VaterVBVB Vintage Bomber Bass Drum Beater

Good value. Solid craftsmanship. It is a nice weight and produces a nice sound. Quick and Easy to install and works as expected. Fluffy beater smooth and quick for nice sound.

I can’t believe I waited so long to try this beater. It’s the sound I’ve been searching for, the sound I’ve been hearing in my head. Warm, booming, colorful, tuneful. I’ve been playing much quieter and more melodic these days, and I was finding my regular hard felt beater to have too much punchy attack. I can now play soft grace notes and accents in a much more expressive, subtle way. I play a bass drum with no hole in the resonant head, and this beater helps me get a warm, mellow note. While it is soft, it can still hit quite hard and has a huge striking area. Probably the perfect beater for dropping “bombs” in a jazz big band. I’ve found that I can get a bit more punch out of it if I bury the beater, if I really need a downbeat to kick harder. It responds differently to different types of strokes, which is great for expressive potential.It doesn’t have the punchy attack you would need for most modern music, but if you need a soft, mellow attack from your bass drum, this beater is fantastic. At the very least, give it a try and find new ways to express yourself on your instrument.

Back in the day these beaters were the standard. Before rock and roll warranted a firmer felt or even plastic beater this was the solution. For feathering a kick drum or that new neo-soul muted kick this is the way to go. This one is over a cork core I believe so it isn't as hefty as some of the others out there. Great product.

Perfect for those who are sick of dealing with the "clicky" nature of most bass drum beaters against the bass drum; superb for feathering the kick in a Jazz setting (you almost don't need technique, I feel like I'm cheating); excels in just about any other musical setting including rock, pop, funk, hip hop, DnB, etc.; as a result of it essentially taking out the high end attack of a kick, it suits very very well for hip hop and such, which in most cases is more about the low end bump then the high end click; draws out a good, deep "thump" when hit hardFor the overall timbre emitted, I needn't even comment; check out youtube demos to hear the real "boom" made.

Edit: I put it in my drill, filed the rod a little bit to fit in my pedal, and cut it shorter. Now it is great! A little surgery was required for me. P.S. wear eye protection when working with metal, et al.It didn't really fit in my pedal because the rod is too thick. I have a TAMA pedal and it would only insert about 1/4" and the memory locking collar ring would not slide onto the shaft. This meant I could not position the beater correctly. It was too long and unbalanced.I put it on my daughter's drum set (she has the cheapest pedal I could find on Amazon) and it fit there.What is great about this beater is it is pretty light. What is even more important is that you can feather the kick drum a lot easier than the original felt beater that my pedal came with for bop playing.But ultimately I reverted to my original beater. If the shaft was slightly more narrow to fit in my pedal I would have given it 5 stars.Maybe it is a metric vs. imperial measurement thing? I dunno...

This is great! I use it on a beloved '68 Gretsch, 20 inch bass drum with coated ambassador and felt. . At first I thought I would just like it on the jazz gigs for the softer, broader sound and lighter touch but realized soon that it works for all styles especially in small rooms and recording studios . Recently played a pretty upsmid volume bar gig funk and blues and the band agreed it's still had punch. Also switched between it and the normal Danmar on recording sessions for different sounds and different tunes. Highly recommend having this in your bag.

I'd been using a hard beater for 40 years but heard Sonny Payne playing with the Basie Band backing up Nate King Cole. Sonny's bass drum had a soft, plush sound that inspired me to buy this soft beater and I love the difference. I think my bass drum sounds fuller rather than previously hard and punchy which (I think) is better for small bands (trio-quintet).

I bought this beater to use with an 18" kick drum, mostly in my home studio for quiet rehearsals.The room is hard sounding, and this softens up the beat just the way I'd hoped it would, Love it!However, I've started using it out live as well, in any "hard sounding" room, and it's working out beautifully for me.Often the kick is too click-y, and this softens that up, and I feel that it improves the groove..I'd highly recommend this to any drummer who can play with a lighter touch, not so much for pounders.