Ludwig Speed King Bass Drum Pedal Demo
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
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In the early 20th century, William F. Ludwig set about designing a functional and reliable bass pedal for real working drummers like himself, a pedal you could carry in your coat pocket that was responsive enough to keep up with the vibrant ragtime rhythms of the day. Thankfully for all drummers everywhere, William succeeded, and their feet finally had something useful to do. Fast-forward over a century later, and the modern Speed King keeps everything that was great about the original while adding contemporary features to make it even better, such as improved cam bearings, a smoother and more durable direct-drive linkage, and heel plate bearings to quash the infamous Speed King “squeak.“
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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Did You Know?
2:08 - Reimagined Ludwig Speed King Pedal
2:51 - Heel Plate Bearings
3:18 - Compression Springs
3:43 - A Few More Upgrades
4:39 - Thanks for Watching!
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The modern Speed King offers everything you need and nothing you don’t 🔥 Which upgraded feature are you most excited about?
I don’t like that it requires a drum key now, I prefer the wingscrew. I use vintage Ludwig hardware for local gigs because it all fits in a small suitcase, and anytime i can get away with not using tools is a plus. All the new flatbased stands are too big.
I never had an original and wanted to see what all the hype was about, so I got a new one and I love the feel. This is my first direct drive. The crazy thing is that they did not fix the famous squeak. It was fine for a month and just started to make noise, which is pretty loud.
@@RedeyePerc it needs maintenance. Teflon or dry bicycle chain lube should do it
To me the best improvement is the drum key lockdown for the beater. My pedal still has a wing nut fastener there, and the last time it came loose while I was playing, and the beater flew off and out of my reach. That was when I decided I needed to switch to something more up-to-date, so I bought a Yamaha FP-9D direct drive (from Sweetwater, of course) and never looked back. I've found that the FP-9D can be adjusted to feel almost exactly like my Speed King, but is built like a tank (or more precisely, like a Yamaha motorcycle). Both great pedals !
"Since I've Been Loving You" is the best example of the Bonzo squeak.
Thank you for that Paul...first thing I said to myself was " I wonder which Zeppelin song can I hear the squeak"
Now, it is destroyed for you. It can't be unheard 🤣
You mean good times bad times, no?
Oh wait, that squeak, arrrrrgh. Now I remember what you are talking about
@@donovanjones4175 No it’s since I’ve been loving you
I sure hope these drum makers pay Nick a pretty penny to promote their products because he does a bang up job every time. He literally makes you want to buy every thing he demos.
One of the greatest pedals ever made...And still very relevant
until it starts to squeak when you're trying to record.
Honestly just clicked this open to see if you included a reference to Bonham's squeaky pedal and 3:03 delivered, thank you :)
It just needed a little grease as all pedals do.
This man plays amazing. I watch all sweetwater’s videos because of him
That looks so cool.still the same as the original. I still have my old speed king no squeak’s hear very smooth action.Ludwig rock’s
I've played with the original '60s Speed King for years. A perfect pedal for me.
My most loved pedal of all time.
This pedal is so famous that Deep Purple even wrote a song about it.
The “how to fold it” was the one missing piece I didn’t know about the Speed King. Thanks Nick! Now i’m getting one!
I have an original and use it more than I ever thought I would. It’s truly an unmatched classic and this upgraded version just makes it better.
Mine comes in tomorrow! So excited 😊
Excellent. My first set of Ludwigs was about 1965 that my dad bought for me. a 5 piece set with a Speed King Pedal. I still have 2 of those old ones and I have never found a better or faster pedal than the Speed King Pedal. Bonzo knew the truth. Thanks
I absolutely LOVE this pedal! I pre-ordered this version from Sweetwater about a year and a half ago and it’s the best purchase I’ve made in a long, long time. I have always loved speed king petals and it’s hard to believe much could be improved, But this is squeak proof!
in 1885, was the first time double kick was heard and was invented when Lars ulrich's great grandfather tripped on a ludwig. He passed the technique down to his son, then his son, then his son.
But times were tough, and snares were actually kitchen pots, which was the fashion of the day
oh, and in case you were wondering, my great grandfather was also kicking around then
That and wearing an onion on your belt.
@@emlix1 t'was the fashion
I've had mine since 1978. Got it because that's what the Professor used.
I used one for decades beginning in '65. I changed from time to time. Then 5 years ago I bought the cammed, chain Atlas version of the S.K. I am now going back to the mechanical redux of the original S.K. in my opinion, it is simply the best pedal ever made.
Cleaned and rebuilt and teflon greased my 1967 speed king in 2003...wouldnt trade it for any pedal made today .
King of the pedals
Best pedal ever,had mine for 40 years
Thanks for the product vid on this Nick! The Speed King was my first pedal too. When I was in college, I had a Speed King and a Chain drive pedal. I had made the mistake of leaving my Speed King pedal in the college band room and it mysteriously disappeared when a bunch of high school band students came to visit. When it was announced within the last couple of years that the Speed King was being revamped and issued again from Ludwig, I was excited. But, I feel I want one more for the nostalgic value or maybe it's just to have more gear.
Love how light the Speed King is. Great for a busy working drummer doing small gigs.
I recently got two of these , they were very cheap ( 50% off recommended retail) I've got to say I'm bloody impressed and now I know how good it is ,it doesn't suprise me at all at the amount of top drummers who still use it .
The drum set at my old high school had a Speed King. Awesome pedal!
I really wanna try one of these out.
Got my first real drumset back in 1966 in York, PA. It was a Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl just like Ringo's kit. Loved the speed king pedal. There was something about the internal springs and the pivot point on the foot pedal that I could get quadruplets on the kick with no problems. Never have been able to do that with any other pedal or should I say I couldn't do them as fast as I could on the Speed King.
I still have my Speedking that came with a 4 pc red sparkle Rogers set I bought used in the 70s
I had a Squeak King in the seventies,, nice !! ✌
Great review and great playing!
I bought my first drum kit when I was 18 it was a 5 piece Rogers kit and it had a squeak king pedal. It worked great 👍
Nice foot work!
My favorite pedal I ever used. The sqeak gave it its charm
My first, actually two pedals were Speed Kings. I never thought about buying a double pedal for my Ludwig Blue Sparkle kicks. Mine squeaked like crazy but with a bit of WD-40 that would take care of the problem. An excellent pedal.
But the squeak always comes back.
@@hccarder I have a Speed King pedal that's 60 years old, and between myself and the original owner, it has been used so much that the ridges on the shoe plate are partly worn off. It doesn't squeak and it never has, because I treat it they way a person ought to treat any similar mechanical device. I find that a single drop of genuine *oil*, properly placed at each friction point using a decent precision applicator (such an applicator costs about a dollar and lasts forever), eliminates any squeak for months or even years at a time. That's a far cry from "the squeak always comes back", but I bet you are using WD-40 instead of something that actually works. If you want real oil but need something that you can get at any grocery store or drug store, try '3-in-1' oil. One "micro drop" of '3-in-1' will lubricate better and keep doing its job about a thousand-times longer than WD-40, but without WD-40's inevitable mess. (WD-40's popular image as the go-to lubricant is 99-percent marketing hype. It's really not much good as a lubricant, and it's packaged as an aerosol primarily to make sure that you will apply it as wastefully as possible and then run out and buy more).
Nice pedal! got one and love it
I still use my 60s speed king bass pedal ....so fluid, also using the jo jo meyer pedal which is excellent for feel and dynamic also. Great pedals !!!
Theyre perfectt. Old and reissue are identical, great pedals. I've been itching to try the Jojo mayer pedal, looks like a gem!
If you could only have one which would you choose?
Haven't played drums for years now but the only pedal that ever felt perfect while I did play was the classic Speedking (late 60's to mid 80's), just loved the feel of that pedal.
Great playing Nick!! It should be illegal to have that much fun!!
One of my faves!!
Fits “up to” a snow boot 😀... that tear down was pretty solid I must admit! Nice demo \m/
Thanks Nick.
Although I've never experienced this problem, the one complaint I've heard about this pedal - other than the squeeky bearing - is the narrow space between the compression speeds makes the operation for those drummer with very big feet.
A friend of mine used to have just about that same foot pedal and it's a good foot pedal for real.
That direct drive coming apart like that has been a "thing" for decades.
fresh design 🔥
I still love the ghost. Perfect for my size 14.
My first drum set came with Ludwig Speed Kings. I used them for three years before moving to chain-drive Yamaha pedals. It took me a long time to adjust away from the feel of the direct drive.
This is still the most popular,sold bass drum pedal of all time,my opinion. I never played them but I will admit the majority of drummers of my time did...
This was everyones pedal of choice before pedals like the DW5000 were available. I played a speed king for years before I replaced it with a DW5000 and still use it today.
Agreed. I had a Speed King for years, it was okay, but I thought the DW pedal I replaced it with felt a lot better.
for you which one is better? the Speed king or the 5000???
@@Bruno-pr4tu the dw5000, only pedal i like as much was a double chain pearl
Bought one in the 60's. Fastest, smoothest pedal I have ever played. When I say fast, I mean it. I once overheard a couple of drummers saying I was using a "trick" pedal to get that kind of speed. Biggest mistake I ever made was to sell it when I got the Dynasonic.
Love it 😍
Definitely the best pedal ever made...
I have my original 1967 speed king pedal that came with my deluxe blue classic set also 1967, with the original hi hat stand.....in other words, all original in cases in a closet
That’s some good toe up bass drum pedal form ..
Dear Sweetwater! great video on the Speed King. Why did Ludwig stop making the "Ludwig drum case throne" that doubles as a seat and hardware container? These as you must be aware were made to match any Ludwig finish for the drum set of your choosing. Hopefully Ludwig will reconsider and bring this "drum case throne" back even if its on a "limited" basis. I believe many drummers would like to see this happen. You'll see drummers like Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Dino Danelli and a number of other highly respected and talented drummers using it. Lets just say! it's cool.
Absolute best peddle in the market.
Beautiful base drum pedal. I don't know everything about the drums but I do play and I'm not that bad at it.
I have always liked the feel and action of the Speed King, but my foot was too big to comfortably use it all the time, I found the early 70’s Sonor delux pedal to have similar feel and action as the Speed King and was also a better fit for my foot, been using them ever since and still have two original pedals. I wish Ludwig would have made a larger version as well as the original size Speed King, if they did that would have been my go to pedal. 👍🥁👍
The linkage gets very close to the drum head depending on hoop width. I glued a piece of 5mm x 5mm square timber across the front of the clamp section to give it more clearance. Or use a pencil.
I still have one from 1968 ..got it with my brand new marine pearl ludwigs .which i also still have
I didn't know that the springs were inside the pedal, that's really interesting!!
Interestingly, my original Speed King's squeak was coming from the pedal-to-beater linkage. I solved it with a thin film of petroleum jelly applied to the metal linkage (where the pedal disconnects). It has never squeaked again !
My first bass pedal was a Speed King. Straighten out the strap one to many times.
awesome...
I still got one of those.
happened to mine was the direct drive metal strap ending is hooked shaped! It eventually snapped in half! White metal so you couldn't weld it! I had to get my shop teacher to build on to it!
Ludwig Speed King 🏆
my 1st was a speed king loved it want one again bad good Christmas gift hent hent santa lololol
My first pedal was a speed king. I lost it in a fire and I sure miss it.
I don't play drums, but thanks for the info!
I liked the Rogers Swervomatic. It was fast. I could do fast triples when I was a kid. Ohh and Buddy up to the time he died was still using the Rogers. Leather strap but durable.
I like the Swervo too
Are those Van's shoes? That's what I wear too. Switched from Converse years ago.
the speedking never had a bearing in the heal it was a pin with peaned ends. it was metal on metal that got that squeak happening. i had one in 1985 that had been around since 1962 i used it until 1993. dam things are indestructible
Speed King is still the most versatile pedal, no latency in motion 🤪
I have one from 70es,still alive and kikin'.👍
I just purchased one. I can’t determine what level to adjust the spring tension to to make it feel right.
Check out Needles and Pins by The Searchers. You can definitely hear the SpeedKing squeak. It’s uncanny lol. I love this pedal though, i got an old beat up 60s Ludwig kit for my first kit and it had a SpeedKing from Im guessing the same era judging by how it looked. I played on it for about 4 years until I got a Pearl eliminator. It’s a good pedal and I’m glad it’s making a comeback.
Well, this definitely proves that musicians are likely to know nothing at all about mechanical stuff. A person with even basic mechanical knowledge would realize how easy it is to eliminate that squeak. I know from experience with a Speed King pedal that one tiny drop of decent-quality oil at each place it is needed will stop that squeak for a really long time (even for years).
Wow, it's really compact when you disassamble it!
I've still got mine....from about 1963. :-)
was my 1st pedal but i now play yamaha fp9
The old squeek king improved..i loved my old one till it died..i cried..couldnt find anything like it back in the day..can any of you owners of this new version tell me if it rubs on the head at the outer pivot point of the drive mechanism.?
Interesting comment about not being able to play other direct drives. Not sure he mentioned that when reviewing them.
was told about the squeak at the beginning of Since I've Been Loving You years ago.
I can't 'not' hear it now
Does it come with the "squeak"?
The classic speed king with or without squeak? To those unaware it’s a Bonham reference.
Which is better the dw 9000 or the speed king?
Double pedal version?
Darn. I was hoping for an explanation of the little heel plate that can be part of the main plate or can swivel separately. Had a SK for a while, and that always puzzled me. Did anyone here ever set it to swivel separately, and what's the advantage? Just seemed to make a bunch of noise for me. Did Bonham, Collins, or any other notables use it that way?
I set mine to swivel. I use heel toe a lot and it's easier for me to get triplets that way.
It adjusts for heel down heel up
The only thing I didn’t like about the Speed King is it was a noisy pedal so I hope the new design is much quieter. Once I played the DW9000 that was it.
What brand do you use these days, Nick…?
what snare is that ?
I used one for years and kept getting bruised on the top of my foot! I do have a high instep so the speed king and l didn’t get along, even though it worked great! Ha!🥁😊
Never noticed it has no springs outside! Is the tension still adjustable like a regular pedal or is it fixed?
Adjustment screws are on the bottom. Turn both a half turn at a time until it rocks
Back when you could fit all of your hardware, snare and cymbals in your trap case. ( what is a trap case? ) I still use '69 SK and a pre CBS Rogers Swivo. They are super!
It's a case that's too bulky and heavy to lift into the trunk of your car. That was my experience after buying one, anyway. I had to regroup, buy separate bags for the hardware, snare, and cymbals. I guess the case would have worked if I'd had a van.
@@FawleyJude 3 flat bass stands, flimsy hi hat, 2 cym + hats, pedal, snare. On wheels. '71 Ludwig catalog. Hardware was light then. Lol
@@brianchisnell1548 Yeah, I still have the original stand for my '60s vintage Acrolite snare, and one of my old cymbal stands, you're right, hardware was pretty light then and looks flimsy today. I didn't get a trap case till the late '80s when I had heavy-duty Tama hardware and a steel Yamaha recording custom snare, plus a bunch of cymbals. That case weighed a ton.
Trippppplets
every single double bass player: we have the fastest pedals
ludwig: hold my speed king pedals
*double
@@jumpinjojo oh right
Sometimes,old school is best
If it wasn't for my good sense I would have 10 drum sets, 10 kick pedals and countless cymbals watching Nick demo products.
Can you adjust tension and beater?
Hey, angrychivafan. Thanks for reaching out. Not much adjustment on this one since it’s a direct pull and very old design with modern components.
It folds up nicely, though. And the new bearings are on point.
Thanks again.
Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
Lol! I remember, “Dude! It’s got a chain!”
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