and why?

Huh???








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Yea it's old. but it works

You know the the beater that actually physically hits the batter on the bass drum.

I have mine the felt way, havent tried the other way though, so i will.








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i use the felt, i really just don't like the way that the plastic sounds








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i use slug beaters. hard side to the kick head.

I use the felt.
The plastic just makes an anoyying clicky sound and buzzes when i hit because my batter is
really loose.








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It depends on what the music calls for. Generally though, I use the felt side of a DW beater.








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i used to use it backwards, but if you have a kick pad, it is really clicky and sounds like hitting a cardboard box. i like the way the felt hitting the batter sounds. just lets it sing so much more pretty.








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I use the felt beater myself. I feel like it creates a more natural sound from the batter head. P.O.Y!








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sarcasmsetyourhouseonfire wrote:

i use slug beaters. hard side to the kick head.

How are those. i really want some but i dot know if theyre good. I just dont like my sonic hammers anymore. for some reason they dot have the same punch as normal beaters.
I know they have the self aligning beater head. does it work? I really need my beater to have maximum surface area contact to maximize attack








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i use the plastic side with the curve verticle (pearl eliminator beaters).

ask someone to stand on the other side of your set and tell you which sounds best.








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i use the felt i like the way it sounds better than the plastic.








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when i had dw pedals, i learned that the pastic side gave me a clicky sound good for metal. thats the genre i was just getting into heavily. now that ive got my axis i use an older model which are large and plastic. ive been trying to find another one of the smaller axis beaters, ive got one but id like to find another used somewhere.








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mute wrote:

and why?

Neither. I love the sound and projection of good wood beaters - I have two old Ludwig wood beaters from way back in the day. Use 'em with some moleskin or felt impact pads on clear Aquarian Force 1 heads - the bass drums project like no ones business, and you get a nice definition of tones.











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Circular Wood beaters....it gives a harder and more full thud when I give a hit, and I love them !!! But otherwise plastic side of a dw beater








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