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1. Rock Band's bass pedal = not durable :(
   

   Player Chronicle -- Posted on Sep 08 2008

   As you can probably tell from the title, I broke my bass pedal. Well, not exactly "broke", more like cracked. I have been playing on this drumset (which I bought new) for what I estimate to be around 12 hours. Twelve whole hours, and I already cracked the damn thing. That's utter crap.
   
   In this situation there are a couple things you can do. One, you can call EA and RMA the thing, which doesn't do a whole lot besides make you wait up to a month for the same kind of pedal, which will more than likely break again. Two, you fix it yourself. There are a ton of fixes I found online, and most of the good ones include attaching a metal or wood reinforcement to it. I didn't have any wood or metal laying around, and didn't want to pay more money to get a custom fit one online, so I went the super cheap route.
   
   Here's what I used to fix it:
   
   Duct tape
   Football cards
   A toploader for said sports cards
   Scissors
   
   That's it.
   
   First, I put a few cards inside the toploader and cut it into the shape of the top of the pedal, so it wouldn't feel awkward. I put it over the crack, and duct-taped it to the pedal, putting I think a triple layer of duct tape around it. Since I am a noob at drums, I had cracked it above the orange bar. I had also read that the thing is likely to snap below the spring, so I folded a bunch of cards in half, (don't worry - nothing good ) wrapped them in duct tape, stuck them in the gap between the pivot point and spring on the underside of the pedal, and applied a double layer of tape around it so the pedal remains straight while fully depressed and doesn't bend at all - It's the equivalent of adding another set of stops. The pedal now works perfectly fine and feels much stronger. I'll get a picture when I get the chance.

   
   

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Dynafire has 3 comment s on this chronicle.

1. Silent Bob
   Posted On Sep 08 2008

   We bought a billet aluminum repair kit off eBay - it not only looks great but keeps the kiddies from breaking our crap again!

2. ZMaine
   Posted On Sep 08 2008

   picture! nao plz!

3. BEN
   Posted On Sep 08 2008

   haha. NICE!
   
   I can't wait to see a photo of this and although it might not look as pretty, I'm glad you got it fixed for free...assuming you didn't use a Joe Montana rookie card