Buddy Rich was once asked what he "thought of double bass drums"?
He replied..."it takes a lifetime to learn to play one well, when will you have time to learn to play the other "?

True that but, i still love the two. it makes fills more exciting

well this one time when i was playing a local show, i was using a double bass pedal. this is before i finally got 2 seperate Bass drums. (woot!:dancing: )
and 2/10 songs into it, the right beater snaps...the head honcho, the primary beat setter snaps off...:doh: ...luckily i had a double bass pedal so i learned to play with it pretty quick!! haha!!

f.y.i, i pissed all over it after the show...my logic:
it pissed me off, so i am going to piss on it!!

TAKE THAT CRAPPY DOUBLE BASS PEDALS!!

I've had that happen to me too. You simply undo the left and make it the main. What a relief!

Entertaining ....Entertaining LOL

Well thats why i practice everyday playing half the time with the right lead. and the second half with the left lead.

:chicken:
Now thats just funny

I love the double pedal!!!!!.... I was wondering, does anyone else practice getting tighter with the double pedal by pretending to play whenever your sitting down?

yea i do that quite a bit.
u see im still in school, what else are you supposed to do when u have a pen, pencil, thick book on the floor, a soda can, and a crazy beat in your head?

and in reponse to swawpin the beaters...dont mock...i didnt have my drum key on me....yes thats right....duing a show...:wall:

I love the double pedal!!!!!.... I was wondering, does anyone else practice getting tighter with the double pedal by pretending to play whenever your sitting down?

ALL THE TIME.... My wife is constantly grabbing my leg to stop me where ever we are: Dinner, Church, Kids' Parent teacher conference.... etc....

what about just your hands? like i sometimes find myself drumming with my hand and assigning some fingers to be instruments
thumb=bass
index finger=snare

what about just your hands? like i sometimes find myself drumming with my hand and assigning some fingers to be instruments
thumb=bass
index finger=snare

I've been doing that for years with my teeth. I remember going to my dentist one year and he said, "Do you ever grit your teeth?". I said, "No but I play drums with them". LOL

I love the double pedal!!!!!.... I was wondering, does anyone else practice getting tighter with the double pedal by pretending to play whenever your sitting down?

also what you might try is get those Promark Stick Weights, and put them on your peddals. its hard to get used to but they make you not only faster but stronger. And i saw in DRUM magazine, there are these little plastick "practice" pedals, you could get two of those and drum away.

I've been doing that for years with my teeth. I remember going to my dentist one year and he said, "Do you ever grit your teeth?". I said, "No but I play drums with them". LOL

hahaha does anyone like get a beat in their head while eating and "chew" to the beat? haha i do that a lot!! and what about just with your mouth. making all the sound effects and stuff with your throat and lips.

ALL THE TIME.... My wife is constantly grabbing my leg to stop me where ever we are: Dinner, Church, Kids' Parent teacher conference.... etc....

you need to get a new wife falam :icon_lol:

My wife teases me about not being able to sit still. There is always a beat going through my head that I will play with my hands or feet or both. Most of the time I don't even realize that I am doing it.

haha me neither, or like i will stand in a line or sumthing and start rocking my right leg to a beat, and then start slapping my thighs

i'm surprised i haven't had an accident from all the beats i've created over the years in the car.

Oh definatly!!! Im always beating on things with every limb and every sound I can possibly make with my mouth...I also chew in rythm, walk in rythm, whatever....if i got a beat in my head every part of me is doin somethin to the beat

right on!!!
glad im not alone!!
man i love this web site!!

I often lose 20 minutes doing mach beats with my fingers and hands on my thighs. I try not to do it in public though....people tend to think im a nut when I do so.

Which reminds me, recently at a show watching a friends band(friend is a drummer too) I kept the beat he was playing and ended up with bloody knuckles. I was punching the stage in time. ROFL. Meh I guess I am kind of a nut.

I often lose 20 minutes doing mach beats with my fingers and hands on my thighs. I try not to do it in public though....people tend to think im a nut when I do so.

Which reminds me, recently at a show watching a friends band(friend is a drummer too) I kept the beat he was playing and ended up with bloody knuckles. I was punching the stage in time. ROFL. Meh I guess I am kind of a nut.


That's awesome!!! I usually end up with very soar ankles and shins after a concert from keeping the beat with my feet while standing up....that really works the shins..ouch

My wife teases me about not being able to sit still. There is always a beat going through my head that I will play with my hands or feet or both. Most of the time I don't even realize that I am doing it.

My mom used to slap me "all" the time for beatin on everything. Yet, she would let me practice in the house. Go figure.

My mom used to slap me "all" the time for beatin on everything. Yet, she would let me practice in the house. Go figure.

LOL, they don't understand that you always have some beat going through your head. My brother is a drummer as well, and I was with him yesterday and we were sitting somewhere waiting for an appointment, so I started doing some footwork, like double pedals, and he told me to calm down. :doh:

Hey, I was just practicing. :think:

Drummer, thats great! I do the same thing all the time. I thought I was the only one carrying on a beat with my teeth.:icon_mrgreen:

I want a double bass pedal, but they seem so expensive, am i just poor or are they overpriced?

they are overpriced... or i'm poor too... i'm saving up for one now, i couldnt make up my mind of buying another crash or a double bass drum pedal but i think i made a good choice by saving up for one... i went to my local music store and they said a good one would be for $250

u got ripped....i got a nice brand new ludwig online for 160 and the exact same one goes for like 225 in all local shops i've ever seen....check out...www.interstatemusic.com even with shipping there stuff is alot cheeper than local shops...

yeah i actually just got one today for 120 bucks its a pacific it was on sale it use to be 260

Ok Wow you guys are lucky because all the way over here in SA it is alot more expensive so just be happy with whatever you paid.An Iron Cobra Flexi (which is what i have) costs R4000 wich works out to about $594.Thank G-d i am sponsered by a music shop here so i paid R1500 = $222 hehehe
So unfair :)

that's y i buy everything online....ebay and interstatemusic.com

There is nothing better than sitting at a computer like this on a nice chair, replying to a post with a double bass beat going with the feet. Oh, the looks from my co-workers....

Normally I would take the first part of someone's name in here to reference them. So yours would be "demon". Somehow I didn't think you'd like that. Ha!

So... "slayer", welcome to the group! :icon_wink:

Got the same ludwig for $125

Nine times out of ten when I see someone tapping his feet or banging on any available surface, it's a drummer...and the tenth wants to be one! :dancing: