Bo Eder
Platinum Member
The logical discussion with bass drum pedals is that they're like old comfortable shoes you wear, so they're comfortable to play for hours. Unfortunately, I think this mind-set (and foot functionality) gets learned early on when you learn how to play. So whatever pedal you're learning on, is "the" pedal that every pedal you get afterwards will be judged on.
So, if you already know what your foot likes, and you upgrade your pedal, you're going to make it feel like that first pedal, so what did you upgrade for?
I remember spending a couple of days with a new Pearl Demon Drive pedal with it's infinite adjustments, and making so many adjustments, at the end of it, I made it feel like my ancient Camco from the 60s that I learned on. So what did I gain by applying all that to a near-$400 pedal? Would it have made more fiscal sense to just continue to play the old Camco?
I thought this was a interesting thought-process and am interested in your thoughts. We upgrade, but we make it feel like what we're used to. Unless it was broken, did we need to upgrade? Does the new pedal make us play differently in light of the fact that we just made it feel like our "old"pedal?
This is one of those "Losing sleep" thought processes, no?
So, if you already know what your foot likes, and you upgrade your pedal, you're going to make it feel like that first pedal, so what did you upgrade for?
I remember spending a couple of days with a new Pearl Demon Drive pedal with it's infinite adjustments, and making so many adjustments, at the end of it, I made it feel like my ancient Camco from the 60s that I learned on. So what did I gain by applying all that to a near-$400 pedal? Would it have made more fiscal sense to just continue to play the old Camco?
I thought this was a interesting thought-process and am interested in your thoughts. We upgrade, but we make it feel like what we're used to. Unless it was broken, did we need to upgrade? Does the new pedal make us play differently in light of the fact that we just made it feel like our "old"pedal?
This is one of those "Losing sleep" thought processes, no?