What bass drum pedal

Teetonetal

Just managed to break my bass drum pedal, so now looking for a new one.

Gotta work with a Yamaha e kit (old dtxpress 4)

Don't know anything at all about drum gear so recommendations gladly received.

Not looking top end, firmly in the middle.

Chris_J

Happy with my pearl eliminator belt drive, though I've nothing to compare it to

stickyfiddle

I have the DW 3000 series. It's the only only I've used in anger but it's great within the "firmly in the middle" remit.

Teetonetal

Thanks! Will check both out!

LooseMoose

I'd second belt drive, love the feel. I had an old Gibraltar that was cheap and 'crap' but it was the best pedal I ever had and the DW stuff I bought to replace it went right back on eBay!

Whistler

stickyfiddle said:

I have the DW 3000 series.

I have the same pedal and can vouch for it - solid, capable, adjustable, reliable.

octatonic

I prefer chain drive.

DW are excellent- I have a couple of 9000's, but the 3000 is worthy.
Yamaha are underrated too- the FP7210A is a good place to start.

WiresDreamDisasters

DW3000, 5000, and 9000 are all good. Look for something that is dual-chain, and has a solid footboard across the bottom, rather than the two pipe supports. Tama do some nice ones as well.

guitars4you

DW end off discussion - used by so many top stars

monkey42

Any DW

PolarityMan

I played a DW9000 single pedal at a drum lesson once and loved it. I have a bog standard mapex double though at home which is alright i suppose

blobb

I spent an interesting afternoon in one of those big PMT stores trying out all of their pedals. The top two in my opinion were:

Iron Cobra dual-chain (the one I bought)

Yamaha direct drive