Understanding Bass Pedal Settings - Kick Setup Essentials 

It's been said already in the comments many times over, but this video is absolutely, hands down, the best, most informative content on the subject- drummers everywhere thank you! Killer job mate!

Super important to experiment with many different bass drum pedal settings to find your comfort zone!!

What an awesome video! Nobody teaches these things!!! Thank you!!!

I recently ordered a E-kit and a double pedal, I have been suffering with my pedal being too sensitive. This video is about to change that!

Watching this a few days before my first double bass pedal arrives. Thanks, really helpful!

My new kit came with the pedal set with a pretty tight spring and pretty far back angle. And man i have been adjusting and changing the settings a ton. I can't figure out where i like it 😅. Now im here lol😂

This guy is a whole vibe. Very helpful. Thank you!

Perfect video for what I wanted to know. You're awesome, thanks!

been playing for years and didn't know half of this. very clear explanation - thanks :)

You sir have saved me alot of time I've been trying to work out how to change the pedal board angle on my speed cobras ..thank you.

Hi, Thanks for that you just made things a whole lot easier for me! Exactly what I was looking for and explained perfectly. Used this guide to adjust my edrum bass pedal on the Millenium mps 850 electronic kit.

This was very well done. I’ve watched a lot of pedal tutorials while trying to sort out getting the feel right. This the first one to breakdown “feel” into velocity, resistance & return…and to show how the adjustments affect those three components. Beyond what you covered, your 3 component approach helps explain the impact of footboard length, direct drive vs chain, etc. on feel. Many thanks!!

Thanks mate for Explaining the bass pedal & taking the time to explain in detail’s

Holy hell as a new drummer THANK YOU for this.

This video really helped me get my bass pedal just the way I like it! thank you so much!

SUPER helpful!! Beem struggling a lot and this was the best explanation yet!

Great video! Right to the point with enough information to fix the problem. Thanks!

Very well done video my friend! Subscribed gonna go hit the kit now

This was hugely helpful in adjusting my angle. I have an Alesis kit and the bass drum’s volume is quite low. Changing the angle helps me hit it harder, hence louder.

Best explanation IN ALL RU-vid (Specially for a beginner like me.) Yeah!

This channel deserves more subs, Subscribed, always great content

Very well explained Sir! Very informative video.

Thanks so much. It is very practical

Wonderful video, super helpful! Life long guitarist... trying to figure out how to play my son's kit... great info to refine and adjust pedal settings. Thank you!

Great content guys!

Excellent Video.... Well Explained, Thanks!!! - 👍

Really useful, thanks!

Thank you for the easy to understand video. I just started taking up drums about 4 months ago and am pleased with my progress. The bass drum pedal has been an issue as I can't seem to get the right resistance that is comfortable and the right rebound as I am learning all kinds of songs. Hopefully O figure this part out soon. 😊

That was a good video. Thank you.cheers

Great Video, taught me a lot!

Yamaha FP9 user here. gonna start learning how to benefit all the customization of this pedal!

Thank you! I understand now!!!

Very useful, thank you!!

Thanks! Just what I needed. Getting my first drum set today. Got the pedal yesterday. I never knew there would be so many settings I could adjust. Didn't come with a manual.

That HP90P sure looks sweet!

very important lesson.

I have a lot of issues. I have been playing drums for many years but have been inactive for a lot of time. I remember that since beginning i had problems with triplets on double bass drum. I will definitely try out some of these techniques, and hopefully it will help to play triplets much easier.

Great video , Cam shape is something I hadn't noticed. My Tama pedal has a offset cam and beater angle adjustment. If I don't have the beater angle set just right the beater can come back and hit the top of my foot. @6:28 my old ears 🤣 thought you said 10 and 20 pound weights. Bad hearing tends to add a little humor to my life.

I hated my bass pedal until I watched this... Thank you.

It sounds like if you decrease the beater length and then decrease spring tension you could basically get the same feel for small bass drums and still hit close to center. I have a 20" bass drum and with too much time on my hands 😊 I tried a riser but didn't like that the beater when it hit the head was way past 90 degrees. Over the past year I bought the Tama HP-50 and Rogers Dyno-matic pedals as you can raise or lower the right side post which are fixed in height on most pedals. The Rogers pedal has so many adjustments that you can spend a lot of time tweaking it while the Tama has much less to adjust. My older pedal is a DW 5000 Turbo and maybe I need to try that again lowering the beater length and decresing spring tension. I wish I got one pedal adjusted that I felt that is it and I don't need to mess with it anymore. 😀

I need to learn how to play off my toes rather than my heel! Will have a go at adjusting my pedal settings to see if that helps.

Nice content bro

On the issue of cam profile mentioned near the end of the video, if you're a Bury The Beater type, (hold the beater against the head between beats), you should stick with round cams only. The other cams actually help you if you prefer to bounce the beater, (beater off the head between beats).

Cool!

3:43 The axle that the cam lobe is attached to is hexagonal on mine, which effectively gives me 1 single angle that I can set the beater at. Alesis, what the hell is wrong with you?

I just got a new pedal and yeah, spring tension is definitely important to tinker with. It might not feel as important as beater height, but you are correct in that it definitely needs attention!

My pedal was bugging me a lot. Thanks!

Great explanation. What beater angle is best?

Great video. Got new pedals and feels like I'm just starting to play drums all over again. Frustrating above all else.

Yep

Tama HP600 has interchangeable cam too..

Pedal setup is only part of the equation. The surface you are striking has a big part in pedal speed, rebound and feel. Head tension, porting the front head, a pillow inside and other muffling will all affect your pedal feel.

lower spring on the main Pedal(Double Pedal copy setting part) ?

Excellent! Do springs get worn out after time? Can I change velocity with a tighter spring? Maybe one that's newer if your old one is maxed out? Thanks in advance cheers for Knoxville

Now we need a hats video!

Cool tip a learned from the concert percussion world: Have the beater hit about and inch above or below dead center of the head. Hitting dead center actually cancels some of the tone.

I really like the video, really wenn explained! There's one thing though where I'm not sure if I'm horribly wrong or there is just a huge mistake at 5:09! The "shorter" the beater is, the LESS resistance there is because there is less mass to move, right?

For spring tention on double pedals: our bodies aren't exactly perfectly balanced and sometimes our main leg can be stronger or faster.

Great and informative vid! I’ve been drumming for 20 years, but you would never know it, especially when you hear my loosy goose and sloppy bass drum :(. Can you please outline the best adjustments for someone who has a hard time getting that quick Double, i.e. slide or heel toe technique, is it better to have more spring tension less spring tension, which cam would you recommend, where would best adjustment for the beater to be

what do you mean ' lower slave pedal spring tension ' ? less resistant ?

Slightly lower spring tension on which side? Did you mean to say slightly higher on the slave side??

Thanks for the tips and explanations. I am just getting back into drums after some 25 years, and laughed when you said usually the first thing people change is spring tension because that is exactly what I did. I bought a Donner ded-400 electric kit so I don't disturb my neighbors and I felt the peddle that came with the kit was far too lite on the return and I constantly was double tapping the kick drum. I had the spring adjustment maxed out and it was still too lite, I ended up buying another name brand spring and fitting it to my peddle and it feels way better. a much higher spring tension and I no longer have to have it maxed out which is really nice. I am going to see if mine has that angle adjustment to move the beater head closer or futher from the drum. I don't think it had an adjustment there but i will check it out.

So my slave pedal keeps moving around eventually skooting up to the leg of my high hat and making a klinking noise any tips on securing the slave pedal ive used the little spikes on the pedal but it slides still was thinking of using zip ties but wondering what others have done

What kind of key do I need to adjust my foot pedal?

I have my spring tension the same on both my bass pedals. The beaters sit at the same height and they are equally far away from the bass drum and yet the left pedal feels like it has more resistance and slower return speed. Are the springs just messed up or am I doing something wrong?

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How can I slide my pedal up or down the chain I've done it before just having a Brian fart!😂

no one ever talks about how to set up the bass drum itself..,say when , ..the pedal board cannot find a flat position..,and what adjustments have to be made to get it flat.. still elusive on certain Bass drums like the 16 inch Sonor..

'Opposite other hand' would be the same hand... I do not follow. If only I knew what you meant..

This guy looks like pewdipie

to be honest I loved piano pedals better. just plain simple

What would you suggest I try to eliminate some kind of unwanted rebound i get from my kick pedal? I mean I kick once and it seems and feels like there's a comeback like a repeated beat, I'm a beginner and it's kind of frustrating.. good video!