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[melteddrummer]

Well my DW 5000 TD4 double pedals arrived today at my local drum shop, so I went and collected them after work. I've upgraded from a Pearl P122 double and the difference is massive. I also have been using a DW 5000 single AD3(accelerator) for gigs n stuff. The difference between the AD3 and the TD4 is noticeable, it just feels a lot more controlled for me personally.

I'll give a better review when I've had a bit more experience with them.

Here they are.





P.S Here's a sneak preview of my new drumming room, still not finished though. It won't be as orange when it's done.

[israbatista]

Congrats man , you just adquired my favorite pedal ever!

The diference between an accelator and the turbo is that the acceletor has a half moon cam that gives you more power/speed when the beater is getting closer to the head. The turbo is basically a natural feeling of your own strength and technique.


The 9000 can switch between acelerator or turbo .


I hope you enjoy it , if u have any issues call Dw , they have a nice customer service

[Nate Brown]

Woot woot!! I guess you'll be gone for awhile

[Topcat]

I was looking at these Wednesday lunchtime in my local drum shop Andy, they're really nice.

Just out of my price range though mate, boo hoo.....poor me ha ha!!

[Painkiller]

Congrats! Very nice indeed!!!

[Mark@Graham]

nice.

[drummingbulldog]

sweet

[melteddrummer]

Cheers peeps,

these pedals are great but they don't fit to the Roland kick drum very well, it's something I never considered, as my old 5000 single pedal fit ok. It's the new kick drum clamp arrangement that's causing the problem. I'm getting LOADS of double hits on the bass drum, it's almost like a buzz roll each time I hit. Luckily I'm a metalworker by trade and will be able to re-work the Roland kick drum stand so that it fits properly.

[israbatista]

Cheers peeps,

these pedals are great but they don't fit to the Roland kick drum very well, it's something I never considered, as my old 5000 single pedal fit ok. It's the new kick drum clamp arrangement that's causing the problem. I'm getting LOADS of double hits on the bass drum, it's almost like a buzz roll each time I hit. Luckily I'm a metalworker by trade and will be able to re-work the Roland kick drum stand so that it fits properly.

Mmmm interesting , my question will be ,

how sencible are the pads?
Are you using the felt side or the plastic side of the beater?
Do you leave the beater on the pad every time u hit it?(dw actually bounces a lot )

Did you checked for any factory defects on the clamp?

[melteddrummer]

Pads are sensitive. I always use plastic side as the heads are mesh, felt beaters don't agree with mesh heads. As for technique, I'm somewhere between burying the beater and not burying the beater. When I first started leaning to play, my first teacher taught me to keep the beater on the head, I'm now trying to undo that and bounce the beater. I've been playing with the beater on the head for that long now, that it's hard to un-learn it.

The problem with the new clamp arrangement is that it lifts the kick pad off the floor at the front by about half an inch, so there's a gap beneath the baseplate and it's just relying on the spurs of the pad. When I'm playing the spurs are bouncing up and down and the whole thing is flapping around lol.

I'm gonna try and make a bass plate to fit under the kick pad to take up the gap so it's not just relying on the spurs for support.