Günstige DIY practice pads und zeugs

Dazu habe ich dort einen Thread gemacht:

http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15261

(ich hoffe, so mit link is das ok hier...)

Oder besser so: hier ist mein Beitrag nochmal...:

Hello Guys (and Girls)!

Maybe some of you will laugh at this (most probably those who have way too much money )...

The cheapest BD-Pad in the world

1. Go to a specialized store for rubber foam
[INDENT]There they usually sell very cheap clippings (cut-offs). Buy a piece similar to this one, I got for about 1,- EUR:[/INDENT]

2. Bend the piece like this

3. Clamp it to your pedal (with the device used to clap it to your BD)

4. Adjust beater angle

You now have the cheapest BD-Practicepad in the world (and it works quite fine).
Notice that the rubber foam has much more rebound when bent like this, then when straight and plain.

Hint: if it is way to silent (which it usually is), try some adhesiv tape (the kind used by painters) and put it onto the foam.

Best regards,
Wolf

BTW: feel free to congratulate me, ROFL, or whatever...

If you hate pedals, which slide across the floor, try this:

1. Take an old inner tube used for a tire of a bicycle

2. cut it into pieces about 20cm long, or so

3. cut them open on the inside (the side close to the tire-axis)

4. make sure to wash or wipe away all the white powder inside, which is there to avoid sticking, afterwards let it dry really good

5. cut it into pieces of right size and shape

6. mount it to the underside of your pedal (I mean the piece which sits on the floor) using thin but strong double-faced adhesive tape

Then it should look similar to this photo (Note: here I mounted it on the pedal itself, for non-sliding foot):

I have put this stuff on the whole underside of my pedal-basis (don't know a better term for this), and my pedal doesn't slide away anymore. When it starts to slide after some days, just clean the bottom of the pedal-basis (the rubber from the tire) with moist cloth or similar to take away dust and particles, then it sticks again like hell... (I could really also clean the floor, but you know...)

Of course this only works on surfaces like wooden floors, tilings or similar, and not on carpets (anyway, there you can use the stings, which every pedal has)

Idea for an ultra-light, inflateable practicepad with adjustable rebound ranging from moderate to low or very low

1. Buy this kind of a "sitting-mat" which is self-inflateable and filled with foam (I got mine from a trekking shop for about 20,- EUR, they can be bought cheaper, I guess)

2. Mount some Gaffa-tape onto the center of the mat (i put it there in 2 layers), to avoid damage to the material on the long run (though it is quite strong)

You now have an ultra-light, inflateable practicepad with adjustable rebound!

Adjusting rebound:
- Full rebound (approximately the amount of a floortom with moderate tension): blow the mat up to the fullest, then close the valve

- Moderate rebound
Leave the valve open for some time, then close it or leave it open

- Low rebound
press onto the mat with your hand, while the valve is open, then close it

Notes:
- Use this "practice pad" on a table
- strap the mat down to the table/surface

I came up with that idea, 'cause conventional practice pads usually have quite strong rebound, which is good, but not all the time (for example not for learning to do a roll on a floortom)

ENTSCHULDIGTS die Fremdsprache! Aber ich wollt das Zeugs nichtmehr übersetzen, war auch so genug arbeit mit fotos und Beschreibung

die Bilder waren bis for ein paar sekunden alle noch da!!!
Ich bin grad dran...

So jetzt sind sie wieder dabei, die Bildchen! (doofes geocities war schuld!)