vitaflo
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In the store I really liked the round cam and the strap and just how light the thing felt. It felt effortless to play compared to my DW, so I bought it.
Since then it has totally changed the way I've played and for the better. It basically happened by accident. I was very used to wearing sneakers with good rubber soles, which helped stick to my old DW's and get some grip. Much of this was due to me feeling the DW's were laborious and needing some friction to dig in and get the slap I wanted.
On the PB pedal, it's obviously much lighter and smoother of a footboard. One day I got sick of hauling my shoes downstairs to play so I wore my socks. I figured the footboard wouldn't tear up my socks like it would on the old DW since the PB footboard was smooth. This is where it all changed.
I realized the PB board is smooth for a reason. After a while I was able to do all sorts of interesting doubles via slide techniques in my socks. I figured one day that if I finally went and got my sneakers that I would be able to do even more (because..."better grip!"). I was totally wrong. The friction of the sneakers really limited my playing and I couldn't pull off all the stuff I had learned in my socks sliding on the board.
Come to find out Jojo puts leather soles on his shoes for the same reason, so he can slide and pull off these tricks. After figuring this same thing out on my own I'm not sure I could ever go back to another pedal. Nothing else feels the same now, and I can't pull off half of the same stuff on many of the other pedals I've tried in music stores (funny enough the only one that really came close was an old Sonor pedal).
I'm not sure the PB pedal is for everyone, and I certainly didn't think it would change how I played a pedal, but I'm really glad it did.
Since then it has totally changed the way I've played and for the better. It basically happened by accident. I was very used to wearing sneakers with good rubber soles, which helped stick to my old DW's and get some grip. Much of this was due to me feeling the DW's were laborious and needing some friction to dig in and get the slap I wanted.
On the PB pedal, it's obviously much lighter and smoother of a footboard. One day I got sick of hauling my shoes downstairs to play so I wore my socks. I figured the footboard wouldn't tear up my socks like it would on the old DW since the PB footboard was smooth. This is where it all changed.
I realized the PB board is smooth for a reason. After a while I was able to do all sorts of interesting doubles via slide techniques in my socks. I figured one day that if I finally went and got my sneakers that I would be able to do even more (because..."better grip!"). I was totally wrong. The friction of the sneakers really limited my playing and I couldn't pull off all the stuff I had learned in my socks sliding on the board.
Come to find out Jojo puts leather soles on his shoes for the same reason, so he can slide and pull off these tricks. After figuring this same thing out on my own I'm not sure I could ever go back to another pedal. Nothing else feels the same now, and I can't pull off half of the same stuff on many of the other pedals I've tried in music stores (funny enough the only one that really came close was an old Sonor pedal).
I'm not sure the PB pedal is for everyone, and I certainly didn't think it would change how I played a pedal, but I'm really glad it did.