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KBrakes Grips

KBrakes Grips

Check out KBrakes Grips and HiStops on the Ludwig vistalite in the KBrakes Drum Room! KBrakes Grips are the only hard surface kick drum anchor of their kind. With KBrakes Grips you can play you drums on a hard surface with out a drum rug. The kick drum creep is annoying but it's even more annoying when you aren't playing on a rug. Drummers have always had to play on a rug because there was never a low cost option that provided the stability that a drummer would need to be able to kick the drum 5000 times a night...

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KBrakes HiStops review from EPIC PERCUSSION

KBrakes HiStops review from EPIC PERCUSSION

Mike Wrench is beyond excited about KBrakes HiStops. Listen as he talks about how KBrakes HiStops are an essential to any drummers rig. KBrakes HiStops are portable anchors that are designed to stop you drum gear from sliding around on you while you play. They are designed for HiHat Stands, Cymbal Stands, Hardware Stands, Snare Stands, Drum Thrones, and More. HiStops are perfect for people that deal with their HiHat stand sliding away from them as they are trying to keep time. With HiStops you can push and kick as hard as you want and your stand will not move...

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Check out KBrakes Review in Modern Drummer Magazine

Check out KBrakes Review in Modern Drummer Magazine

Full Article - Mitigate kick drum creep with these simple-to-install feet. I don’t know how you feel on the matter, but I think drums sound the best when they are being beaten to the brink of exploding. Especially kick drums. Unfortunately, laying into a kick drum with the force of Thor’s hammer leads to an issue every hard-hitting drummer has experienced: the dreaded sliding bass drum. This brings us to a product I’ve had the pleasure to gig with for the past month called KBrakes, which is the brainchild of Wes Keely, a frustrated touring drummer with an entrepreneurial spirit....

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Drummers leave your cinder blocks at home!

KBrakes are a product for drummers to stop their bass drum from sliding. We hear from a lot that drums DO NOT SLIDE if you "know how to use your gear" if you "have good and expensive drums" if you "set up your drums correctly" and if you "just use the spikes".  Touring drummers will say that sliding "sometimes just happens". Drummers all over the world play amazing drums like DW, Mapex, Tama, QdrumCo, C&C, Slingerland, Ludwig and more and from time to time they all move, jump, twist, shift and slide around. We see a lot of make shift solutions out...

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