real personal thing for each drummer individually but here are my points on that.
Almost every drummer cranks springs on their pedals so that's the major factor in playing fast double bass.Just from the physics standpoint it's easier to hit the surface when the rebound from spring is there. Also your technique(lifting whole leg/playing using only ankles or combination of both), basshead tension(looser gives more lowend while reducing the response of your pedals/tighter obviously produces more rebound even with loose springs but also makes your bassdrum sound much higher and longer though this could be solved with few towels) and sitting position or your throne height affect the speed, power and thus the feel and settings of your pedal. Other bits include beater height and angle: in order to play loud you should put beaters relatively high and have them angled at 45 degree angle. From that point as you'll be playing you can twitch them up or down by your preferance. By the time your playing skills will improve, you'll figure out specific adjustments that'll be comfy.
Gibralter double bass drum pedal intruder and dw 9000 is good for metal.
Guitars and violins are two good examples.
Ibanez, BC Rich, ESP/Ltd and Schecter are all respectable guitar company's, with good cost to sound ratio and great for metal.
Semore Duncan Twin Tube Mayhem (expensive)There was another one but I can't remember what it was called And the Guyatone Metal Monster is good tooThe EXH Metal Muff was a great pedal until it broke so i wouldn't recomend that
Hardly ever....Violins usually get it and cellos Ask your teacher (if you have one) if you can play a song where the melody goes to everyone a good song for bass melody: serendipity suite-basses oasis Double basses normally provide the pulse in a group.
I definitely prefer metal to punk. I like the heavy tones that the guitars use, compared to punk. The drums, especially the double bass make a good effect, and the vocals, although a lot of people hate them, I enjoy. Metal has alot of different genres within it, but for me punk is just noisey music that doesnt have much thought put into it, any band could do it.
Fernandez makes good bass guitars to play metal music.
Double Bass Drumming Explained is a good book for techniques and equipment adjustments (plus its really inexpensive), and Encyclopedia of Double Bass Drumming is good for lots of different beats if you already know how to play but need something to practice.
very versatile pickups but switch to EMG the first chance you get unless you have a really good pedal to play metal out of. I like BC Rich basses myself as the shapes awesome, I sound like a karate instructor but metal comes from within .. and as always 5 string is greater than 4.
The fretboard of a stand-up double bass has a rounded face, whereas fretted bass guitars have a flat fretboard. So there is no good way to install frets on a stand-up double bass.
It depends what kind of genre you play, Fender P-Bass is good punk, Stingray is good hard rock, Warwick is good metal, Rickenbacker is good inde.
Personally, I like the Russian Big Muff from Electroharmonix. It's the main pedal I use on the bass. Cliff Burton from Metallica and Chris Wolstenholme from Muse also use this pedal (although Cliff used an earlier model).
For punk rock, I would get a Fender P-Bass. The sound has attitude, which is very good for punk rock. And for metal, I would get a Stingray. Stingrays have a solid, powerful sound. An alternative for a metal bass besides Stingray is a Warwick, they sound quite like the Stingray, except they're not as good for bass rifts and popping. Hope I helped. Keep on playing. :)
I believe you mean to say "Does a double bass read from bass or treble clef?" The answer to that is bassists almost always read bass clef. But very good bassists that play very high read treble clef often and sometimes tenor clef.
put ya pedal to the metal. And take a good dose of sleeping pills.
Probably REMO or Pearl. but that's just MY opinion.not starcaster
No, it comes out March 20th - 29th 2009 on to be exact; and if you pre-order it from Gamestop u will get it on march 20th and they will give you a free Bass-Pedal-Splitter, which, if you are really good at drums and you feel up to it will allow you to use a Double Bass. On its own the splitter costs $19.99. Can't wait for it to be here, GO METALLICA!
On the Musician's Friend website, out of 660 customer reviews, the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone Pedal rated a 4.5 out of 5 stars. On the Ultimate Guitar website the Pedal rated an 8.4 out of 10 points, based on 532 customers.