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Ho Ho. The Axis HH is a beautiful creature. Out of the box it works for just about every drummer on the Planet.Don't get me wrong here, I think Axis are magnificent tools. I just sort of lost my way with the bass pedals. Mainly because a very highly talented student of mine needed some really good pedals to go on with and I knew I could work with just about any pedals around. So I sold them to the cat for a few bucks and pulled out some DWs I had in the gear trunk (I actually had a gear trunk in those days). He was going through to North Texas U. and there were no dealers in Canada for Axis so I knew he'd be able to maintain the pedals. The way I look at pedals and most gear is that you get the stuff that you know is really good and like anything else mechanical you know things are going to wear out so you sort of get hold of the things you think may wear out, so that you can repair the gear, especially pedals, and you just use them and use them.
I guess cats know better than to try that flicking thing on my kit or something. Metalheads give each other and me great respect around here and would never even ask to sit at my kit.I've put the run to the odd hacker R&R/Country weekend warrior with big shoulders from time to time but in general I don't run into that sort of stuff. I think because most cats who know me also know I came up in the time when things were shall we say, a little rougher and less polite than these days, they don't do that stuff to me.
Just get your Axis fixed up, know what the problem was and make sure you get the parts you need if the problem re-occurs. They are great pedals as are Trick, Demons, and all the other high end pedals on the market. They all move fast and they all have their weaknesses somewhere because after all, they are mechanical things and metal wears out,washers crack, springs stretch, cams can bend you name it. Just think how many times those beaters go back and forth over a period of one year under you.
If I like a certain model of pedal I'll spend the extra coin over a period of time and buy an exact duplicate. Then I can pull one set of pedals from the line and pop it on a bench and pull it apart and re-assemble it with any repairs that are needed. As I say, stuff wears out no matter how well it's made. Let's face it. The guys who are with the big dog bands and are endorsers get new pedals anytime they want. Guys like us have to maintain what we have.

Edited by roger strange (Mon May 09 2011 10:47 AM)