Bobbo Drummer
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So I have a "situation" of sorts, I feel bad about even calling it a problem but the fact that I'm about to splunk a bunch of money kinda makes it a problem. This starts about 20 years ago when I finally get my foot good enough to play "John the Fisherman" by Primus (in particular the opening with all of those 3s...Syncopation City). Flash forward to 20 years later. I'm a better drummer in pretty much every way but for some reason I can not play that opening anymore (basically can't play those 3s)! This has put me on a month long quest to adjust my DW 9000 double pedals so that I can better play syncopation. First of all...to say I'm not A GEAR GUY would be an understatement. I've always had what I had and just played it as best as I could. Now I have a DW-9002 *(The double pedal version of a 9000) just because I finally got to a point where I could afford the pedal I wanted. I originally bought a Tama Speed Cobra but instantly didn't care for it. I've been through a DW 7000 wore that out replaced it with a DW 3000 which was the exact same pedal just much later, wore that out, but I can't remember that old $50 pedal with the big ol' beater on it that I originally learned on??? I can't believe those other pedals would've been superior pedals, so I went to work on the 9002! SO CONFUSING!!! I learned pretty quickly to make small adjustments one at a time. It's a mess to adjust the spring tension but I think I have that pretty good. Then there is this "Infinitely Adjustable Cam" but one way is TURBO and the other is ACCELERATOR (What?). Anyway I'm taking a really long time to ask this question. Does anyone own one of these or is anyone maybe just farmiliar with them? I'm basically trying to set this $700 double bass pedal up so I can play 3s and syncopation like I could on my old $50 pedal? I realize that this sounds crazy, but
A.) Drummers don't get worse over time!
B.) If this pedal is good enough for Tony Royster Jr, Marco Minnemann, Thomas Lang...(I could go on forever) It's gotta be good enough for me.
I would appreciate ANY input on this! I have a $500 credit with Sweetwater and I'd rather not use it on ANOTHER DOUBLE BASS PEDAL but I suppose that if I was convinced it was definitely the pedal...I would.
A.) Drummers don't get worse over time!
B.) If this pedal is good enough for Tony Royster Jr, Marco Minnemann, Thomas Lang...(I could go on forever) It's gotta be good enough for me.
I would appreciate ANY input on this! I have a $500 credit with Sweetwater and I'd rather not use it on ANOTHER DOUBLE BASS PEDAL but I suppose that if I was convinced it was definitely the pedal...I would.