cripes, bass pedal broke

I got this drumset about 2 weeks ago for free from a friend who was moving.

It's a Percussion Plus set, and the pedal (if that's what you wanna call it) was a Pearl. My friend said the chain snapped on the Pearl pedal, so he rigged it up with a piece of green vinyl strip. He said he had been using it that way over over a year. Yeah- WAY ghetto!

It just snapped on me. GRRRR!

The pedal sucked anyway, cuz it was so hard to actually press down.

Now I gotta buy a friggin pedal. Could be worse- but I gotta wait for a little while til I get paid again.

What kinda pedal do you guys recommend? No double bass, just a single pedal.

go used man. you will find deal.

Oh boy. You're gonna get suggestions.

Iron Cobra

DW x000 Series

Trick

Axis

Pearl

^Those are the biggies; ranging from some-hundred to too-many-hundreds.

It would be better if you toss out a figure you're willing to spend, and let it turn on that. My recommendation?

Gibraltar Intruder II

Great pedal that won't break the bank, available in chain, strap, or direct drive.

Could happen. Just be careful. You must remember there are a lot of people selling pre-owned drum gear who aren't players themselves, and some are clueless. I bought a used pedal online once that showed up broken. The seller said, "Oh, I thought it was supposed to be like that."

How do ppl like direct-drive? Never played one.

At the risk of stereotyping, players who are seeking high speed response tend to gravitate toward direct drive. With an inflexible linkage, the beater/footboard proximity relationship is guaranteed constant during play, while theoretically, a chain or strap might flex and produce a "lash" effect, although I've never experienced that myself.

More than anything else, in the end it's a feel preference thing. Personally, I like the softer landing of a strap drive, and went back to it after trying a chain, and direct drive is the other end of the rigidity spectrum.

Iron Cobra..

Speed king..

Couple of decent eBay pedals for ya to look at..

Played chain drive tama for years, splashed out on a Pearl Direct Drive, best pedal I've ever used.

This is some thing I've wondered about in regards to direct drive vs. chain. Is direct drive too rigid or, more precise? Can a chain drive be inconsistent due to a tiny bit of slack?

Whereas the flex of a chain or strap could allow the footboard and beater to recover, (upstroke), at differing rates. Personally, I don't think that ever happens, seeing as it's the spring tension that pulls the footboard up, led by the beater/cam. To rise faster than the cam/beater/spring pull dictates, the footboard would have to have bounced off something, or otherwise be in defiance gravity. In fact, if anything is bouncing, obviously it's the beater's rebound off the head that would lead the upstroke. the footboard is always in a trailing position, and bears the weight of the player's foot to boot. (PUN!) I'd have to see super-slow-motion evidence that a strap or chain slacks during play before I believe it.

Duh on my behalf, it should have been blatantly obvious to me as to the job of the springs.

Perhaps it's another obvious answer (granted it's after 8am here and I've yet to sleep quite yet) but, would a direct drive link have to complete a full motion/cycle before it's next hit? Or, can it still perform additional hits without having to come all the way back up before being able to go down again?

^ Not certain I articulated that last bit quite right, and for some reason I think common sense is lurking in the back of my mind saying "Yes, of course it still can!" Need soon...

Yeah they're all the same. 'Solid link' would be a more accurate description.

Listen to the voice...