"underestimated by most people"
by philip -
2/21/2004 11:00:52 PM
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| play for fun |
metal, punk, rock, anything that sounds cool to me |
montclair, va |
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The eliminator is underestimated by most people, mainly Iron Cobra players. Because of this negative criticism from those players, many people got the IC instead because its supposedly smoother, but with the two pedals, IC rolling, next to each other, I couldn't feel a difference with the black cam. and with the white cam its even smoother. To match the IC power you only have to change the cam to red, which takes five minutes max and requires no tools, and you get an equal, more powerful pedal. Before I bought this, I wanted an Ic power because I thought it accelerated a lot, but wen I tried the eliminator, I found the red cam is so offset and has so much acceleration that when I played faster parts my notes slurred, but I lost finer control. You can fix that in 5 minutes by changing the cam to blue, which gives a medium between the black and red so it feels like an IC power. If you want more control and smoothness than speed, than the white cam, which I use, is good. It's an oversized version of a black cam which offers the smoothness of a belt drive, which this pedal can be converted to if you buy an optional belt. The only flaw with this pedal is that the adjustable footboard has 3 settings instead of being fully adjustable like the IC. But the settings that it has are fine because they still allow you to change the feel. That and the beater are the only things that are worse than the IC. ICs aren't adjustable to meet all my needs and expectations. But then IC players brag but the IC comes with a hard plastic case, but the eliminator has a NICE case that most sites don't mention. The case is like a duffel style hard case. It also includes a nifty strap and pearl stitched into it. The case also has a bunch of zipper compartments to store extra accessories. The pedal also includes two drum keys and two sets of allen wrenches. bottom line is, if you want a pedal to feel custom made to your needs, then eliminator is the pedal for you.
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