Larry
"Uncle Larry"
I'm with Mr. Parcher here.
If I were designing a beater, I'd want it to be adjustable so it hits the head on the best possible angle both for sound and head life, with the beater shaft not going past vertical. Tilting the bass drum back is not the answer, because the angle of the batter head would be in the wrong direction. That would make it worse. Plus the batter hoop would be unduly stressed.
I tried the sonic hammer but I didn't like the feel. There was very little weight on top. Plus the back of the adjustable beater head shaft would hit the top of my socked foot on rebound. Ouch, I definitely don't need that while I'm playing.
As a heel down player, it's more work on me to make the beater shaft go past vertical. Heel up it probably doesn't matter. It makes sense to me to make the beater head adjustable because different drums have different width bass drum hoops.
This problem is an untapped market IMO. Who cares if it's picking nits, I love picking nits. A nit free drumset...I'd be good wit dat. Plus I think enough people would buy into it to be profitable. The Sonic Hammer had the right design goals, but definitely a "less than ideal" solution for their product.
If I were designing a beater, I'd want it to be adjustable so it hits the head on the best possible angle both for sound and head life, with the beater shaft not going past vertical. Tilting the bass drum back is not the answer, because the angle of the batter head would be in the wrong direction. That would make it worse. Plus the batter hoop would be unduly stressed.
I tried the sonic hammer but I didn't like the feel. There was very little weight on top. Plus the back of the adjustable beater head shaft would hit the top of my socked foot on rebound. Ouch, I definitely don't need that while I'm playing.
As a heel down player, it's more work on me to make the beater shaft go past vertical. Heel up it probably doesn't matter. It makes sense to me to make the beater head adjustable because different drums have different width bass drum hoops.
This problem is an untapped market IMO. Who cares if it's picking nits, I love picking nits. A nit free drumset...I'd be good wit dat. Plus I think enough people would buy into it to be profitable. The Sonic Hammer had the right design goals, but definitely a "less than ideal" solution for their product.