I picked these up for $475 out the door at of all places guitar center who are reasonably priced but dont tend to budge on price a whole lot (in my experience). I am very picky about how much I will pay for an instrument... I just picked up a mid level kit for my little brother, ( Gretsch catalina maple in the ebony finish) which has a price tag of $850, I took home for 650. I have a simple system of talking them down. I am not going to get crazy with how I do this, but if you are interested PM me or email me and I will explain it to you. Again, I took home the Pearl Demon Drive double pedal for $475 after tax brand new!. I also picked up the Dw5000 Hi hat stand for $99 bucks... Not to beat a dead horse but I am in negotiation now on a Taylor 214ce, Going price $999.99, I have already had an offer of $827...
Now On to My experience with the DD pedal. I bought this and did no changes from out of the box...Except switching to the longboard setting. First night... very impressed, so smooth and fast it threw me off a few times. took it home, changed it to the heavy feel, and I love how fast and smooth it is... I had heard of problems with the loss of power... 2nd night i used this I really felt the loss of power. I am still tweaking this out but, just for the record I DO agree with the loss of power. I am messing with the settings to fix this, with the versatility I think it can be worked out. If you mic your Kick this isn't really a problem, except it doesn't feel like your hitting the head very hard.
Okay I am done now...lol.. sorry for the lengthy response...
Overall I think it was worth what I paid.
Kevin Reynolds
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