Today, it is very hard to truly lay claim to any form of originality.
At Sleishman we consider ourselves very fortunate to be able to do just that.
We Invented the Twin Pedal
Don Sleishman - Professional drummer, inventor and drum building pioneer was the first person to apply and commercially market the concept of two pedals on one drum.
The year was 1968, Louie Bellson was the ‘King of Swing’ and Ginger Baker (Cream) was an emerging rock icon. Both had made double bass drumming famous, however the use of two bass drums was still treated as a novelty.
Whilst at home in Sydney, Australia, Don was hanging out with fellow drummer Evan Biddle trading licks and swapping stories when Don noticed Evan’s left foot doing an incredibly fast nerve roll with the hi-hat pedal. Don suggested he should utilize his foot more and play with two bass drums. Evan was against the idea as this would mean lugging more gear around to gigs.
Don had an epiphany - “Why can’t you have two pedals on one drum?” He commenced work immediatelty on initial design, the essence of which are still the basis of our latest model. Upon showing an early version to local and international drummers ( even the great Louie Bellson was consulted), Don was encouraged to patent and produce
his unique invention.
1971 saw the very first production model and many were sold. There was nothing else like them. The early version attracted plenty of attention and created a whole new awareness to the type of rhythms achievable with only one bass drum. Unfortunately, like many new inventions, the Original Sleishman Twin Pedal was ahead of its time and mainstream music had yet to develop double bass drum
patterns.
By the mid 1970’s Don was producing drums incorporating our This became the company’s main focus.
Through the years, enquiries kept coming about the Original Twin Pedal so we finally decided to re-develop them.
Here we are, full circle and proud to announce the release of the new and very much improved SLEISHMAN TWIN PEDAL
