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BEERCUP05
12-05-2007, 10:27 AM
I work in a sheet metal shop so....I used a peace of 16 GA metal and made a pattern of the foot plate. then I bent a 3/8 lip on both sides. Then I rivet the metal over the plastic foot plate to make it stronger. And add some felt pads to the bottom of the foot plate. It helps out a lot
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9781/99743293yd5.jpg
.http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2184/g1ue5.jpg


And this is something that I did to the drumheads to make them fill a little more like real drums. Take some mousepads and cut them to fit your drumheads. It is a little bit quieter as well. Here are some pic'shttp://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5807/15145054dn3.jpg
Twilight
12-05-2007, 11:02 AM
looks good, mind tellin me how ya did it?
Ex7r3m3r
12-05-2007, 12:03 PM
looks good, mind tellin me how ya did it?

trace the design and cut, pretty straight forward:D
dmay504
12-05-2007, 12:55 PM
nice..we make metal at my dad's shop..i'll give it a try, thanks for the tip
BEERCUP05
12-05-2007, 02:44 PM
Adding the metal to the bass pedal made it feel a lot nicer to.
SuperTr00p3r
12-05-2007, 11:40 PM
I think the most frustrating thing is that we SHOULDN'T have to be doing all of this, ya know?
BEERCUP05
12-05-2007, 11:51 PM
I think the most frustrating thing is that we SHOULDN'T have to be doing all of this, ya know?

You are right. You would think EA would have done some R&D:mad: But maybe not.
darien87
12-06-2007, 03:27 AM
Adding the metal to the bass pedal made it fill a lot nicer to.Sorry dude, but the word is "FEEL", not fill.

Nice fix on the pedal.
Nekura20x6
12-06-2007, 04:39 AM
nice..we make metal at my dad's shop..

It took me a second to realize that you weren't coining a new phrase for "rocking out"...LOL!
AVC808
12-06-2007, 05:20 AM
You are right. You would think EA would have done some R&D:mad: But maybe not.

im sure the design we got was for cost saving measures, although you gotta wonder with all the warranty replacements if it really was economical...
BEERCUP05
12-06-2007, 09:00 AM
im sure the design we got was for cost saving measures, although you gotta wonder with all the warranty replacements if it really was economical...

Economical it was not. And now EA has a lot of gamers that are not happy.:mad::mad:
AMartin56
12-06-2007, 09:13 AM
I hate all you guys that have access to a metal shop. :)
BEERCUP05
12-06-2007, 09:27 AM
I hate all you guys that have access to a metal shop. :)

Sorry:( EA should make a better pedal.
sid133s
12-09-2007, 03:28 PM
I work in a sheet metal shop so....I used a peace of 16 GA metal and made a pattern of the foot plate. then I bent a 3/8 lip on both sides. Then I rivet the metal over the plastic foot plate to make it stronger. And add some felt pads to the bottom of the foot plate. It helps out a lot
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9781/99743293yd5.jpg
.http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2184/g1ue5.jpg


And this is something that I did to the drumheads to make them fill a little more like real drums. Take some mousepads and cut them to fit your drumheads. It is a little bit quieter as well. Here are some pic'shttp://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5807/15145054dn3.jpg

THX for the addvice
I did the mousepad thing and I had a shop make me a plate like the one on your bass pedal.

THX for the help:)