (preferably cheap), and was looking at the KP65.
> I have
> > a few questions, to wit:
> >
> > 1) Will the KP65 work with the old DTXpress module?
> > 2) How is the noise level compared to the KP60, which seems quite
> > loud and clangy?
> > 3) Are there any other good options in a similar price range?
> (Seems
> > unlikely.)
> > 4) What does the KP65 actually look like? Is it a large circular
> rubber
> > pad atop two "buttresses", or does it look kind of like the KP60?
> I've
> > seen pictures of both called the KP65, so at least one of them
> must be
> > wrong.
> > 5) Not really related to the previous four, but some kick towers
> are
> > labeled as stereo. What advantage would a stereo kick tower have?
> Double
> > bass?
>; >
> > Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer me.
> >
> > Darren Lo
> > lo@m...
>
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