Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Ed, Ginger Baker was a displeasure to meet?  What happened?

-UN.H


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
<liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> UNH,
> 
> I started playing at a time when double basses were a real oddity. 
> The only high profile rock players to emerge eventually with them 
> were Ginger Baker and Jon Hiseman--both of whom started out in 
> England in a kind of blues-jazz rock context. There were more 
> straight jazz drummers who used them--notably, Louis Bellson and 
> later Ed Shaughnessy--but the dual basses didn't seem to come into 
> prominence until this old dog would have had to learn some really 
> new tricks. I always prided myself on my single bass drum work; it 
> was in some ways my strongest feature. But the truth is, whichever 
> way you go you'll always have plenty to learn. I'm just caught up 
> too much in the single-bass knot. I did learn some ruffing with 
the 
> bass and hi hat from Ginger Baker, whom I had the displeasure to 
> meet back in 1966. I've always thought that speed metal, thrash, 
and 
> industrial music was better suited to it than the styles that I 
tend 
> to play.
> 
> Ed
> 
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven" 
<realvast@s...> 
> wrote:
> > Ed, how come you don't play double bass?  I'm not sure I would 
> have 
> > bought an electronic set if I could not double bass on it.  Its 
> > something I've wanted to since I was five.
> > 
> > - UN.H
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus" 
> > <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > > Ed,
> > > 
> > > I'm not a double bassist, so my interest is purely academic. 
But 
> > the 
> > > idea sounds great; not until recently did I realize that the 
> > planet 
> > > had so many e-drummers with two kick pedals. My 2 cents is 
that 
> > one 
> > > of the advantages of electronics is that something like a hat-
> drop 
> > > tool could go anywhere, in any form, on the rack. You could 
> > reserve 
> > > the "lever" for the Visu-lite. At any rate, it would seem to 
be 
> > yet 
> > > another feather in Drumabalaya's cap, whatever its incarnation.
> > > 
> > > Ed
> > > 
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "wb7ubd" <edm@p...> wrote:
> > > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "b3n1981" <b3n1981@y...> 
> wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > 
> > > > > Im usin my mapex dbl bass pedal. Is there any way to 
> simulate 
> > a 
> > > hi 
> > > > hat drop tool (so 
> > > > > that when i wanna double bass, i can hit something and the 
> hi 
> > > hat 
> > > > pad is always 
> > > > > closed till i need it again)
> > > > > 
> > > > > The only way ive found is to edit the kit which isnt 
really 
> > > > suitable!
> > > > 
> > > > Actually, I have an electrical design for just such a 
product, 
> > but 
> > > > haven't "productized" it yet.  It is not hard to do and 
should 
> > not 
> > > > be too expensive.  Do you think it would be best to 
implement 
> in 
> > a 
> > > > similar way as a "lever" on a hi-hat like rod or can it be 
> > mounted 
> > > > elsewhere and still be ok?
> > > > 
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > > 
> > > > Ed