I heard an interesting discussion between two drummers at one of the jazz clubs this weekend during the after hours jam session. They stole the innovation from an employee and then fired him when he requested compensation for his design, as they also did to another designer that came up with the high mileage carb that is, to this day, still the highest mileage carb available with the ability to bring over 100 mpg, and this is not what they call "urban … To make it easier to finger the chords the strings were retuned (scordatura) so that they corresponded to the tonic triad desired. Vintage Drums. Over 100 years later, Ludwig's basic pedal design is the one we still use. The double-bass was the bowed instrument with the largest number of possible tunings. Although drummers have been experimenting with various foot-operated devices for decades, the Ludwig design is dependable, portable and helps establish the bass drum pedal as a permanent part of the drum set. Instead, the Off-Set’s pedals are placed to the left and the right of the bass drum, thus allowing […] by Rodney Slatford. One guy was saying Ray McKinley while the other was saying Louie Bellson. The double bass pedal was popularized in the 1960’s by rock drummers like Ginger Baker of ‘Cream’, Mitch Mitchell of the ‘Jimi Hendrix Experience’. Ludwig patents a free-standing, spring-driven bass drum pedal. In Japan the pedal was dubbed the DP120, because of its 12,000 yen list price tag. Virtual Drumming is a collection of free virtual games for kids where you can play different drum sets along to your favorite music. The first double bass drum pedal was actually invented by Sleishman in 1968, but it only became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Considered the “heart of the drum kit,” the bass, or kick, drum is used to mark time in almost all styles of popular music, including pop, rock, and jazz. They were debating (by all means a friendly debate) about who was the first person to use the double bass setup. BY JOHN NYMAN From the wilds of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., comes Charles Fisher with his maverick new invention, the Off-Set double-bass pedal. Far more drummers own double bass drum pedals, including myself and nearly all the drummers I know. The Tama brand soon blossomed into drum-making powerhouse, and the Camco chain-drive pedal played a role in that success, but as the decade wore on, the Camco brand was phased out. The purpose of the double bass pedal is to produce complex rhythmic beats. The reality is that you achieve the same desired effect with a double bass drum pedal for playing music. Double pedal and double bass drum are especially used by metal drummers, but also by other drummers, looking for a heavy, powerful drumming. That was Ford, AD. Though […] Reproduced with the publishers’ consent from The New Grove Dictionaryof Music and Musicians® edited by Stanley Sadie, in twenty volumes, 1980, ©Macmillan Publishers Limited, London. Who invented the double bass pedal? First Double Bass Pedal Ever? A technique known as double drumming was developed so that a drummer could play the bass drum and snare with sticks while using a pedal to control the cymbals. One reason for this was chordal playing, for which early evidence exists. Together, a double bass pedal and bass drum form a popular percussion instrument. The appearance and functionality of this modern-day kit dates back to 1909, when drum manufacturer William F. Ludwig invented a practical bass drum foot pedal. Double bass drums were first used by jazz artists such as Ray McKinley and Ed Shaughnessy in the 1940’s and 1950’s. This pedal ended up influencing the creation of the original hi-hat, but at the time, it was known as the low boy. Unlike your standard double-pedal footwear, the Off-Set does not have a main and a secondary footboard. History of the Double Bass.