Kick! Double, or single?

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Double or single?

  • Double pedal

    Votes: 37 52.9%

  • Single pedal

    Votes: 33 47.1%
  • Total voters
    70
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sirslurpee

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Well...? Polls are fun!

But seriously, I am thinking about switching back to a single pedal... at least untill I can save up enough money to order another kick drum and a couple of new pedals. (in otherwords, a year or two)

Also it seems like my right foot isn't conditioned for fast double runs. It's wierd, like I am 3 times as fast with my left foot than with my right foot, even though I started playing single kick about a year and a half before I ever got a double pedal...
 
Interesting. Your faster left foot just might be a matter of balance and muscle memory conditioning.

I would focus on single pedal for now so you can retrain your right foot while you save up some money.

For me personally, I typically play single pedal with bands but I practice with double pedals on my own time. I like the double pedals (or two kicks) for the workout, but the type of music I play these days really doesn't call for it much.
 
Haha sorry I forgot to add the poll. Dumb me.

Yeah it seems like I can get my left foot in just the right spot where I have more control and my right foot I can only slam it down and I can get quick double-hits with the right but cannot keep a constant meter with it.
 
it depends

if you're a jazz drummer, then no

if you're playing death metal at 220bmp, then it's an absolute requirement
 
I use single pedals with two kicks. I'm going to change that with my next kit and go with a single kick double pedal. Less crap to move and without the other kick in the way, more setup possibilities.
 
I wish I could do double runs at 220bpm. I mean shit I am real bad when it comes to double kick...
 
I'm all for a single pedal.... Sounds more pleasing to my ear and seems to require more skill, in my opinion.
 
peritus said:
I'm all for a single pedal.... seems to require more skill, in my opinion.
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Why would that be? I play the same way with on pedal as I do with two. I just don't play the same things.
 
Farview said:
Why would that be? I play the same way with on pedal as I do with two. I just don't play the same things.
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That's what I mean.. If someone can play "the same things" with a single pedal, they're pretty good...
 
If someone can play "the same things" with a single, and then add a second pedal and be able to play twice as fast/complicated/much whatever, then that's where the bad ass of a 2nd pedal comes in....

Also, with 1 pedal you can't do paradiddles :(
 
sirslurpee said:
If someone can play "the same things" with a single, and then add a second pedal and be able to play twice as fast/complicated/much whatever, then that's where the bad ass of a 2nd pedal comes in....

Also, with 1 pedal you can't do paradiddles :(
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Right on.. just saying.. I think young drummers abuse double pedalling...
 
sirslurpee said:
If someone can play "the same things" with a single, and then add a second pedal and be able to play twice as fast/complicated/much whatever, then that's where the bad ass of a 2nd pedal comes in....

Also, with 1 pedal you can't do paradiddles :(
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That's what I was getting at. There is no way to do certain things on just one pedal...Death metal, for example.
 
I"m a Double Kick Guy but I can play just fine with a single Pedal it just isn"t as Fun nor does it sound as good for the type of stuff I play (Mostly hardcore Punk/Metal).....


Cheers
 
peritus said:
Right on.. just saying.. I think young drummers abuse double pedalling...
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I'd agree with you for the most part.

I suppose I'd fall into your group "young drummers", yet I leared early on that double-bass is limited. It's fun and good for practicing (and death metal) but for all-around rock, it's just not that promanent. I meet and see a lot of young players that only play solos with double-bass tapping the whole way through. Just gets old.

Heck, I have a double pedal, but I tend to use the slave pedal in 15% of my playing. Too much of a good thing if you ask me.
 
I took the left side off of my iron cobra and I'm just playing single foot for a while. I am sort of getting to where I can do triplets w/ right foot at about 140bpm..
I also found a really cool fill I can do fast something like: R-L-K-K-R-L-K-K-L-R-K-K and switch back and fourth from leading right and left...
 
I've just bought a double pedal, but I'd only really use it in metal - most rock/pop stuff doesn't call for it, and two pedals often just makes people lazy - listen to Rob King or Jon Bonham for single pedal action!!!

I voted single btw, despite owning a double :p
 
sirslurpee said:
I took the left side off of my iron cobra and I'm just playing single foot for a while. I am sort of getting to where I can do triplets w/ right foot at about 140bpm..
I also found a really cool fill I can do fast something like: R-L-K-K-R-L-K-K-L-R-K-K and switch back and fourth from leading right and left...
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that's one my favourite techniques. playing it in groupings of 6 is a great bonham lick: k-k-r-l-k-k r-l-k-k-r-l. also, play with right hand only, left hand only, and left hand lead.
 
That's kick ass... Bonham is the man!


..And so are you for posting that :-D
 
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