notvinnie
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Yes, significantly so.Do wood beaters wear a head out significantly faster than felt?
Yes, significantly so.Do wood beaters wear a head out significantly faster than felt?
Adding a small protective patch to the head where the beater makes contact will add some noticeable attack.Looking for more attack/click from my double bass playing.
I have these on my Tama double pedal. They are lighter than the stadard two-sided Tama beaters that came with the IC Jr. pedal. Just make sure you get two that are nearly exactly the same weight, as the weight of the maple can vary like a pair of sticks. These have really improved the performance of the pedal, and I don't have to worry about angle adjustment in the radial position. Very happy with mine.Thoughts on these ones?
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Looking for more attack/click from my double bass playing. I'm using a speed cobra, currently with the standard beaters that came with it (silicon rubber or similar contact surface).
This one seemed like the obvious choice, but reviewers claimed that it goes out of adjustment while playing.
I have those on my double pedal (IC Power Glide). Got those after i was fed up with replacing the felt beaters twice a year because they wore out so fast. I have the same issue with the Tama CB900 Power Strike beater (those come with the newer IC pedals) and replaced them with the Accu strike beater, just to experience the same issue. Going to replace them with the wooden IC beaters. Like how they feel and above else the sound they produce. I've always used kickpads on my bassdrum heads, but when i played house kits that didn't have them on i didn't even dent the bass drum head. Just make sure you don't burry the beater in the head and you're fine
My speed cobra beaters wore out very fast and I thought it was the beaters, now I think it was the patch that I was using. I use wood Danmar beaters a lot so I always have a patch on my kick. Some patches are rougher than others, on my newest drum I'm using a clear Evans patch which is as smooth as a clear head.I have those on my double pedal (IC Power Glide). Got those after i was fed up with replacing the felt beaters twice a year because they wore out so fast. I've always used kickpads on my bassdrum heads,
i have the felt version of these on a single dw5000 pedal and it feels and sounds awesome,only thing i use the edge position and i need a heavy bd patch,since the beater dents the head very quicklyThoughts on these ones?
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My speed cobra beaters wore out very fast and I thought it was the beaters, now I think it was the patch that I was using. I use wood Danmar beaters a lot so I always have a patch on my kick. Some patches are rougher than others, on my newest drum I'm using a clear Evans patch which is as smooth as a clear head.
I don't think I've used one of the Evans patches like that before. But that might be your problem. I think I was using Remo flam slam patches. I do remember seeing something like baby powder around the head or the beater hit I just never put two and two together.Yeah i was just thinking that yesterday. I've been using Evans EQ Patch (nylon) for years and that might be the reason i go through the beaters so fast. They have a rougher surface and that could be eating the felt away. Never thought that could be the reason
Do not use these with a wood ball beater:
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They have a ~1/8" thick piece of hard plastic under the sticker that will eventuall break and can puncture the head. Get the one with the metal disk instead.
@Mastiff you can make impact pads the old school way if you so choose. Quarters underneath an impact patch works. Patches cut out of milk jugs work also. Just make sure if you go the homemade route the material wont break and puncture the head.
Crazy. Same idea, completely opposite results. I would destroy the ? out of the Danmar patches so I switched to quarters.Weird. I've never had an issue with the Danmar power center patches breaking and cutting the head.
Quarters? They've broke and killed a few of my kick heads.
The metal Danmar patches are too much on a 22" kick. I loved them when I had 24" kicks, but I find they're just too overwhelming on a 22" kick for me.
I love the IC wood beaters.
I don't think I've used one of the Evans patches like that before. But that might be your problem. I think I was using Remo flam slam patches. I do remember seeing something like baby powder around the head or the beater hit I just never put two and two together.