DW 9000 Single Bass Pedal (DWCP9000)

I upgraded from the DW 5000 (which I've played for 10+ years) and I'll never look back. Smooth, responsive, extremely customizable, and worth every penny. It's also indestructible: I've had band members drop it on concrete and put it under a ton of other heavy gear, no problem.

This is a phenomenal pedal. If you’ve been considering getting one but just haven’t pulled the trigger yet, do it and you won’t be sorry. It’s simplistic yet extremely well engendered. It’s buttery smooth, fairly adjustable and feels great. The one downside to me is a pro to others. The spring assembly is on the inside of the fork. I keep my foot pretty high up on the board and find it a bit cramped and sometimes run into the spring on occasion. But like I said, the spring placement is a con to me but I know it’s a pro to many others who don’t play the exact way I do. Over all a fantastic pedal.

Solid . Great feel and response. Adjustments are great . The only thing was the price . But all well built pedals are. I almost returned it after it was delivered because of the price . But I am comfortable with it . Happy I kept it and it comes with a nice bag .

This is the best bass drum pedal in the world. Period.

I've been playing drums in bands for the past 20 years and I've gotta say, this is a fantastic pedal that's worth the money if you're serious about drumming. I had previously been using Pearl's P-2000C (Powershifter Eliminator) and this is noticeably and significantly better. It feels super solid (I've had trouble with wandering kick pedals at long gigs), it hits smoothly, and I love the customizable features. I'm about to go on the road for ~30 shows with Pomplamoose and I'm happy that I'll have this with me.

The item was delivered just as I had expected. Installed it on my KD and started playing with it.

This pedal is not worth $400.00. The adjustments are just plain bizarre, especially the foot plate height with the chain. DW still has one of the worst heel plates ever. Plus, they still use a door hinge for their heel plate.The cheap transportation - storage purse is ridiculous. Not a hard case?The DW 5000 single chain pedal feels much better with a more reasonable price tag. There is a lot of pedals on the market for $250 or less that that have much better independent adjustments, better heel plates and nice plastic hard cases. Don’t let these drum companies take advantage of you with these crazy overpriced drum pedals. It’s a scam!

I LOVE these pedals and have tried almost every pedal out there and the 9000 series is the smoothest, the fastest, the most powerful, and the most configurable. I have two drum sets; an acoustic double-base set which uses two of these; and an electric set where I utilize the double-pedal version. So I essentially have four of these pedals and I love how smooth they are. I am know for my double-base work, and they have up'd my playing considerably from the relatively cheap low-end pedals I was using.

El mejor pedal que he probado, suave, con buena pegada de golpe y buen retorno del resorte. No necesitas un pedal doble.

Fantastic pricing, shipping was fast, and exactly what I was looking for!

Excellent balance, speed & control especially for advanced techniques. Equal to the performance of the titanium pedals.

Me encantó. La calidad de este producto es increíble, por ello su precio!!!

I'm still not ok with most flagship pedals not having an adjustment to allow you to hit the center of your kick. I mean they have adjustments for every other aspect of the pedal but not the hitting the drum in the center part? Idk, I would like that option just like I want the option to adjust the cam or the beater height to find the right feel/sound. Anyways...Update - I have logged many hours using the 9000's, practices, jams, shows. I've clamped it to different kinds of hoops, I've spun the beaters from plastic to felt and back, adjusted the springs, the cam, lubed the chain, sank the spurs into different materials and the following are my observations and experience with them.They are the smoothest pedals I have tried to date and I have tried many. The hoop clamp is great, it clamps well on my flat wooden hoops or the steel hoops with the indented center. The spurs are long enough to dig into your cheap foam mat or sink nicely into a carpet. They seem to be wearing ok, the plastic face on the beaters are starting to peel a bit however, all you can do is alternate your pedals left to right to spread out the harm.Besides that, the most obvious flaw is in the picture I posted. For the sake of the photo I removed my pedals from the kit and staged them on the bench. Notice the pedal on the right, how the pedal board is above the cam. This is something that happens when I play a double bass pattern or even a single left foot kick pattern and immediately after hitting the pedal, remove my foot from the board while its rebounding. Mostly I would be taking my foot off it like that to control the high hats after a double bass chop. Basically the board flops around if you take your foot off it while its rebounding, and it somehow lodges the board above the cam, forcing you to step on it obviously, forcing the parts past eachother and sending the bass drum beater into the skin at a non opportune moment. Its a straight up flaw guys. I've learned to delay taking my left foot of the pedal immediately after hitting it to prevent this but at this price point, at this professional level...Other than that, it is an amazing pedal, very smooth and responsive, has all the adjustments you need. I wont be in the market for single bass drum pedals for the rest of my days. If your only using a single pedal this flaw won't apply to you.