Custom Drum Hardware Blog

Our new Avenger II 6611 series pedals have everything that working and student drummers alike would ever need to satisfy their diverse musical styles and abilities.

With a simpler but equally comparable construction to our top line Intruder series, the Avenger’s single and double pedals work as well in highly syncopated jazz and funk situations as they do laying down heavy 32nd note patterns in a metalcore band. As for durability, retraction and speed, you would be hard pressed to find a better product on the market today. And the pedals come with our 5-year warranty, which is almost unheard of these days.

Both of our Avenger’s 6611’s single and double pedals capitalize on the uniquely patented and highly praised CAM drive, which offer two bearings each. Powering our hardened steel, self-aligning flat head beater is a rock solid double chain that attaches under the pedal board with two firm nut screws. We also allowed for flexible action and height adjustments using a slider hole assembly about a half-inch long positioned just below the CAM drive adjusted with a key screw. What’s more, we have taken the extra care necessary to place a more durable rubber bushing where the chain meets the pedal board to avoid potential noise and damage. As almost half-moon shaped, the double chain wraps around the cam’s felt backing and attaches to the hexagon-shaped beater support bar. The beater holder is also adjustable with a key screw as is the beater shaft’s height.

The pedal board itself not only has a sleek design with its curved silver surface finish, but we also left four vertical slots in the upper board’s plate design to reduce pressure resistance while playing and lessen the pedal’s overall weight. The holes also look really cool by revealing a black base below.

Connected with three base screws, the heel plate attaches to the upper pedal board hinge with a very solid rod. The fixed rock plate is stabilized with a Velcro base on the heel end and two spring-loaded anchor spurs on the other. Though we recommend using our pedal on carpet, the pedal’s hoop clamp attaches to the bass drum easily with a key screw and reduces the possibility of hoop scratches with a threaded rubber bushing. We even threw in a drum key to assist you with pedal adjustments that fits nicely into a stationary holder attached directly to our base plate. We felt that enhancement would come in real handy if you lose your main tuning key.

There are also several notable innovations we designed into the adjustable pedal spring and tension assembly. We made the bottom tension screw nut’s length longer than most similar ones on the market, adding ease and agility to your beater tension options. The spring CAM assembly is ratchet adjusted and we built a top key screw in for specific angle beater positioning. All of the spring CAM’s components are replaceable.

When connecting the Avenger II double bass drum pedal to its sister companion, the center connecting shaft rod is designed to extend out longer than most similar competing products for those drummers who require more leg and foot width span. Fastening screws are used on either end of the rod’s u-joint to connect the shaft to the spring CAMs. And we placed two key screws on either end of the shaft to tighten your rod down once extended. We built two bearings into each drive system as well.

Whether you play heel up or down, our newest Avenger II 6611 series pedals perform flawlessly, quietly, and with the speed required for drummers of all types and styles.

- Tim Kane is a freelance drummer, instructor and writer living in Massachusetts. He writes a regular blog for Gibraltar Hardware.