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Greetings guys,
I wanted to share with you my review of the triggera krigg, i am aware that the guys from triggera are present on the forum and asked me for feedback when i was buying their product so as a way to not to repeat myself i am giving my opinion also to the forum comunity in general.
I would have to begin by stating that i had two goals to reach.
1. Get a kick accoustically as quiet as possible
2. To get a product which has a feel as similar to an A as possible
The first goal was achieved, the level of accoustic noise is near to non existent (it's the least loud element of my 2box kit).
However the second one is impossible to attain with this kind of construction.
I am a little mad at myself for not noticing this in the first place while watching the krigg youtube videos.
The first problem was that i incorporate a lot of semi-quick double bass patterns in my playing, when i am playing for example sixteenth notes in the tempo of 140-200 bpm i rely on the weight of the beater to play with ease. I just put "a lot" of power in the first stroke and add a little of force for every next hit i do and let the spring + the weight of the beater to work it's magic. That's my answer to triggera's question : "why do you even need a beater ?" - I need it to be able to execute a technique, also being a drummer who wants to benefit from his practice in playing accoustic drums i need to make this as close to the real thing as possible.
So the first conclusion i got to was that i had to use it with the beater. Ok, nothing wrong with that, the guys from triggera say they have some satisfied customers that do so, so i wasn't concerned in that matter. I am sure that they certainly are satisfied, if they have their beater on and the krigg is set as shown in the videos on youtube.
As you can notice on those videos, the distance that the footboard has to travel to hit the krigg is about 30% of the distance it has to travel normally for the beater to hit a bass drum.
I however, couldn't play anything with that kind of setting.No matter how high the beater was set or how tight the spring was there was no way that one could possibly build technique with this.
It was just impossible to control and i can't imagine to get any effects from practice.
I got to my second conclusion, got to emulate the real thing and not only keep the beater on, but increase the distance that the footboard has to travel to hit the krigg. Once i did that i was in heaven, the feel was perfect. I actually thought i will be able to effectively practise "try hard" :P drumming quietly in my flat. How short was this moment of bliss. The krigg kept on changing position after only a few hits. I kept tightening the screw on and on, sometimes lightly and sometimes really hard, nothing gave any effect... After a few weeks of spending most of my training time on getting the krigg in the correct position i decided to finally throw in the towel. I had noticed what was causing the problem, the metal plate that the trigger is screwed on to got bent.
I got to ask in the triggera question thread if this is covered by the warranty, but probably not i guess. I gotta say that the krigg triggers perfectly, and i am currently in the process of designing a custom base for the krigg trigger alone so i can use it the way i need it. Are you other krigg owners experiencing this problem ? I actually mean people who rely on the beater weight for proper technique.
Regards
I wanted to share with you my review of the triggera krigg, i am aware that the guys from triggera are present on the forum and asked me for feedback when i was buying their product so as a way to not to repeat myself i am giving my opinion also to the forum comunity in general.
I would have to begin by stating that i had two goals to reach.
1. Get a kick accoustically as quiet as possible
2. To get a product which has a feel as similar to an A as possible
The first goal was achieved, the level of accoustic noise is near to non existent (it's the least loud element of my 2box kit).
However the second one is impossible to attain with this kind of construction.
I am a little mad at myself for not noticing this in the first place while watching the krigg youtube videos.
The first problem was that i incorporate a lot of semi-quick double bass patterns in my playing, when i am playing for example sixteenth notes in the tempo of 140-200 bpm i rely on the weight of the beater to play with ease. I just put "a lot" of power in the first stroke and add a little of force for every next hit i do and let the spring + the weight of the beater to work it's magic. That's my answer to triggera's question : "why do you even need a beater ?" - I need it to be able to execute a technique, also being a drummer who wants to benefit from his practice in playing accoustic drums i need to make this as close to the real thing as possible.
So the first conclusion i got to was that i had to use it with the beater. Ok, nothing wrong with that, the guys from triggera say they have some satisfied customers that do so, so i wasn't concerned in that matter. I am sure that they certainly are satisfied, if they have their beater on and the krigg is set as shown in the videos on youtube.
As you can notice on those videos, the distance that the footboard has to travel to hit the krigg is about 30% of the distance it has to travel normally for the beater to hit a bass drum.
I however, couldn't play anything with that kind of setting.No matter how high the beater was set or how tight the spring was there was no way that one could possibly build technique with this.
It was just impossible to control and i can't imagine to get any effects from practice.
I got to my second conclusion, got to emulate the real thing and not only keep the beater on, but increase the distance that the footboard has to travel to hit the krigg. Once i did that i was in heaven, the feel was perfect. I actually thought i will be able to effectively practise "try hard" :P drumming quietly in my flat. How short was this moment of bliss. The krigg kept on changing position after only a few hits. I kept tightening the screw on and on, sometimes lightly and sometimes really hard, nothing gave any effect... After a few weeks of spending most of my training time on getting the krigg in the correct position i decided to finally throw in the towel. I had noticed what was causing the problem, the metal plate that the trigger is screwed on to got bent.
I got to ask in the triggera question thread if this is covered by the warranty, but probably not i guess. I gotta say that the krigg triggers perfectly, and i am currently in the process of designing a custom base for the krigg trigger alone so i can use it the way i need it. Are you other krigg owners experiencing this problem ? I actually mean people who rely on the beater weight for proper technique.
Regards
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