Pedal for Snare Drum

[John Mallo]

Hello all - I am looking for a pedal that will allow me to hit my snare drum
with my left foot while I use my bass drum with my right........you guessed
it.....I will be playing my guitar and singing.

I have a Speed King pedal that I can adapt to do this task but would like to
know if there is something already invented to handle this task.

Thanks in advance.

[Pete Pemberton]

Post by John Mallo
Hello all - I am looking for a pedal that will allow me to hit my snare drum
with my left foot while I use my bass drum with my right........you guessed
it.....I will be playing my guitar and singing.
I have a Speed King pedal that I can adapt to do this task but would like to
know if there is something already invented to handle this task.
Thanks in advance.

There is a pedal system that uses a bracket to hold various things like
a cowbell or woodblock. I have seen a similar system used to allow
Terry Bozzio to use a pedal to strike a small 8" tom. Not sure if you
can use this for a snare, at least a full sized one. It's called a
Gajate bracket. Search that on ebay. The bracket is $45 and you still
need a pedal.

If I were you, I would use two pedals with electronic triggers in them
like this;

_ http://tiny.cc/HNDuY


and plug them into an eletronic brain.

That way you can have way more sounds than just a snare and a bass
drum, plus with certain systems you can layer the sounds. Snare +
tambourine and so on.

Good Luck!

PP

[DougD]

Post by John Mallo
Hello all - I am looking for a pedal that will allow me to hit my snare drum
with my left foot while I use my bass drum with my right........you guessed
it.....I will be playing my guitar and singing.
I have a Speed King pedal that I can adapt to do this task but would like to
know if there is something already invented to handle this task.
Thanks in advance.

A drummer I worked for back in the 70-80's had extra snare setup
just like a kickdrum so that he could play keyboard bass on
a few songs (a ELP type progrock band). He just wrangled
an old speed king to clamp on the rim of the snare and it
sat on the floor next to the highhat like a baby kick drum.
Oh, he stuck a stick into where the beater would normally
be. It worked well for him, was a pain for me as it was
another mic I had to put into an already complicated mix
with limited channels..
Good luck!

d.

[DougD]

Post by John Mallo
Hello all - I am looking for a pedal that will allow me to hit my snare drum
with my left foot while I use my bass drum with my right........you guessed
it.....I will be playing my guitar and singing.
I have a Speed King pedal that I can adapt to do this task but would like to
know if there is something already invented to handle this task.
Thanks in advance.

I should have also mentioned, although not relative to your setup,
the same drummer that had the pedal on a floor snare also had
a pedal rig with sticks for playing his high hat. It had two opposing
drumsticks, one above and one below the cymbals. one stomp
down down gave a "chick", on the release the bottom one would
come up and do the same, so he could get a fairly fast and steady
"chick,chick" going with his left foot. It made for some interesting
patterns that he could get going, often in two diff. time signatures.
Oh, should mention his name is Bernie Pershy. Or is it Pershie?,
sorry Bernie if you're out there!! The last time I saw him he was
touring with Eric Bourdon with a very conventional set of Yamahas..

d.

[John Mallo]

Thanks for the responses. I have looked at the set up for cowbells etc. and
have decided that I am going to design an apparatus that will allow me to
use a full size drum stick to strike the snare. This means I will need to
raise the snare drum in relationship to the pedal.

As soon as I have something that works I'll post it and have pictures and
plans available if anyone else cares to try it.

John

Post by DougD

Post by John Mallo
Hello all - I am looking for a pedal that will allow me to hit my snare drum
with my left foot while I use my bass drum with my right........you guessed
it.....I will be playing my guitar and singing.
I have a Speed King pedal that I can adapt to do this task but would like to
know if there is something already invented to handle this task.
Thanks in advance.

I should have also mentioned, although not relative to your setup,
the same drummer that had the pedal on a floor snare also had
a pedal rig with sticks for playing his high hat. It had two opposing
drumsticks, one above and one below the cymbals. one stomp
down down gave a "chick", on the release the bottom one would
come up and do the same, so he could get a fairly fast and steady
"chick,chick" going with his left foot. It made for some interesting
patterns that he could get going, often in two diff. time signatures.
Oh, should mention his name is Bernie Pershy. Or is it Pershie?,
sorry Bernie if you're out there!! The last time I saw him he was
touring with Eric Bourdon with a very conventional set of Yamahas..
d.

[MikeMandaville]

Thanks for the responses.  I have looked at the set up for cowbells etc. and
have decided that I am going to design an apparatus that will allow me to
use a full size drum stick to strike the snare.  This means I will need to
raise the snare drum in relationship to the pedal.
As soon as I have something that works I'll post it and have pictures and
plans available if anyone else cares to try it.
John

Post by DougD

Post by John Mallo
Hello all - I am looking for a pedal that will allow me to hit my snare drum
with my left foot while I use my bass drum with my right........you guessed
it.....I will be playing my guitar and singing.
I have a Speed King pedal that I can adapt to do this task but would like to
know if there is something already invented to handle this task.
Thanks in advance.

I should have also mentioned, although not relative to your setup,
the same drummer that had the pedal on a floor snare also had
a pedal rig with sticks for playing his high hat. It had two opposing
drumsticks, one above and one below the cymbals. one stomp
down down gave a "chick", on the release the bottom one would
come up and do the same, so he could get a fairly fast and steady
"chick,chick" going with his left foot. It made for some interesting
patterns that he could get going, often in two diff. time signatures.
Oh, should mention his name is Bernie Pershy. Or is it Pershie?,
sorry Bernie if you're out there!! The last time I saw him he was
touring with Eric Bourdon with a very conventional set of Yamahas..
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I thought that I was the only one who was interested in this sort of
thing. What I have in mind is to remove the cymbals from my high hat
stand, and then to modify that stand so that it will move a drumstick
to play my ride cymbal, which will be mounted on its own seperate
stand. I will play the bass drum in the usual way. After that, I
have two more pedals that I will use to play a snare and a tom tom. I
also will be raising the snare and tom tom up to match what will be
required by the pedal.

[Denny "Smitty" Schmidt]

I saw a guy who rigged a hi hat stand to play his snare.
smitty

Thanks for the responses. I have looked at the set up for cowbells etc.
and
have decided that I am going to design an apparatus that will allow me to
use a full size drum stick to strike the snare. This means I will need to
raise the snare drum in relationship to the pedal.
As soon as I have something that works I'll post it and have pictures and
plans available if anyone else cares to try it.
John

Post by DougD

Post by John Mallo
Hello all - I am looking for a pedal that will allow me to hit my snare drum
with my left foot while I use my bass drum with my right........you guessed
it.....I will be playing my guitar and singing.
I have a Speed King pedal that I can adapt to do this task but would
like
to
know if there is something already invented to handle this task.
Thanks in advance.

I should have also mentioned, although not relative to your setup,
the same drummer that had the pedal on a floor snare also had
a pedal rig with sticks for playing his high hat. It had two opposing
drumsticks, one above and one below the cymbals. one stomp
down down gave a "chick", on the release the bottom one would
come up and do the same, so he could get a fairly fast and steady
"chick,chick" going with his left foot. It made for some interesting
patterns that he could get going, often in two diff. time signatures.
Oh, should mention his name is Bernie Pershy. Or is it Pershie?,
sorry Bernie if you're out there!! The last time I saw him he was
touring with Eric Bourdon with a very conventional set of Yamahas..
d.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I thought that I was the only one who was interested in this sort of
thing. What I have in mind is to remove the cymbals from my high hat
stand, and then to modify that stand so that it will move a drumstick
to play my ride cymbal, which will be mounted on its own seperate
stand. I will play the bass drum in the usual way. After that, I
have two more pedals that I will use to play a snare and a tom tom. I
also will be raising the snare and tom tom up to match what will be
required by the pedal.

[John Mallo]

As promised I have built a snare drum holder that allows me strike the snare
with a bass drum pedal. If anyone would like to see pics email me at

Post by Denny "Smitty" Schmidt
I saw a guy who rigged a hi hat stand to play his snare.
smitty

Thanks for the responses. I have looked at the set up for cowbells etc.
and
have decided that I am going to design an apparatus that will allow me to
use a full size drum stick to strike the snare. This means I will need to
raise the snare drum in relationship to the pedal.
As soon as I have something that works I'll post it and have pictures and
plans available if anyone else cares to try it.
John

Post by DougD

Post by John Mallo
Hello all - I am looking for a pedal that will allow me to hit my snare drum
with my left foot while I use my bass drum with my right........you guessed
it.....I will be playing my guitar and singing.
I have a Speed King pedal that I can adapt to do this task but would
like
to
know if there is something already invented to handle this task.
Thanks in advance.

I should have also mentioned, although not relative to your setup,
the same drummer that had the pedal on a floor snare also had
a pedal rig with sticks for playing his high hat. It had two opposing
drumsticks, one above and one below the cymbals. one stomp
down down gave a "chick", on the release the bottom one would
come up and do the same, so he could get a fairly fast and steady
"chick,chick" going with his left foot. It made for some interesting
patterns that he could get going, often in two diff. time signatures.
Oh, should mention his name is Bernie Pershy. Or is it Pershie?,
sorry Bernie if you're out there!! The last time I saw him he was
touring with Eric Bourdon with a very conventional set of Yamahas..
d.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I thought that I was the only one who was interested in this sort of
thing. What I have in mind is to remove the cymbals from my high hat
stand, and then to modify that stand so that it will move a drumstick
to play my ride cymbal, which will be mounted on its own seperate
stand. I will play the bass drum in the usual way. After that, I
have two more pedals that I will use to play a snare and a tom tom. I
also will be raising the snare and tom tom up to match what will be
required by the pedal.

[-MIKE-]

Post by John Mallo
As promised I have built a snare drum holder that allows me strike the snare
with a bass drum pedal. If anyone would like to see pics email me at

John, if it's not too much trouble, could you just post them to a free
account
on the web, like google's Picasa?