Drum Suggestions - Dealing with Bass Drum "Creep"

Izvor: KiWi

Bass drum creep does NOT refer to the scary guy with the bass drum, its the term utilised to describe the frustrating predicament 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 great thick rug or a carpet that the spikes at the finish of your bass drum legs can sink their teeth into will usually support keep bass drum creep at bay. Carpet Cleaning Kensington includes extra info concerning the reason for this hypothesis. (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 reasonable value.)

Make positive your carpet is large sufficient to fit your complete kit, like your throne. The weight of your body on the throne will help preserve the bass drum from sliding away with the complete 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 far more of the drums weight onto the legs themselves and assists the spikes dig in more effectively, which need to place an finish to most bass drum creep problems.

Sometimes, specially for these of us kicking the drum pretty hard in loud scenarios, setting up on a carpet is just not enough!

Right here is an further tiny trick that will End bass drum creep problems.

Take a 3 foot long 2x4 piece of wood. I have some nice fabric glued around it to make it appear quite, provide some protection to the drums, and avoid splinters. Now mark your carpet where you want the front of your bass drum to sit. Drill three quarter inch diameter holes via the wood a single hole in the middle and one near each and every finish.

Using some good, huge, 2 inch washers and 1/four inch thick bolts truly bolt the wood to your carpet at the front edge of your bass drum. Make positive to put the flattest component of the bolt on the under side of the carpet so that your carpet nonetheless lays pretty flat. I also like to put a layer or two of gaffers tape over the end of the bolt so that it does not scratch up any nice wooden floors that come about to be underneath the carpet.

Now when you set up just slide the front of the bass drum appropriate up against the piece of wood you have bolted to the carpet, and it will not slide any further!

It works ideal if you get the wood wide enough that the legs themselves really bump up against the wood block although it will function fine with the rim of the drum against the wood block - just be confident to cover the wood with foam or thick fabric to prevent the wood from damaging the rim and lugs of your drum!

Let me know how effectively it works for you.