Yamaha Direct Drive Double bass pedal questions

[Bone]

Originally Posted by Drum Phil

I can see where thugs is coming from i think.

With a powerglide you can press the pedal slower and you still get the power boost at the end of the stroke, but with direct drive you lose that power?

Haha no.

The reason you get that "power boost" as you say has to do with the cam ratio's. In this sense you are refearing to an accelerated cam design. The cam is designed so that the more you push the pedal down, the more the beater moves as it gets closer to the head (pedal gets lower).

Where as a linear cam would simply be a 1:1 ratio of movement throughout the entire stroke of the pedal

DirectDrive's can be design in such a way as to have an accelerated caming motion, though I believe that all the current ones on the market are pretty linear. The BOA may not be, it looks like it has a bit of an over center pivot point in the motion.

[ThugsRook]

Originally Posted by Double Bass Jim

Yea I must say thugs thats pretty silly. I agree with ya on alot of things but this one... Sheesh!

sorry Jim, im not really able to explain myself properly on this one so i will gladly bow out

[ThugsRook]

Originally Posted by Drum Phil

I can see where thugs is coming from i think.

With a powerglide you can press the pedal slower and you still get the power boost at the end of the stroke, but with direct drive you lose that power?

actually Phil i wasnt refering to the cam. what im trying to say has todo with the direct attatchment to the pedal plate, and the way that direct drives "return" to the normal possition after a hit. but the words to explain it eludes me.

id like to hear someones explaination tho