Is a double bass pedal a necessity if you want to play drums?
>>129461642It depends on the genres you're planning to play but it can help even in the ones where it's not completely necessary. They tend to have a more robotic sound on double kicks but you can still just use the main pedal for those if you want. There aren't really any downsides to just buying one and only using it where it's needed.
>>129461813*only using the second pedal where it's needed I meant. Using just the main pedal is functionally the same as having a single kick pedal.
Honestly in jazz and classic rock and funk you don’t need a double bass pedal, you’ll be fine without itBut if you’re trying to play some fast heavy metal then, yea, go ahead and get the double bass pedal and learn how to fucking use it
>>129461642Do you plan on playing metal? If yes, get a double petal. If no, you don't need one.
>>129461642your imagination is your only limit!
>>129461642gittin gud is what is necessary for any instrument
Anything that fosters 4-way coordination. A slave pedal does certainly that. You should always be pushing your tard foot, what with just hihat chiks. That said, it takes a little compromise in your set-up, or it can, stands in the way and maybe a drop clutch and all that.
im a great drummer but i never cared for dual bass pedals so while my overall skill is like 6/10 my dual bass skill is 2/10, i like metal but I'm just not about that really hardcore shit
>>129461642Correct
So after all these years they haven't advanced beyond two pedals?
>>129463257or jazz
>>129464206What jazz are you listening to that uses double petals?
>>129464428>What jazz are you listening to that uses double petals?The flowery kind.. ?
>>129464718>The flowery kind.. ?Name an example. Give me an album or song that would be 'the flowery kind' of jazz.
>>129464428I dont listen to a lot of it but some of Duke Ellington's drummers used double bass drums. Sam Woodyard and Louie Bellson>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn1bTRDNfOQ
both of your hands can play a single drum, why not play a single drum with both feet
>>129465297Oh shit I own one of Bellson's albums. Interesting. Makes me intrigued what it'll sound like when I get to it.
>>129461642no, unless you need it to sound funny
>>129461642NoYou can do double bass stuff with one pedal if you really need to
>>129461642Only if you want to play metalIf you want to play rock or most other genres you can easily get away with just oneIt doesn’t hurt to have one if you can afford it though
>>129461642if you wanna be cool yea
>>129465068Are you just plain fucking retarded?>>129464428>PETALSit's a fucking joke...
>>129465297its a bit gimmicky at this stage. even ginger baker's double bass action is a bit gimmicky
>>129465789Its a typo you fucking baby. Sue me.
>>129465935i sue youi sue you noti sue youi sue you not
>>129465935Boy, I guess it's true you zoom zooms have absolutely zero sense of humor huh...
>>129466606sense of what? fuck you.
>>129461642Of course not.Lars can't use one properly and he's somehow an influential drummer.Just listen to any recording of one that's not from the studio to see how shitty he is with it.
>>129466644>lars bad lolTired meme
