On drums...

This is, in its way, an hilarious read... but how do you unravel it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sonor-Giant-Ste ... 20bd03cd5f

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Gregory

Hi Greg,
I was the previous "winner" of that pedal. The seller either was completely clueless of what he was selling or did a stellar job (and continues to) of feigning ignorance.
The pedal was never shipped with the missing red cam, and I swapped the cam from the slave side over to the master. Only after recieving it, was I able to look back at the auction and see that it was missing on the master in the photos:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140591097157&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US:1123

The missing cam was the dealbreaker for me, as I had already checked with several suppliers and all said the part was all-likely "unobtainium"...So, I decided to return it. I 'splained to to the seller that the interchangeable cam was missing, and the it was used for a brief time before being discontinued, etc.
> As an added bonus to the next lucky winner; pedal will ship in a full peach box of finely shredded paper! (little diamond shaped coffetti!) FINALLY, a seller finds his way to the top of the shittiest way to pack for shipping to Brian list. This was a record previously held by the bass drum in a torn cardboard box of (and shell completely full of) styrofoam peanuts!opened up on my patio on a windy day trick. I hate spending time I don't have cleaning up a potential EPA SuperFund site (or chasing stuff with a shop-vac) at my home. The "oh Boy! moment is long gone at that point, and, Please know that I am now screaming "F-ck You" over and over as I dig whatever it is out of a mess of what you've sent me!
Hopefully, the next buyer will have a legacy from me-when I re-packed the pedal, I placed everthing in a plastic bag, to keep all the paper out of the pedal!

I was glad to get my money back-minus original shipping cost, of course!
Brian

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Drums and No Money will get Me through Hard Times better than Money and No Drums!
-A Recovering Drum Addict

Hey, Brian. Were you looking for a double double pedal when you bought it?

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Gregory

Hi Gregory,
I actually have owned two of these and, at one point, played them both on a double-bass kit. I also used one on a double kit with a single 5000 series pedal on the left. .

While I became quite proficient in playing the pedals as designed, my difficulty was playing as though the heel feature wasn't there. I play with my heels almost down on the heel plate. The only way to play these pedals without using the heel plate is heel up.
I tried them out and sold both of them, one at a time. Didn't lose a dime on either of them!


I decided that if I saw a GTEP3 at a reasonable price, I'd buy it. I saw these and put a minimal bid on it, and won. After I got them, I realize that the GTEP3 is a really bad idea anyway, as the left pedal cannot be used in addition to the heel. The fact that it was an early model, missing critical components led me to return it.

I may buy Florian's Giant Step double , after I see detailed pics.

All the Best,
Brian

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Drums and No Money will get Me through Hard Times better than Money and No Drums!
-A Recovering Drum Addict