Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

UNH,

I met Ginger Baker, along with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce, who were 
not long performing as Cream at that point, at a Boston concert club 
called the Psychedelic Psupermarket, which was no more than a 
converted underground parking garage, near Boston University. I had 
some association with the opening act, which I can't recall anymore, 
and was able to go backstage and mingle. Baker, Clapton, and Bruce 
huddled in a corner on the floor together, with a couple of girl 
friends. Clapton was quite shy and withdrawn (so was I), but Baker 
was surly and rude to everyone. I spoke with him a little bit, but 
he had absolutely no sense of humor or civility. I learned afterward 
that he had a reputation for gruff behavior, to say the least, but 
he caught me completely unaware at the time. But the playing was 
inspirational for a sixteen-year-old.

Ed 


--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven" <realvast@s...> 
wrote:
> 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