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I know this a VINTGE drum forum. I love this place. it's palace where I feel at home and comfortable with sharing, cussing, and discussing drums.

I love to read about restoring old tubs turning them into works of art and great sounding instruments. There is certainly a wealth of knowledge on these pages. We are all "pickers" at heart. We go to garage sales, flee markets, craigslist and eBay looking for hidden treasures we call drums.

The owner of a music store here passed away several months ago. His son is a friend of mine and gave me a 5 gallon bucket of miscellaneous drum parts. Unfortunately for him his Dad left the bulk of the store to his wife.

Well yesterday a friend of mine who does estate sales calls me and invited me to a early viewing of the estate sale of the Deceased music store owner.

Needless to say I sped over there to find piles of stuff everywhere. I dug through boxes and tripped over piles of stuff all over the floor. I see this odd shaped bag and unzip it to find a Gibraltar bass drum pedal. It looked heavy duty unlike anything I had ever seen. I bought it for $15 and left. I get to work and pull this lil treasure out of the bag and BEHOLD!!! THIS THING IS FABULOUS!!! I couldn't believe my eyes! There was no chain or strap of any kind on this. The simplicity of its design was mind boggling! The base on it is much longer that a conventional pedal. It is sleek, yet super heavy duty. I did some research on it and find it's a Gibraltar Catapult Linear Motion Bass Drum Pedal

http://www.drummagazine.com/gear/post/the-gibraltar-bass-pedal/

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 11 years ago
#1
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I think you should put it in that vett !i

It`s a drum,.....Hit It !!

.....76/#XK9207 Phonic Sound Machine D454/D-505 snares !i
Posted on 11 years ago
#2
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Interesting concept pedal-i`ve never seen these "Catapult Linear Motion" bass pedals before.Wonder how they feel to play?

Wayne

1967 Rogers Cleveland Champagne Sparkle
20,16,13,13.
1967/68 Rogers Dayton Champagne Sparkle
20,16,13,13.
1966 Rogers cob 7 Line Dynasonic Snare.
1967 Rogers "Humberto Morales" Timbales.
1980 Ludwig B/O badge 14x 6.5 Black Beauty Snare.
1980 Ludwig B/O badge Red Cortex
22,22,18,16,15,14,13.
1988 Sonor "Horst Link" HLD 590 14x8 Bronze Snare
Posted on 11 years ago
#3
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There's one on the bay for 10 times what poppy paid.

Musician's Friend says MSRP is $349, their price is $199.

They look pretty cool, I need two.


1971 Ludwig Rock Duo set in Blue Oyster Pearl
early Mapex dual bass drum Saturn kit
1964 Leedy Ray  Mosca kit in Blue Sparkle
1959 Slingerland Super Gene Krupa snare in WMP
1968 Slingerland Hollywood Ace Snare Drum
1969 and 1977 Ludwig 400 Supraphonic snares
1965 Acrolite snare
Ludwig Coliseum snare
'68 Rogers Dynasonic snare
Pearl free floating piccolo snare
13" Mapex piccolo snare
6.5" deep Mapex steel snare
Mapex 6.5" Brass snare
I know there's more snares than that.
UFIP cymbals / Avedis Zildjians
Ghost pedals or Tama King Beats
you kids get off my lawn

 

Posted on 11 years ago
#4
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These came and quickly went a few years back, and deservedly so. It's as if an engineer was able to get the pedal into production without getting a drummer to actually try it first. I found the action to be a bit sluggish, although we have various preferences. One thing is for sure though, as soon as you get past a certain speed on it, the beater/arm doesn't come back very quickly, and in fact will disconnect from the footboard/roller. You lose all control, and I'm talking about moderate tempo 16ths or even uptempo 8ths.

I see these in stores (that still have them) for $100-125, just to get rid of them.

But it's certainly a radical design, worthy of a place on a collector's shelf, and definitely a great score for $15!

Bermuda

Posted on 11 years ago
#5
Posts: 2237 Threads: 273

I can barely fit in the Vette as it is. That foot and a half pedal would really crimp my style!!

From OddBall

I think you should put it in that vett !i

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 11 years ago
#6
Posts: 2237 Threads: 273

Yes the Catapult Linear will make a great addition to my pedal collection consisting of several speed kings, early sonar, vintage slingy, camco, ludwig jr, rogers, as well as my modern ones, DW 5000 double, Tama Iron Cobra double,

From bermuda

These came and quickly went a few years back, and deservedly so. It's as if an engineer was able to get the pedal into production without getting a drummer to actually try it first. I found the action to be a bit sluggish, although we have various preferences. One thing is for sure though, as soon as you get past a certain speed on it, the beater/arm doesn't come back very quickly, and in fact will disconnect from the footboard/roller. You lose all control, and I'm talking about moderate tempo 16ths or even uptempo 8ths.I see these in stores (that still have them) for $100-125, just to get rid of them.But it's certainly a radical design, worthy of a place on a collector's shelf, and definitely a great score for $15!Bermuda

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 11 years ago
#7
Posts: 2237 Threads: 273

I believe they have been discontinued..

From rastus

There's one on the bay for 10 times what poppy paid.Musician's Friend says MSRP is $349, their price is $199.They look pretty cool, I need two.

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 11 years ago
#8
Posts: 2237 Threads: 273

I'll hook it up and let ya know!

From Wayne Brown

Interesting concept pedal-i`ve never seen these "Catapult Linear Motion" bass pedals before.Wonder how they feel to play?Wayne

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 11 years ago
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