CY-5 Dead Spots

[gimble]

Some time ago (one year?), based on suggestions from the forum, I bought a CY-5 to replace the PD-7 hi hat trigger on our TD-8 kit. Up until recently, the response has been good and I've had no complaints.

However, she's complaining now that the hi hat has dead spots, even with the sensitivity turned all the way up. Does that sound like a worn out pad?

And if so, how long are these supposed to last? As a church kit, it gets used two days a week ( practice on Mondays, and services on Sunday ) for a total of about 4 hours.

Is this failure premature, or do I need to start budgeting for annual replacement of the hi-hat (and possibly other triggers)?

[Hercules]

Hi gimble,

My CY-5 also has some dead spots about where the bow and edge triggers would meet. I only get them occassionally but it is a bit of a nuisance.

I'm considering using a CY-14 or moving to a VH-11 or 12 if it annoys me more......

[jjjkimblesss]

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[TNT]

Common problem... You can fix it.

Type "pixie dust" into the VDrums search engine.

[daveybabes]

Hi dude

Hiya

So it just needs a clean then? pixie dusta he he

One thing i have done on my CY5 and CY8 is to remove the thick foam disc under the bow piezo and replace with soft double sided foam circle cut to size of the ceramic, makes for a clearer more sensitive hit.

It's been buggin me for ages, who is that dude hitting the cowbell, he's probably famous i know ...

(wish i was in Italy, the weather here sucks, rain, sun, cloud, cold, hot, wind, sun, more cloud, rain ... ... ... that's all in a 30 min time frame ha ha)

[TNT]

It's been buggin me for ages, who is that dude hitting the cowbell, he's probably famous i know ...

That's Will Farrell in a Saturday Night Live sketch. You must see it!

Go to YouTube and type in "More Cowbell." It's hiliarious!!

[TNT]

Go to YouTube and type in "More Cowbell." It's hiliarious!!

Hmmm... don't believe I've ever quoted myself before.

I just tried looking for it on YouTube. Had trouble locating it. Perhaps there is a copyright issue and SNL had it removed/blocked.

There are a lot of rip-offs of the original. Not as good as the actual sketch, but you'll get a general idea.

Perhaps someone out there has it.

[daveybabes]

Howdy

Yeah, looks like it's been removed, i get the idea though

Christopher Walkden is funny ...

OOPS hijacked thread - Back to dead CY5 's

[delude]

http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages...e-cowbell.html

This is it right?

[Colquhoun]

Yep, that's it. A classic.

[Navare]

"We need more cowbell" !

Too funny.

N.

[gimble]

Common problem... You can fix it.

Type "pixie dust" into the VDrums search engine.

Thanks. It took a little bit of digging but was helpful.

The relevant thread seemed to be the following:
http://www.vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24779

Which lead to this (original) thread:
http://www.vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16516

Hopefully this will help other viewers in the future. I'll take a shot at working on the CY-5 and see what happens. For now, I've substituted the CY-5 with a PD-7 and the drummer's not happy with the PD-7, but it's at least responsive.