geezer
Senior Member
Mines not too tight, just enough to hold it in place.
Same here, I followed the directions in the JoJo video, they specifically advise not having the clamp set too tight.
Mines not too tight, just enough to hold it in place.
I would guess that he just swapped the footboard of a standard Sonor hh stand.
This is what he did. It's a Franken-hihat, a Series 600 hi hat stand with the PB pedal and strap grafted on. However, much like his prototype franken-pedals that turned into the PB pedal, I wouldn't be surprised if something like this comes out someday.
Late to the party, but I just tried this pedal at NAMM and fell in love.
I have been playing the old Yamaha 700 series strap drive (early 80ies model), but these are not easy to find anymore (not that I break them, but I like to have one for each set + a spare in a bag). The PB could be a way out of this problem, as I really liked the feel of it.
Now, someone else at the NAMM show pointed out that the early models had issues with the folding mechanism and it seems from the posts here that this is true. Any updates on this? How many of you are still using the PB and should I worry about the quality?
I REALLY like the PB pedal for lighter playing. For heavy rock, it doesn't feel right to me. For jazz and fusion-ish stuff, I love it. I just wish there were a double pedal version....I am back to playing double pedal which means the PB is off my equipment list unless a double version comes out. If anyone has any news on this, I'd definitely be interested....
Well i played the PB for a year now ,and for its for me the best pedal i played.
I really like the footboard just nothing on it is the best.
I made some adjustment on it i did not like the spring attachment ,so i replaced it with the Canopus ballbearing .[see photo]
Now its silent and even smoother,.
Also because i like to play with highest spring tension .
I also found that the original spring didn't have enough tension for my liking. So, I replaced mine with a DW spring. Just recently though, as I was inspecting it, I noticed that the bearing had taken a crap. I ended up also replacing that with a DW one.
It's cool how everyone can customize the thing with different springs and bearings to get the feel just right. I've become accustomed to a very loose spring on this thing.
I put the Canopus bearing on mine, but I didn't notice much of a difference in the feel. Just a little difference, but not $60US worth.
The thing that I'm not really adjusted to is the modern pedals all have a flat base. The older pedals had a set of rods holding the footboard to the frame.
with the rods, if the bass drum was canted, the heel of the pedal would still sit flat on the floor. These new pedals with a solid base will raise the heel if the bass drum has any cant. When the heel is raised, the action suffers.
I've had to remove any hoop padding on the bass drum to make sure the pedal will sit flush to the floor. This happens with all new pedals with a solid base, so it's not indicative of the PB.
My favorite pedal previously was a Sonor Phonic from the 80s. It had a similar round cam action to a PB but a little heavier.
Jojo was collapsing on me while I was rehearsing.
I didn't bother to check out what the problem was. I just slammed it back and it cured itself, but I'm wondering if I didn't get the thing to click in properly.
Does the lock get finicky or dirty and need to be cleaned out?
I always make sure it's clicked into position. Could it have unlocked itself?
I'm thinking if it does this again, I'm shopping for a new pedal, but I love the feel of this thing.