Foot sliding on New Mapex bass pedal

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my old one had a shorter heel part and the angle was steeper so I could feel my heel in the right spot and since the angle was greater between heel part and pedal, it stayed there. I got the p550 with the 3 type beater. I see a hole up front, is there something that can go in there to prevent the slide up to the chain cam?
 
After a couple of hours on the internet.... It's a Toe Stop. 3 to 5 bucks, but only 2 brands for those same brand pedals. So I just got a bolt, a washer, a lock washer, a wingnut, and a plastic washer. The bolt and wingnut are enough to stop the slippage. Found it all inthe junk box.

Called a drum store, they had one, they said didn't know if it would fit bring in my pedal, I said it's the one there on the floor, you have 50 of them, I got it last week, well, it might work.... gee thanks.
 
I gather you most likely play with your heel down, which is fine. Myself, I prefer to play heels up. This puts all of the feel of the pedals at my toes and gives me more movement of my ankle. It also make it easy for me to slide my foot up the pedal to get the double bounce with less ankle action. It takes a bit of practice to get a good control of where your foot does all of it's work on the pedal without finding your toes crammed up into the chain cam.
I guess in essence, I'm trying to say that sliding your foot on the pedal isn't always a bad thing.
Regardless of whether you play heels up or heels down .... give it time and you will find that you no longer need the toe stop. The pedal will just become an extension of your foot.
 
crankz1 said:
I gather you most likely play with your heel down, which is fine. Myself, I prefer to play heels up. This puts all of the feel of the pedals at my toes and gives me more movement of my ankle. It also make it easy for me to slide my foot up the pedal to get the double bounce with less ankle action.
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Yup, thats how I play too. DW 5000 has always done great for me. But I played on something else last week at Guitar Canter that was even better. I really wish I remembered what it was.

fucanay
 
I was taking the advice of that guy from Mellencamp on a video and he said to practice heel down. But I notice I can lower the dynamics w/ heel down better than up, and for practicing a bit quieter, it helps. but I find myself getting into it and heel definitely comes up.

My old pedal had nice treads on it, it was really high friction. This Mapex thing is slick. I only got a second pedal so that I can use one to practice away from the kit at my studio chair b/c my bass drumming is so bad. I put the old one against some wood w/ a pad on it. I play along to everything I hear, and I think it's helped a bit.

So now w/ the new peadal tho, I hated it at first b/c the action is different, but now I hate the old one b/c it's so whimpy.

I'm still a beginner. I have a short sample on NWR b/c someone was comparing dry drum sounds so I put mine up since I been recording lately.
 
It's a good idea to practice both ways, but if you find that your heel comes up once you start getting into the groove, you may want to spend some time practicing dynamic control with heel up.
Really it all boils down to whats more comfortable for you and your playing style.

fucanay,
Same here ..... been playing DW5000's since they came out .... I love um. They replaced my old Ludwig Speed Kings.
 
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