Trick's New Patent-Pending Drum Pedal

It's in the photo-gallery.

http://www.trickdrums.com/

Did anyone play this at the
show? I was wondering.

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Any details on what exactly makes it "revolutionary"? I find its design is terrible.

i saw it but was not able to play it, reminds me of a ghost pedal

All I know is that it is totally
silent, has an encased housing and
I think it uses inverted spring
tension. I am trying to find out
more about it.

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My word, those are some fugly drums! [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img]

Peter, we have the drums at the Drum Pad, if you want to stop by and check them out.

They were supposed to bring the pedal to our shop but I was teaching and didn't know it was there. The pedal is completely unique. No springs, no elastomers. I don't know if I'm supposed to talk about how it actually works but it's unlike any pedal you've seen or played. I haven't played it yet, but I was told it has the smoothest action of anything ever made.

Trick also received the patent for their unique and seemingly unbreakable GS007 strainer.

Brad

Brad,

I was going to ask you about it
because I saw that you guys had
it, at your shop.

Please, if you can, play it and
tell me about it. I will try and
get around to coming in.

Thanks.

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personally, i'm not a big fan of the drums, but did get a few of the throw-offs to replace my Nickelworks that are worthless.

In addition, did anyone play any
of their drums?

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I have two of their original Kodiak snares that are both very nice. They have thick extruded shells rather than the current offerings which are now rolled and welded thinner aluminum shells. I've heard the drum sets many times, and if you turned your back you wouldn't know they weren't wooden.

Brad

Thanks, guys.

Brad - I have spoken to Mike, over at Trick.
It turns out that there is a compression
spring in that housing, rather than an ex-
pansion spring. He said that it was totally
silent and invited me out there. I may take
him up on it. I'll let you know.

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OK, so it's an enhanced (enchanted?) Speed King, with spring tension controlled from the top, quiet, with a quick release lever.

Sounds like they went after everything that's wrong with the SK; hope they get it right.

Hmmmh, sounds like it could be great pedal. Like I said, I found the design terrible. I really dislike the look of it. Regardless, I would be eager to hear of your experiences Peter - if you get around to trying it out.

I live in Jersey and they had one of these kits at a local music shop. Man. They sound amazing. Machined out of aircraft quality aluminum I'm told.

The 20" kick had SOOO much attack and presence and the toms and snare were really resonant. I know some are hesitant to jump ship from wood to alum., but these kits are amazing in my opinion.

If memory serves me correctly, the 4 piece shell kit (inc. snare) was around $2,499.00

If I didn't just buy a house I would be very tempted to plunk down the coin.

I was told the pedal didn't have a spring. Apparently, this wasn't correct. I'll have to ask Mike about it next time he's in. The pedal wasn't there tonight, I think they brought in the prototype and took it with them to NAMM. Production should have it available in a couple of months - if what I was told is correct. Next time I see it, I'll check it out for you.

Brad

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Originally posted by Suspiria:
Any details on what exactly makes it "revolutionary"? I find its design is terrible.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">For one thing, I don't see a spring on it.

If it's a compression spring pedal, a la Speed King, then the spring would be inside the post and this invisible to most of us.