How do you convert a pedal...

[Aaron]

Rightio, i'm setting up my spare pedal to play my conga as an aux bass. How do i make it swing up instead of down? I tried changing round the thingy, but it didnt go back together right.. any tips?

[beaker_747]

Get something for the conga to rest on it's side, then play it like a bass drum?

[Ming-a-Ling]

Yeah, I'm not sure how to do what you're asking, but you try out a bass drum riser or something. I had a buddy who used to mount a djembe behind him with one and that seemed to work pretty well.

[drummingducktape]

turn the peda holder around so that when you hit it it come to you not away from you. then just lower the beater . i gues. theres pedals that are made for that but i think they're cost is a pretty penny

[Undisco Kidd]

Wont an upside down conga sound weird?

[Sabian4015]

There are pedals that come where the are played upside-down. I think someone posted a picture of a pedal from DW that you would play on the reso of your floor tom...just like search for it or something.

[Loser]

Wont an upside down conga sound weird?

It'll sound like a conga.

[puppet.master]

not like a hand hitting it though

[spirit]

Just lay the damn thing on its side and play it like another bass drum. Get a riser if you must, but don't piss about with the pedal.

[red n black]

http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/Images/Drums/Product/Main/cdset.gif

maybe that helps?

[Sabian4015]

^^^ isn't that called a cocktail set or something like that? But that's kinda what I was talking about, except you played the pedal on the bottom of the floor tom.

[Chippy569]

http://www.dwdrums.com/hardware/9909.htm

use that, or a similar product.

[Loser]

not like a hand hitting it though

Yeah, it'd sound like a pedal hitting it.

What I was trying to get at is that turning something upside down won't change its sound.

[Chippy569]

you know, i bet if you got one of those old sticky hand toys, and cut it down and attached it to the stem of a pedal, it'd make a cool hand-like sound.

[Loser]

you know, i bet if you got one of those old sticky hand toys, and cut it down and attached it to the stem of a pedal, it'd make a cool hand-like sound.


I'm kind of thinking it would just collect dirt and eventually tear.

[Sabian4015]

^^^ pssh I don't think so. I bet it would hold sturdy for the rest of his life! Hehe sorry for the smart *** comment. just couldn't help myself