Sticker Shock-DW 5000

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vyacheslav

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I know everything is going up exponentially these days, but Holy Moly....

I was thinking of upgrading to a DW 5000 series double pedal. I don't ever gig with a double pedal and I'm not a double pedal guy; I just keep one on the studio kit at home to practice and learn and improve on (which is an easy task, since my double bass playing is extra crappy!)

I am using a 3000 series now and I looked at the price of a 5000 and it's.....$599 new? Crazy! Wasn't a 9000 series double going for about that less than 10 years ago?

I think the 3000 will do just fine...it works great and I am happy with it. As an aside, is there really that much difference between a 3000 and a 5000, or at least a significant difference as the price difference? I'm not really a DW fan or very knowledgeable about their pedals... the one I have came with a used kit.

Thanks for the info!

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I own a 3002 and I feel like the 3000s are like what the 5000s were like in the 90s. Still a solid pedal but obviously the current 5000s are better - better quality control, better bearings.

When it came time to upgrade from my 14-year old 3002s that had seen hundreds of gigs, I shopped around for deals on Reverb. That's when I happened to find a great pedal on sale for $200 that I took a chance on, but now find that I really love - the Sakae Axelandor, which lists higher than the 5000s. Finding deals like this may be tough in the current economy but I remain convinced that patience and persistence will still yield a good result.
 
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That is nuts. I have a 9000 pedal for sale for $600 and people write me all the time offering $350, like it's 2002 or something.
 
I used to think the DW 3000 was garbage. I have a DW 7000 and a DW 5000 and have played the DW 3000 many times on other’s kits. Every 3000 I have played lacked any kind of finesse and was extremely stiff. Then last night I played on the guitarist’s Questlove kit with a 3000. It wasn’t stiff and I found I could do most of what I can with a 5000. But not everything. But last nights rehearsal showed me that you can definitely adjust most pedals to play reasonably well with some tweaks to the spring tension and angle.

I even bought a used Gretsch Renegade kit for real cheap to use for rehearsals and figured the bass pedal was garbage. Nope. It plays nicely.

Notwithstanding the above, I do find the 5000 to be smoother and easier to play than either the 3000 or 7000 or the Gretsch Renegade.
 
The 3000 pedal now has several of the 5000 options . I’ve been using 5000 hardware for as long as I can remember up until recently when I decided to retire all the hardware and switch to 3000 . Couldn’t be happier on many levels . Price point is nice too . Not once have I considered it a down grade .
 
The 3000 pedal has crap hinges, i might have posted about it on here, I had a set briefly, the hinge was seized so I ordered new ones, replaced and flipped them. Otherwise they did seem nice.

I would just look on the used market for a 5000, I can’t imagine anyone paying these prices but I also can’t see prices coming back down, so I wonder where this is headed.
 
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