Poll: Burying the beater

[rayboomboom]

Okay maybe not a poll, but I'd like to read what people think about burring the beater or hit and off.

I see many players burying the beater, Jojo, Lange, etc.  I've always done the hit and off method because I didn't like the pitch of the drum changing (going up) when I pressed the beater against it and liked the added sustain.  But I've recently tried burying the beater and I kinda like it.  It makes it easier to do some faster figures and I'm starting to not mind the pitch change.  BTW I use very little muffling on my kick so the pitch change can be noticeable.

So chime in guys (and dolls)!  Let's hear it.

[Phil_The_Rodent]

I know I shouldn't, but it's a bad habit. When I think about it I try not to, but then I go and play and stop thinking about it.

Biggest problem is double hits on a recording; those are no good.

[1001gear]

Jojo prolly doesn't muffle the kick and uses the limp pedal method so burying can be useful for muting and subtle articulation. My primary concern is full travel on the strokes - ultimately more rangey and musically quick than a dead pedal so no.

[cdawg]

yeah, i usually bury the sucker. i'm playing wide open now, too. so i try to play back further on the pedal so my weight isn't resting on it as much. helps some. but when playing hard or fast, i still bury it.

[vinniewannabe]

I dont think there is a right and wrong way in regards to this. 

I don't bury because if I did, I feel like I couldnt play faster figures.  I suppose if I was playing "thunk" on one and three at 110bpm all the time I might bury it to give the groove a little fatness.  I generally hit with the ball of my foot and then rest my heal back on the heal plate.  Keeps the beater off the head after hitting it.

[the DW]

I used to bury, but now I don't. Have no idea why. Maybe it's because I'm doing mostly low volume gigs now?

[race81]

 

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vinniewannabe wrote:

 

 

I dont think there is a right and wrong way in regards to this. 

 

I don't bury because if I did, I feel like I couldnt play faster figures.  I suppose if I was playing "thunk" on one and three at 110bpm all the time I might bury it to give the groove a little fatness.  I generally hit with the ball of my foot and then rest my heal back on the heal plate.  Keeps the beater off the head after hitting it.

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yep.....not a right or wrong thing.........hit drum..thats all that matters.  everyone has theyre own style ..who's to say whats right or wrong....