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Re: Superpads

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2007-05-17 01:59

I want to mention the wonderful "standard" felt/bladder pads that come standard on the Yamaha CSG. Though I have not had a torn pad yet to see for myself what may or may not happen with swelling, they are much flatter than standard felt/bladder pads and have plasitc buttons at the center. At least as a result of their unusually flat configuration, they seal like no other pad I've ever used except for cork.

Here's what Mike Lutely of Yamaha says about them:

2. The "button' pads where the result of experiments to improve the sound of the already-excellent Lucien Deluxe pads---the button has 2 functions: first, it helps minimize the skins' tendency to buzz together---in general, the pads are mostly buzz free. Second, the nylon button seems to add a nice character and life to the tone---we tried metal buttons, but settled on the nylon for sound reasons. Each button is handset and glue-sealed into position.

............Paul Aviles

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