Drum Tips - Dealing with Bass Drum "Creep" - 0 views

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  #1 Ayers Alexandersen on 08 Dec 13

   

  Bass drum creep does NOT refer to the scary guy with the bass drum, its the term employed to describe the frustrating situation when your kick drum begins sliding further and further away from you with each and every stroke of your bass drum pedal.
  
  Setting up your kit on a good thick rug or a carpet that the spikes at the end of your bass drum legs can sink their teeth into will generally support hold bass drum creep at bay. Understandable is a fresh online database for further about how to study it. (If your bass drum legs don't have spikes, replace them with ones that do. Any decent drum shop will carry replacement bass drum legs at a affordable price.)
  
  Make positive your carpet is massive sufficient to match your entire kit, which includes your throne. The weight of your physique on the throne will help preserve the bass drum from sliding away with the entire carpet.
  
  Adjust the bass drum legs so that the front of the drum is an inch or two off the ground and the drum is resting at a slight angle. This shifts a lot more of the drums weight onto the legs themselves and aids the spikes dig in much more efficiently, which ought to place an end to most bass drum creep issues.
  
  Sometimes, specifically for these of us kicking the drum fairly tough in loud conditions, setting up on a carpet is just not enough!
  
  Right here is an extra little trick that will Finish bass drum creep issues.
  
  Take a 3 foot extended 2x4 piece of wood. I have some good fabric glued about it to make it appear pretty, supply some protection to the drums, and avoid splinters. Now mark your carpet where you want the front of your bass drum to sit. Drill 3 quarter inch diameter holes via the wood 1 hole in the middle and one particular close to every finish.
  
  Using some nice, massive, two inch washers and 1/four inch thick bolts actually bolt the wood to your carpet at the front edge of your bass drum. Make positive to place the flattest element of the bolt on the under side of the carpet so that your carpet nevertheless lays fairly flat. I also like to put a layer or two of gaffers tape more than the end of the bolt so that it does not scratch up any nice wooden floors that occur to be underneath the carpet.
  
  Now when you set up just slide the front of the bass drum proper up against the piece of wood you have bolted to the carpet, and it will not slide any additional!
  
  It functions ideal if you get the wood wide adequate that the legs themselves truly bump up against the wood block even though it will perform fine with the rim of the drum against the wood block - just be positive to cover the wood with foam or thick fabric to avoid the wood from damaging the rim and lugs of your drum!
  
  Let me know how nicely it functions for you.CarpetFirst
  78 York Street
  London
  W1H 1DP
  
  020 8099 8444

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Bass drum creep does NOT refer to the scary guy with the bass drum, its the term employed to describe the frustrating situation when your kick drum begins sliding further and further away from you with each and every stroke of your bass drum pedal. <br /> <br /> Setting up your kit on a good thick rug or a carpet that the spikes at the end of your bass drum legs can sink their teeth into will generally support hold bass drum creep at bay. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://naradesign.net/wiki/index.php?title=How_To_Organize_Your_Home_100332">Understandable</a> is a fresh online database for further about how to study it. (If your bass drum legs don't have spikes, replace them with ones that do. Any decent drum shop will carry replacement bass drum legs at a affordable price.) <br /> <br /> Make positive your carpet is massive sufficient to match your entire kit, which includes your throne. The weight of your physique on the throne will help preserve the bass drum from sliding away with the entire carpet. <br /> <br /> Adjust the bass drum legs so that the front of the drum is an inch or two off the ground and the drum is resting at a slight angle. This shifts a lot more of the drums weight onto the legs themselves and aids the spikes dig in much more efficiently, which ought to place an end to most bass drum creep issues. <br /> <br /> Sometimes, specifically for these of us kicking the drum fairly tough in loud conditions, setting up on a carpet is just not enough! <br /> <br /> Right here is an extra little trick that will Finish bass drum creep issues. <br /> <br /> Take a 3 foot extended 2x4 piece of wood. I have some good fabric glued about it to make it appear pretty, supply some protection to the drums, and avoid splinters. Now mark your carpet where you want the front of your bass drum to sit. Drill 3 quarter inch diameter holes via the wood 1 hole in the middle and one particular close to every finish. <br /> <br /> Using some nice, massive, two inch washers and 1/four inch thick bolts actually bolt the wood to your carpet at the front edge of your bass drum. Make positive to place the flattest element of the bolt on the under side of the carpet so that your carpet nevertheless lays fairly flat. I also like to put a layer or two of gaffers tape more than the end of the bolt so that it does not scratch up any nice wooden floors that occur to be underneath the carpet. <br /> <br /> Now when you set up just slide the front of the bass drum proper up against the piece of wood you have bolted to the carpet, and it will not slide any additional! <br /> <br /> It functions ideal if you get the wood wide adequate that the legs themselves truly bump up against the wood block even though it will perform fine with the rim of the drum against the wood block - just be positive to cover the wood with foam or thick fabric to avoid the wood from damaging the rim and lugs of your drum! <br /> <br /> Let me know how nicely it functions for you.CarpetFirst <br /> 78 York Street <br /> London <br /> W1H 1DP <br /> <br /> 020 8099 8444</div>

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