keeping the kick drum in place

[Austinkessler]

sometimes i use bricks, but thats a little unsightly. i'm on carpet, i dont want to buy a drum matt. any ideas?

[Aviator42009]

Instead of putting the bricks infront of the bass drum, you could put them towards the back of the sides, and have them tied to the spurs.

[MrB]

Can you provide a photo of how you normally set up your bass drum? What kind of spurs does it have?

I used to have the front of my bass drum elevated a little higher than the batter side. After retracting the spurs and lowering the front of the reso, I noticed it didn't slide as much; whether or not one led to the other I can't say for sure.

The bottom of my pedal (an Axis X) came with industrial velcro. I haven't had any problems with a wandering bass drum since I've owned this pedal. Since you mention you already use carpet, why not apply extra velcro to the bottom of the pedal? It may be worth a try.

[areFish]

How about a Trapstrap?

[slinglander]

I've used a rope to do the same as the "Trapstrap" with a virgin vistalite 24" kick...cheap too. Otherwise the spurs have to actually snag into the carpet weave. The cheaper the carpet, the better. Mounted toms help weigh down the kick and apply pressure to the spurs. MrB's idea of industrial velcroed pedal base works too, unless you have a Speed King with its skinny and usually warped base plate!

[DrummerD]

Can you provide a photo of how you normally set up your bass drum? What kind of spurs does it have?

A pic would be very helpful. Do you have spurs on your kick legs? Spurs on your kick pedal? Does your kick pedal have Velcro on the bottom?

[SpatzST]

there is an attachment that gibraltar makes, it clips to the front rim of your bassdrum and has protruding spikes. that should fix your problem.

also silly question, are the spikes out on your spurs? and out enough that they are actually digging into the carpet? is it a hard carpet, or a soft carpet?

[NPYYZ]

I haven't had the moving kick problem since the 70's. The way kicks are made today the pointed legs should be enough to keep it in place. If not most pedals also have small spurs you can screw down into your drum rug. I'd say if you have both these things working for you, and your kick is still moving forward, you may be stomping on the pedal to hard, or possibly playing the drum with a forward motion causing it to crawl forward.

In the 70's I carried a small piece of 2x4 and screwed it into the floor in front of my kick to keep it in place. I also had some wood filler in case the stage was a nice floor I could fill the two holes I had made after the gig was over.

[marko138]

Why not attach a small piece of wood to your current rug so that your front hoops sits against it. Screw it to the carpet with some big washers under the rug so the nuts don't pull through.

[PerryGoRound]

Whenever I played kits without virgin kicks, I would put a right angle tom mount in the kick drum mount and secure it to my rack/cage with a rack clamp making them impossible to move. See pics in my gallery of the blue and white Ddrum and the blue Vistalite.

[MartyM]

like Slinglander, in the old days used rope aroung legs and other end around my throne! worked fairly well, but sometimes got caught in foot! only had problem with concrete or wood stage..never had problem on carpet

[late8]

Duct tape on the heel pad of the kick drum pedal on carpet or wood floor:

[drummer]

I haven't had the moving kick problem since the 70's. The way kicks are made today the pointed legs should be enough to keep it in place.

I know with me the spurs would lose their sharpness from playing so hard and so many gigs. I looked down one night because the kick kept sliding and both spurs were rounded off. Ha!

[Pearl MCX Man]

Alot of great ideas above. I never realy had an issue with my bass drum sliding forward while playing. I use the sprurs on both the drum legs and bass pedal also using a plywood floor with a carpet on top so this makes easier to ancher to. The angle of the bass drum is also crucial for the spurs to work properly. I think the front hoop of my bass drums is 1/2 inch(just enough to be able to run your fingers between the floor and the hoop) and the batter hoop sitting on the pedal plate. Another thing to consider too is the weight of the toms which you would not have on a virgin kit.

[marko138]

I know with me the spurs would lose their sharpness from playing so hard and so many gigs. I looked down one night because the kick kept sliding and both spurs were rounded off. Ha!

That happened to the spurs on my Iron Cobra slave pedal. It would slide away. I got out the dremel and sharped them.

[kay-gee]

A carpet is still the best method. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a chunk of carpeting that handles the whole foot print of the set, including stool. At the front you screw or nail a piece of wood onto the carpet. Your front bass hoop abutts against it, No more creeping. Important to include the stool in the carpet area because your weight holds it all together. Simply roll up the carpet after use and stow with your gear.

all the best...

[slinky]

if your spurs are not spiked maybe see if you can change them out for some that are. or sharpen the ones you have. use the pedal spikes or an anchor

[drummer]

The other thing is that some drummers don't know that their rubber spurs have spikes inserted in them that are adjustable. They can be screwed in and out. It's on many of the kits but not all of them.

[Austinkessler]

i think i'll just screw a piece of wood in front of it?

[Nechre]

Duct tape on the heel pad of the kick drum pedal on carpet or wood floor:

Good idea.

I wonder if you could also get a strip(s) of velcro and run it under the pedal board and over the plate underneath. It would have a similar effect I would think.