Yamaha HH65 Electronic Hi-Hat Controller Pedal (pad not included)

Don’t Get Your Hopes Too High I had high hopes for this pedal but maybe shouldn’t have.I read the other reviews where people were complaining about missed triggers but thought maybe they played with a light foot or there was some other anomaly causing the problem they were having. That isn’t the case.The pedal isn’t really adjustable in any way for sensitivity so you are kind of stuck with what you get. Unless you really hammer the pedal with your foot, you will not get the closed high hat sound. When it’s open…

Caveat emptor I wrote a negative review of this earlier, but the Amazon police didn’t allow it so I’ll try again (I even added a star). Within two weeks, the 1/4″ jack got loose and the pedal sent incorrect and sudden MIDI messages to my sound module. I would be playing the bass drum and suddenly hear the hi hat sound because the jack was moving around inside the pedal. Worse than that, I couldn’t find a way to tighten or repair the jack, nor would I want to deal with it more than once, so I sent it…