I'm Just Not Hearing It..., Do You???

John Bonham was famous for using Ludwig's SpeedKing bass drum pedal with tightened spring tension. This pedal has been nicknamed the "Squeak King" because of the large amounts of squeaking it produced which can be clearly heard on many Led Zeppelin songs..  

@cmsgtbo 

“Squeak King” 

Squeaky joints, (l was told by an ex premiership player) could be attributed to have been either a goal keeper or a defender. Injuries due to repetition and endurance were a byproduct of the job. For me and most others to be or not to be, it will be a sign of old age, or sitting down too long listening to music and not exercising enough.

Would tightening spring tension in bass drum peddles make it more difficult to operate? If so, it would probably lead to said drum players having squeaky knee/ankle joints later in life too.

With all this squeaky talk, what is more bewildering was not greasing the bass drum peddle so it would not squeak in the first place. Doh!

Head banging this problem was obviously a head bang too far.

I’m just having a laugh of course. 🤣

@mylogic  I'm laughing at this 'squeak-slide' we're at the relative bottom of...

'Course, I'm a fan of Van Morrisons' "Uh..." in 'Jackie Wilson Says"...

...still prefer listening to the rest of it. ;)