BassDriver
Silver Member
What are some DIY practice pads for pedals that people have used?
It turned out too bouncy for my liking, like most other kick pads I ever tried, so I don't really use it. A few days ago i tried using the padded back of my laptop backpack as a makeshift kick pad and it worked pretty well in fact, no excessive rebound and a pretty natural feel.
I didn't, I just propped the bag against a coffee table. The pedal doesn't move because of its floor spikes and the bag doesn't move because of the table. It was mostly for experiment, but I might use the setup from time to time in the future.In that picture the pedal is clamped to the pad...
...how did you clamp the pedal to the laptop bag?
I've tried out a lot of different combinations with various combinations of layers of different foam rubber materials, silicone, faux leather and other materials, but I never found anything remotely close to the (lack of) rebound of a very loosely tuned kick drum head. This is hardly surprising though, since there is no kick practice pad that I know of on the market which actually feels close to such a loose kick head.That's really cool mate. I find it a shame it doesn't quite work for you. If you reduced the level of padding (maybe one ply of foam instead of two), would that help to acheive a more realistic feel?