i use felt beaters..
You guys prefer wood, plastic, felt, ...? I'm a felt beater guy myself.
How 'bout counterweights for the beater shaft. Do you use 'em? I've never used them in all my years of playing.
i use felt beaters..
i use felt, but plastic has a cool click to it
Last edited by drummer; 01-21-2008 at 07:58 AM.
I have a DW pedal, and the beaters are felt on one side and hard plastic on the other...I use the plastic side...it gives a good hard THUMP, but also a sharp...."click", I suppose....and I will never wear it out, lol
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I use an iron cobra with a wood beater. The wood give the kick a punchier sound that I like.
Felt
Felt here. For some reason, I just do not like the over tones a wood beater makes on a bass drum.
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Felt. I get enough punch out of the kick itself.
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I likes me some plastic
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DW beaters. I use the felt side.
I used to play felt beaters (felt side of the DW beater)
but recently changed to plastic (plastic side of the DW beater)
nice click and (for me) easier to play double bass
normally use plastic but i use felt at church and wood in large rooms.
Thank you mapex tri-tonal beaters!
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counterweights for the beater shaft, whats that do?Originally Posted by drummer
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I usually use the felt sides of the beater. But I would probably use the plastic ones for a large open area.
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I use felt
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I think I've changed my ways. I recently just turned my beaters to the plastic side, and I really like that clicky sound they make. It's almost like they are triggered.
Does anyone know if this causes damage to your heads? I have a Remo Ebony Ambassador head with a Remo Falam Slam pad on the batter side of my bass.
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Current Favourite Song: To Rid The Disease - Opeth
Next purchase: Pearl 18"x16" Floor Tom, Zildjian A Custom Crash
Rudiments?
i have felt. the only one i used. maybe when i get a job, i will experience more. but at guitar center i have played around with the...i would call it rubber...ones, and plastic. i have never seen a wooden one.
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I use Pearl Quad-beaters on the softest felt side. I like my bass to bump, but not too harsh.
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I have Plastic beaters, but its a nice $250 dollar Yamaha double bass pedal, and the plastic beaters give it tht perfect "Thud". you no wht i mean?
OLA I usually Use WOOD*as it depends on the Music for me ,as
they are so easy to change ,which makes this Very Good(COOL)
they all work well for the artist that Knows what Feels & SOUNDS GREAT as All you ARTIST know.
Felt and no weights, I never could feel any differance really when I tried the weights, so I took them off and have never tried them again.
the plastic side of the dw beaters
its just much more defined and has a better feel for me
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I use the plastic side of my tama's. I love the clicky sound it makes and feels alot more responsive when doing alot of double bass or faster kicking in general.
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I also prefer the felt .
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