DW 9000XF Single Bass Drum Pedal — Extended Footboard

• Footboard one inch longer than the standard version
• EZ Infinite Adjustable cam, from linear to accelerated response
• Floating rotor: the bearings sit inside the cam itself
• Floating pivot spring that follows the stroke instead of fighting it
• Delta II hinge with double ball bearings, US patent 5431081
• Tri-Pivot toe clamp with three contact points, US patent 8330032
• Two-way beater, felt and hard plastic, bag included

A drummer who plays heel-up works with the front of the foot. On a standard-length footboard, the foot tends to creep up until it is playing almost at the very top of the board, right by the axle, and some of the support is lost. The extended board gives that area back: you can move your foot back a few centimetres and find surface under the ball of the foot again.

The other use is slide technique. Sliding the front of the foot forward for the second stroke of a double calls for room ahead of you. The 9000XF gives you that room, and it is the only reason to choose it over the 9000: the rest of the mechanism is identical.

The cam is not swapped, it is adjusted. The adjustment is continuous, from a linear Turbo-style response, even from start to finish, to an accelerated Accelerator-style response that picks up speed as the beater nears the head.

There are no detents: you stop wherever your foot is happy. A jazz drummer looking for nuance will stay close to the linear setting; a metal drummer who wants acceleration at the end of the stroke will go toward the other end. The same pedal serves both, with no part to order.

• Heel-up playing, on the front of the foot
• Slide doubles along the footboard
• Drummers with long feet who run out of standard footboard
• Stage and touring, with the included bag
• Studio work, where the setting gets readjusted between takes

Other manufacturers offering a longer footboard, and what sets them apart:

What exactly is the difference from the regular 9000?

One inch of footboard, nothing else. Cam, rotor, spring, hinge and toe clamp are the same parts.

Do you have to swap the cam to change the response?

No, it is adjusted. Moving from a linear to an accelerated response is continuous and done on the pedal itself, with no replacement part to order.

Is the included beater reversible?

Yes. A felt side for a warmer, rounder sound, and a hard plastic side for more attack that cuts through a mix.

Will it hold on a thick bass drum hoop?

The Tri-Pivot clamp presses on three points that align themselves to the thickness of the hoop, instead of a single point that would pull the clamp out of line.