Hope this works! Enjoy!
Anyway I had to tell somebody because I can't tell my wife..... she'll cut my nuts off. ;-) if she finds out.
BTW: I got a great deal on it with a 10% off coupon. Cost me $584 out the door, from an internet vendor.
Correct. This is a major problem many will have with this pedal. The single cannot be upgraded to a double, and I am unsure if the double can be separated into 2 individual pedals.
It's kind of a drag considering the amount of money they are charging you for.
Oh, and I went to the one in Huntington, New York. That's the closest one near me.
They only had 2 in-stock: one singe and one double
Well here is something interesting. The Pearl DD conversion pedal is listed from Memphis Drum shop on Ebay with a buy it now of $400! Add that to the current price of a single and you're talking well over $700, right into Trick Pro1V territory. This makes buying the double at $650 (or maybe less with discounts) more attractive vs the Trick double which is about $740.
It looks like if you got the single and then bought this double conversion, the single you had would end up being the slave pedal. I think.
Here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pearl-Demon-Dri...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50
I bought the single demon drive pedal because;
1. I did research and I found you can convert from single to double.
2. I am just starting to play again after a long absence and buying the double is too much right now for me.
3. I also selected the Pearl Demon drive because it was very hard to find the Axis or the Trick to check them out. The stores had tons of DW, Gebralta, Yamaha, and Pearl pedals, but no high end pedals. It is amazing that Trick and Axis could not get their gear into Guitar Center or Sam Ash to demonstrate for the user.
I have had my Demon Drive for about 2 weeks now, and love it. It is the best pedal I have owned. I was looking for a long board, direct drive pedal, and that is what my Demon Drive is now.
It doesn't appear by this photo of the slave that it can also be made into a single.
I was excited about these pedals at NAMM, but after closer inspection at my drum store was less impressed. There are many cast parts on it with more tolerence than the all CNC machined Axis and Trick pedals. The pearl demon pedals have play in the hinge and play in the upper axle for the beater shaft. Those other two brands and DW as well don't have that play.
That said I do like the longboard conversion option is neat and the pedals feel good. At that price though I'd personally want or expect an all CNC machined work of art.
I was excited about these pedals at NAMM, but after closer inspection at my drum store was less impressed. There are many cast parts on it with more tolerence than the all CNC machined Axis and Trick pedals. The pearl demon pedals have play in the hinge and play in the upper axle for the beater shaft. Those other two brands and DW as well don't have that play.
That said I do like the longboard conversion option is neat and the pedals feel good. At that price though I'd personally want or expect an all CNC machined work of art.
It doesn't appear by this photo of the slave that it can also be made into a single.
I cannot speak for Axis but I know Trick is a very small company that does not have the market presence to get it's pedals in stores like GC and Sam Ash for other than special orders. I was lucky to FINALLY come across one in my Sam Ash and I ordered it through a friend. I love it.
The Pearl pedal is great also though. Congrats on the purchase.
I am thinking of buying this pedal...but my sort of teacher somehow redirected me and now I want to play single,but the double bass pulls me to itself somehow and now I would like to buy a new longboard double,but I have no money...so please can anyone prefer a good pedal, that is longboard that I can buy in single "mode" and after sometime buy another one and a shaft and connect them to a double...I hope you understood me because I am from Croatia and my english is well but not very well...xD
Ok...thank you so much...now I play DW 4000 double...and I am satisfied with it,but not how I think I should be...oh, and btw...when I said I dont have the money to buy the pedal it was becuse of the prices in croatia...here is a sample...twin demon drive in croatia costs 5500 kunas(that is like 1020$), but in USA and some other countryes costs 700$...correct me if I am wrong...and the last thing: Can you guys tell how much I can get for my double pedal...It is one year old and I yesterday put new DW Factory Accessories Springs...I aprecciate your answers...Buying single then going double will usually be more costly. Its doubtful prices are going to go down in the future. You say you're thinking about Demon Drive Twin, which is big money, but teacher redirected you to single.
You've waited this long, keep using what you've got and save, save, save for the pedal you really want. What happens more times than not is, once you get that dream piece of gear, the money you spent on it becomes inconsequential/meaningless.
If its a great piece of gear, some people feel 'at ease' knowing it doesn't get any better (for a little while anyway) and they now have a high-value sellable piece of gear if they ever want to upgrade in the future.
Some drummers think of it as 'leasing/renting' and look at the trade-in value down the road, high end is always better.