Wow, I'm the 666th viewer to Like this video! Nice job with your tour of this awesome dblkick pedal. DW has made so many newer and better dblkick pedals for decades, yet they have never thought about upgrading the stock drive shaft to a more solid and consistent bearing linkage design... as we can see, that stock drive shaft has latency (too much loose play) which affects the timing of the slave beater. If you're playing blast-beat dblkick runs, that latency could sound sloppy in the studio monitors. A remedy for that is to replace that DW stock drive shaft with the Trick Drums drive shaft DW version, so that the action will be consistent and precise in the Slave pedal exactly as the Master pedal. I plan to buy the DW9000 XF (extended footboard) version next month, as an upgrade from my DW5000 and DW3000 dblkick pedals. I also have the Pearl P932 Demonator chain-drive pedals, but I'm certainly gonna ditch all my pedals and get the DW9000 XF set as my ultimate dblkick pedal upgrade. Thanks for this video, keep up the good work! 🤘👍
I'm having a rly hard time adjusting the tension in the spring. When I try to loosen the washer it won't budge, is there a trick to it I'm missing?? Thanks for the video!!
Thanks for the video. I am thinking about buying the 9000's. I just cannot stand the twin pedal any longer in general, so I will opt for the single ones nowadays for that extra bit of money. I had the 5000 twin pedal 11 years ago, but returned them due to the slack on the slave pedal. I do notice it.
struggling with dw500 and roland td17kvx bass drum swinging around kinda like this set up, you can see it moving a lot. Makes it harder to be accurate. Thanks for this as i wondered if this pedal would do the same swaying thing to the unit and seems like it will, maybe less, but yea, this is kinda sucking. I may have to make some kind of mount for the drum pad and or pedal combo to stop all the sway. Its just enough to start loosing control on things like hot for teacher song. Gets sloppy from all the swaying. So glad you posted this version of a demo so those of us on the Elec kits can see how well this insanely priced pedal will do, haha
I was watching this in 2019 and just have to add one thing, the very last thing he mentions is the ''Play" from the universal shaft connection. This is important because no matter how many adjustments you can make, it simply will not matter when you have a loose slave pedal due to a weak universal joint connection. I've been playing the Tama Iron Cobra most of my life until I wore down the connection on the universal joint. I tried many pedals and finally settled on the TAMA Speed Cobra. This pedal also had a weak universal joint, so I bought a separate "Pearl Z link" universal shaft which gives my double pedal ZERO tolerance. It may not matter to some drummers, but for me it was a big deal that the slave pedal simply didn't have the same response as the master. Playing Thrash Metal, a tightly set up double pedal was a must for me. I have checked out many double pedals and found that MOST have the same issue with the universal joint connection, the Z Link was the only one that gave me a Zero tolerance , Tricks and Axis Pedals also offer something similar.
I currently play on DW5000 and DW3000 dblkick pedals, and I've had problems with their stock drive shafts to the point of too much latency in the bearing linkage... A couple years ago I couldn't afford the Trick drive shaft (DW version), so I bought a Ludwig Atlas Pro drive shaft that is equivalent to the Trick shaft using thick machined bearing linkage. Since I got the Ludwig drive shaft my pedals play consistently and the action is precise between my slave pedals and main pedals. Next month I will buy the DW9000 XF version and I will certainly go for the Trick dw version drive shaft. Trick Drums Inc. did an excellent job designing retrofit Trick shafts that can be used with other name brand dblkick pedals, you just have to get the right Trick shaft that is compatible with whatever pedals you have. 👍
I bought 9000 in 2005...One year after,the clutch and chain broked several times...Then I purchased pearl eleminator and I saw the difference......Pearl is much better pedal..The 9000 is still stored....
i just traded a trick dominator and an axis longboard for the dw 9000 awesome pedal it is did not like the axis at all the dominator was ok but this pedal is great