I have just come out of the 5 year doldrums of a Tama NOT EVEN Iron Cobra concrete shins making drummer slayer of a pedal and now my legs have found sanctuary in the awesomeness that is Axis.
Seriously. Bought AL2's. Wow. Wowee my boots off. I've only played it 90 minutes, and had a bit of a fiddle. There are a few things I want to address regarding AL2's;
I can safely say, that unless your pedal takes hydraulic lifters to operate then no, the axis longboards aren't JUST 'very light'. If you set the adjustable footboard thingy back (yep) It's like paying 50 bucks for a pedal all over again. In English, you can make them as heavy as you wish. I would recommend these to body builders who struggle with their shin muscles if I cranked the plate back and spring all the way up.
Also, all this tomfoolery about it not striking hard, compared to what? Chris Brown on a bender? It feels like it wants to break my pad, and I haven't even set it up too 'tough'.
Now on to how it plays. It hasn't given me the ability to do the magical ankle/toe dance of lightning speed, surprise surprise, that's all in practice.It is, however, a TON easier to play what I already can though, and one thing it made WAY easier, almost to the point of it making me feel like I'm cheating, is three and four strokes on the feet. Oh, and also doubles. Wow it makes them easy.
Just wanted to say hurray. I'm thinking about selling my old double, but I'm not sure I could live with destroying someone's drumming hopes and dreams.
That is all.
Seriously. Bought AL2's. Wow. Wowee my boots off. I've only played it 90 minutes, and had a bit of a fiddle. There are a few things I want to address regarding AL2's;
I can safely say, that unless your pedal takes hydraulic lifters to operate then no, the axis longboards aren't JUST 'very light'. If you set the adjustable footboard thingy back (yep) It's like paying 50 bucks for a pedal all over again. In English, you can make them as heavy as you wish. I would recommend these to body builders who struggle with their shin muscles if I cranked the plate back and spring all the way up.
Also, all this tomfoolery about it not striking hard, compared to what? Chris Brown on a bender? It feels like it wants to break my pad, and I haven't even set it up too 'tough'.
Now on to how it plays. It hasn't given me the ability to do the magical ankle/toe dance of lightning speed, surprise surprise, that's all in practice.It is, however, a TON easier to play what I already can though, and one thing it made WAY easier, almost to the point of it making me feel like I'm cheating, is three and four strokes on the feet. Oh, and also doubles. Wow it makes them easy.
Just wanted to say hurray. I'm thinking about selling my old double, but I'm not sure I could live with destroying someone's drumming hopes and dreams.
That is all.