Rolf, Thing about those stress balls (I'm squeezing one now) is they rebound slowly. So my question is...if you're playing really fast kick beats like doublets or triplets (not that I can do triplets), is the pad ready to accept the head? Or, do you notice a difference in stroke length or feel? p.s.: Just for laughs, I once replaced my beater head with a tennis ball (drilled two holes in it). That was a great shock reducer, and produced a massive wallop. I found it too heavy, however, and meant to one day try a racquetball ball. pete > >> From: "Rolf Baehr" <rbaehr@...> >> Reply-To: DTXpress@egroups.com >> Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 07:16:50 PDT >> To: DTXpress@egroups.com >> Subject: [DTXpress] Noisy kick pad >> >> Ah yes, the noisy Yamaha Kick pad..... >> >> IMHO, the kick pad is the one weak link in the DTXpress set. After fighting >> with quality problems with mine, and finding the thing totally annoying, I >> went and bought an S&S Stealth kick pad. You can see them at: >> >> http://www.triggerperfect.com/ssindex.htm >> >> They're small, very quiet, and play much better than the "hard as a brick" >> Yamaha pad. The thing that makes them more comfortable to play and much >> quieter, is the composition of the pad. If you look at the picture at the >> above site, you'll notice the tall round pad that the inverted striker hits. >> It has the feel and consistency of something like Silly Putty, or those >> things that you buy at the store that you squeeze for stress relief. So not >> only are they quiet, but they're much easier on the leg because it absorbs >> alot of the shock. With the Yamaha, you really feel every stroke vibrating >> up your leg. I don't experience the leg fatigue that I did with the Yamaha >> pad. >> >> Hope that helps... at least go check one out. I believe that it's the >> answer to alot of folks problems with the Yamaha kick pad. Hey, at least >> your old one will make a good paper weight! >> >> Rolf >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> There's still time to order Calyx & Corolla flowers for mom. >> These fresh and elegant bouquets are available for delivery >> by Mother's Day. To order, please visit >> http://click.egroups.com/1/4103/10/_/643449/_/958141016/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Community email addresses: >> Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com >> Subscribe: DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com >> Unsubscribe: DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com >> List owner: DTXpress-owner@onelist.com >> >> Shortcut URL to this page: >> http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress >> >>
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re: [DTXpress] Noisy kick pad
2000-05-15 by pdk