speed on bass

[hardrockdrummr]

hey guys iplay a 6 pc session custom with a 22x18 basss. i use an evens emad and i keep its kinda loose. when i play other peoples sets i can go preety fast and get some 32 notes in but with my pedal and bass it hurts my foot to play and i cant go as fast. is it that my bass is loose? i dont think the pedals too tite and i dontthinkits my pedal. i have an older pearl model pedal. i tried out the dw 5000 and cobra noncens and mine was just like those. anybody have anything to say to help me out?

[snizare]

practice, i guess

[pearldrummer8]

Originally posted by snizare
practice, i guess

yes that's true. i know when i got my new double bass pedal it took away for me to get the feel for it, but know i can go really fast with double bass.

[Dex]

I suppose the question you should ask is: "what is the difference between my drums and another set?" Is their bass head tighter? Is the spring tension on their pedal tighter? Look for the differences and then try to apply them to your kit.

Above all though these guys are right, practice is the only way to get faster. The steps I suggested will help you make your kit more comfortable (comfortable may be the wrong word. You claim to be able to play faster on other kits, so they may be set up more to your preference, but you don't know that cause you have never played a kit set that way (tensions, etc.) ) Mess with the head tension and spring tension on your kit until it is the most comfortable for you, then practice, practice, practice.

[Rafiki8821]

Take your pedal to someones house and play there set. If it hurts then somethings wrong with your pedal. It might be the head, because I had a EMAD head and it didn't have good pedal response. i used the same pedal on a powerstroke 3 and i played a lot faster.

[DrumYoda]

Dom Famularo, who has incredibly fast feet credits this as the reason for his speed...

[ian40uk]

play mellow music, and use one pedal:D . joke .:D ..

i can only just manage 1 pedal, 2 is out of the question for me at present..... but a good question, i'll try out a double pedal some time in the near future

[hardrockdrummr]

the pedal im talking about is a singleim talking about beats playd with litle 32 notes hear and then like somthing like this
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[Andrew]

hey you might want to tighten your pedal really tight so when you push them down so it will take a little more effort, but they will come back and respond quickly so you dont have to work as hard. and you might want to tighten your bass drum head as well. i dont have a double pedal or double bass but i heard that from some guy that i was talking to at guitar center.

[rockdrummer00]

its your endurence thats making you tired,try ankle weights on you ankles and stick weights on the shafts of your pedal beaters then put a pillow on the batter head so theres no bounce cause its like putting a pillow against a wall and useing a double pedal...then once you have that set up you have to do singles for 10 minutes then into doubles for 5 minutes then into parradidles for 15 minutes,and also do this heel down while trying to get power out of it is torture kind of pain but when you get threw with it everyday for like a month your feet will be sooooooo fast and they will have endurance like mad...but you have to get threw with it,pain is a sign thats saying that its working also try different excerises with this workout...

[rockdrummer00]

well,forget about the ankle weights cause I just heard that they can hurt your feet pretty bad and it messes your muscle tissue up,so don't use the ankel weights but do everything else...