bass pedal

[mulla14]

ok, how do you know which is the right amount of tension to have in the spring on a bass pedal? and also how long should you have the beater hard, eg does short mean faster and doea long mean louder, hope this makes sence lol,

[Ethel_The_Frog]

The less tense your bass pedal is, the faster it is. But it also produces a smaller sound. Play around with it and find out what you like best. I like it when it's quite tense because you get a lot of rebound out of that and you can use that to make huge continuous beats.
Not sure what you mean with the beater, but if you mean how hard you hit the actual head, well, you hit it depending on how hard you're regularly playing and whether or not you want to accent it. Accents are hard on a bass drum though...

[32ndHeartBeat]

There's already a thread about tension if you look for it. I think it's all covered there.

[drummerdavie]

Accents are hard on a bass drum though...

if you change the positioning of your foot on the pedal i.e. ----=pedal i=foot
normal --i--
gost note
---i- or i----
hard acsents
-i-i--
it takes most of the guess work out of the amount of force needed to play the acsents. but be carefull when doing them fast. i open one of my bands songs with an acent roll that cycles though all three in a pattern vary quickly and with my pedals it tears up my feet. so be carefull not to do that. but i hope that helps.

[mulla14]

what i meant by adjusting the beater i meant, you know where the beater attaches to the pedal? the way you can make that longer or shorter, i dont mean change the angle of it, i mean change the length of it. hope that makes sense!

[Ethel_The_Frog]

Oh, for that, you want it to be spot on in the middle, so it hits the middle and gets the most punch.

[mulla14]

thanks very much everyone, my problems are solvd

[32ndHeartBeat]

What kind of pedal are you using?

[mulla14]

A basix concept pedal, looks like this

http://www.basixpercussion.com/essen...als/index.html

[vinnysimmo]

Do you play heel up or heel down?

[Lafirin]

i have a basix pedal too. your the 1st one i know that has 1

[mulla14]

I play heel up, use a technique where i move up and down the pedal or across the top to play fast parts.

[mulla14]

i have a basix pedal too. your the 1st one i know that has 1

its a good pedal, really liked its strength and playability

[Lafirin]

yeah its actually not a bad pedal your right.

[mulla14]

Your one of the few that have even heard of basix, no one else i spoke to has

[32ndHeartBeat]

Okay, the little nut that you see at the base where the beater goes in, that can be loosened or tightened by your drum key. Once it's loose you can move it up and down to where you want, then tighten it back in. Hope that's what you were lookin for.

[mulla14]

No i knew i to changed it, i just wanted to know what was the right length to have it on or is there a difference?

[Lafirin]

i think basix is startin to get popular.

[middleman]

I play heel up, use a technique where i move up and down the pedal or across the top to play fast parts.

You mean like a fast double? Weckl is known for those. Another way to do it is a "heal toe" double but it's hard to get the same amount of power. Blessings.......