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I rarely write about a product in this blog. I do appreciate the occasional solicitations for reviews and am honored actually to get them, but that s not what this blog is about. Been there and did that for ten years as a freelance writer. However there are exceptions to almost every case, and I met that case recently at the 2014 NAMM show in Anaheim, California.
I was visiting the DRUM! magazine booth, and I d been back and forth a few times that day, and I noticed a guy standing alone in front of a black drum set in the booth next door. Every once in a while he d sit down and play, then get up and hope to speak to someone passing by.
I ve been there and done that too, manning booths at conventions, so I usually say hello just to help keep their spirits up through a long day. I looked at a brochure on the edge of the booth separator and glanced it over. Percussion Kenetics Vector pedal a picture of a large footboard that appeared uso to be rather sideways, almost 45 degree to the beater hmm
The heel plate can be loosened and slid left or right of the conventional and traditional center uso position to accommodate your natural leg and foot design. The single-chain drive beater can be loosened and slid left or right of center as well. You can also adjust the cam position and spring tension, uso as with most pedals
but it s the sideways adjustment aspect that convinces you the world is not flat. I was able to instantly play patterns with much less effort, one s that usually required uso the foot twist corkscrew the ball of your foot into the pedal motion to get those double beats. I didn t need this at all. As Poogie Bell mentions in the video where he discovered the Vector pedal at a music show in Germany, he discovered a similar kind of unexpected surprise.
I was immediately intrigued and told Goran I would mention of his pedal in my blog, making it clear that I wasn t looking for freebie uso stuff (and do not). I just couldn t get over what I d experienced, and a quick Internet search showed there wasn t much out there.
I don t know. What I do know is that he sent me a pedal, the G3 model, I played it against my 26 kick drum at full blast, and then put it on an 18 floor tom turned sideways for jazz, reset the spring tension and beater angle, and I played quiet and quick.
I have not done formal product review uso in a decade, and I m not going to saturate this blog with additional detail other than to say I believe the drumming world should know about this very different approach to bass drum pedal design. And yes, Goran is working on a double uso bass version…
I’m going to buy this pedal, and I am very much looking forward to exploring what it can do, especially as I approach turning 55. Let s be brutally honest here: the body parts slow down a bit, so if I can keep doing things at a level from even 20 years ago, I ll be a mighty happy camper.
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I rarely write about a product in this blog. I do appreciate the occasional solicitations for reviews and am honored actually to get them, but that s not what this blog is about. Been there and did that for ten years as a freelance writer. However there are exceptions to almost every case, and I met that case recently at the 2014 NAMM show in Anaheim, California.
I was visiting the DRUM! magazine booth, and I d been back and forth a few times that day, and I noticed a guy standing alone in front of a black drum set in the booth next door. Every once in a while he d sit down and play, then get up and hope to speak to someone passing by.
I ve been there and done that too, manning booths at conventions, so I usually say hello just to help keep their spirits up through a long day. I looked at a brochure on the edge of the booth separator and glanced it over. Percussion Kenetics Vector pedal a picture of a large footboard that appeared uso to be rather sideways, almost 45 degree to the beater hmm
The heel plate can be loosened and slid left or right of the conventional and traditional center uso position to accommodate your natural leg and foot design. The single-chain drive beater can be loosened and slid left or right of center as well. You can also adjust the cam position and spring tension, uso as with most pedals
but it s the sideways adjustment aspect that convinces you the world is not flat. I was able to instantly play patterns with much less effort, one s that usually required uso the foot twist corkscrew the ball of your foot into the pedal motion to get those double beats. I didn t need this at all. As Poogie Bell mentions in the video where he discovered the Vector pedal at a music show in Germany, he discovered a similar kind of unexpected surprise.
I was immediately intrigued and told Goran I would mention of his pedal in my blog, making it clear that I wasn t looking for freebie uso stuff (and do not). I just couldn t get over what I d experienced, and a quick Internet search showed there wasn t much out there.
I don t know. What I do know is that he sent me a pedal, the G3 model, I played it against my 26 kick drum at full blast, and then put it on an 18 floor tom turned sideways for jazz, reset the spring tension and beater angle, and I played quiet and quick.
I have not done formal product review uso in a decade, and I m not going to saturate this blog with additional detail other than to say I believe the drumming world should know about this very different approach to bass drum pedal design. And yes, Goran is working on a double uso bass version…
I’m going to buy this pedal, and I am very much looking forward to exploring what it can do, especially as I approach turning 55. Let s be brutally honest here: the body parts slow down a bit, so if I can keep doing things at a level from even 20 years ago, I ll be a mighty happy camper.
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Recent Comments klemen on My Audition for Frank Zappa, L… Glen on Ludwig Breakbeats by Questlove… Tourette’s Act… on RPPW 14 Rhythm Production an… cw on Yamaha Drums Loses Sakae Rhyth… Bryce Job on Ludwig Breakbeats by Questlove… Cool Drumming and Rhythm Blogs gemmabrandyboyd LaFrae Blog O Love nedzepplin.blogspot.com Cruise Ship Drummer! garethdylansmith A drummers blog Blogroll WordPress.com WordPress.org Archives Select Month February 2014 (2) October 2013 (2) August 2013 (3) June 2013 (1) May 2013 (2) April 2013 (6) February 2013 (3) January 2013 (2) November 2012 (4) October 2012 (2) August 2012 (2) July 2012 (2) June 2012 (2) April 2012 (7) March 2012 (1) February 2012 (3) January 2012 (1) December 2011 (3) November uso 2011 (2) uso October 2011 (8) July 2011 (1) January 2011 (4) November 2010 (3) October 2010 (1) September 2010 (4) August 2010 (2) July 2010 (3) June 2010 (7) May 2010 (14) April 2010 (1) December 2009 (1) November 2009 (3) uso October 2009 (5)
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