From: Jordan Ellington
Date:
Orlando, FL
Dear Frustrated Rock Bander,
Would you prefer a real steel drum pedal that’s converted to work perfectly with Rock Band over that crappy plastic stock pedal? A plug-n-play pedal that comes guaranteed not to break and will raise your Rock Band scores?
If so, you need to read every word of this letter. This website might just be the most important discovery of your entire Rock Band career.
"I bought the Ion Drum Rocker kit and didn't like their pedal at all and decided I wasn't going to settle, so I researched and the consensus was that the Rock Pedal was the best of what was out there...I can dial into a customized, specific "feel" for my pedal, which anyone would like. I'm not scared that my pedal is going to break like my earlier, cheaper, stock pedals and that I can be rough when I need/want, from necessity of a hardcore beat or just for show purposes, like when I'm really getting into a song/set/session."
Omar Beach
Stockbridge, GA
“Watching YouTube videos of RB songs, I wanted to see how people where getting double kicks and such…As with any online product I was weary because I could not physically see or test the product. But since you guys have the 30 day guarantee I was persuaded to buy it…Its heavy, sturdy, and worked like a charm!”
Andreas Arethas
Charlotte, NC
“I was on the Rockband.com forums and the Rock Pedal was highly recommended. I have an ION kit and wanted to upgrade the pedal. I was blown away by the precision and customization. There was the typical score increase as well as the enjoyment of seeing my friends' jaw drop when they saw this thing with my kit.”
Justin Tilton
Mansfield, OH
“I found RockPedal.com thru a web search for RB2 kick pedals, heavy duty. I had broke my pedal that came with the RB2 drum set and it was getting swapped from EA. Of course I wanted higher scores too…You had a very nice web site, and informative videos about your product, good deals, and a great warranty, straight forward. Rock Pedal has improved response, higher scores, less leg/foot fatigue, when playing for long periods of time, funner to play now…Before, the old pedal was loud and unbalanced. Now, the Rock Pedal is quieter and balanced, perfect up and down motion.”
Andrew Jacyno
Portland, OR
“I found Rock Pedal after watching YouTube and later on some forum read about it. My previous pedal was broken and I decided to buy new one, but better quality. And, of course, I wanted high scores! I live in Ukraine and it is nearly impossible to find here Rock Pedal. Pedal is very smooth and responsible. Very Cool! I easily getting thru almost all songs on Hard level. I could not do that without Rock Pedal. Plus, I can use heel - toe to double base. On plastic pedal it is nearly impossible without breaking it.”
Alexey Chebanov
Donetsk, Ukraine
Back in January of 2008, I was a struggling real estate broker here in Florida. Since the real estate market totally sucked, I found myself with a lot of free time.
A couple months earlier, I had discovered the wonderful new game called Rock Band. My friends and I instantly became totally obsessed—getting “the band” together whenever we possibly could.
With nothing else to do, what’s a true Rock Band fan gonna do to fill his time? Play more Rock Band, of course :)
So it’s January 08 and I’m getting my Rock Band on. Everything is normal…until suddenly… it all goes to sh*t! My pedal just broke! WTF?
I’ve had this game, which cost me $200 by the way, for two friggin months. And it already broke? What should I do?
My first move was to call Harmonix. Man, was that fun [insert sarcasm]. They started me off on the obligatory and endless phone tree. From there, I got disconnected twice. Then when I finally got hold of a human, they tried using some excuse not to help me. Finally, after much haggling, they eventually promised to get me a new pedal--in 6 to 8 weeks!
6 to 8 weeks without a drum pedal? Are you kidding me?
It’s cool. It’s cool. I had a plan B. When I was looking for Harmonix’s number originally, I found replacement Rock Band pedals for sale at Amazon.com. Sure, these were the same POS pedals that came with the original game. But since the first one lasted me two months, this one should hold me until my replacement pedal from Harmonix came. For $25, it was worth a try…
Or so I thought.
My replacement pedal didn’t last me the whole two months. In fact, it didn’t last even one month. Not even two weeks. After just 11 days, my $25 replacement pedal from Amazon was broken. In the same friggin spot!
So there I was, in familiar territory. I’m still 4 to 6 weeks from getting the replacement pedal from Harmonix. I’m almost positive that the replacement will be just as crappy as the original pedal. And I all wanted to do was play Rock Band without worrying about my pedal breaking.
Is that asking so much?
Not only had I wasted literally hours of my life on the phone with Harmonix and EA, not only had I already wasted 25 bucks, but I still didn’t have a working Rock Band pedal!
After a month of that I got fed up and went another route.
I was just sitting in my living room one day reading a magazine. My unused Rock Band drum kit just sitting in the corner…waiting to be played…taunting me.
That’s when the proverbial light bulb went off and everything changed for me.
It was like I had an Ah – HA moment!
I jumped up from the couch and went straight to the local music store. I promptly bought a REAL drum pedal. A big, metal, practically unbreakable REAL drum pedal.
I returned home and went to work. I took a hammer to my stock Rock Band pedal and broke the sensor part off. So now I had in my hand a big piece of plastic with the sensor inside and a wire hanging down.
I attached this big ugly plastic thing to the bottom of my REAL drum pedal. I powered up my Xbox and went into practice mode. I stepped on the pedal… and… it worked…it really worked!!!!
The position of the sensor wasn’t perfect so I spent a couple hours futzing around. But at the end of the day, I had it pretty damn good. This thing was awesome! It worked on Rock Band 1. It worked on Rock Band 2. It even worked with the ION Drum Rocker. It didn’t matter if you were using a PS2, PS3, Xbox, or even Wii—this thing just plain worked.
Life is so much better when you have a Rock Band drum pedal that DOESN'T BREAK and is there for you when you need it or want it...
Word travels fast here in Orlando. And soon, I was getting requests from friends. They wanted a badass Rock Band pedal just like mine.
With my pedals getting nothing but rave reviews and having an entrepreneurial spirit, I immediately saw the promise in these pedals…so I started a little company. And Rock Pedal was born. It was February 2008.
Here’s where things got tricky. Ya see, my pedal was great. Super strong. Really amazing. But it wasn’t ready for public consumption.
For starters, there was the sensor. I wanted only the best sensor in the world for Rock Pedal.
After discovering that the perfect sensor didn’t exist, I decided to manufacture my own. I did a bit of research, bought a ton of different parts, and tested everything compulsively. It didn’t happen immediately, but after a ton of tweaking—I had it just about perfect.
Next was the pedal. I needed to make Rock Pedal affordable, but I also had to make it as high quality as humanly possible. I ordered literally dozens of pedals. From China. From Taiwan. From right here in the States. The majority of them were either total crap, or just didn’t work for my purpose. But after weeks of frustration, I finally found the perfect pedal, and got everything really dialed in.
On April 18th, with the perfect sensor and the perfect pedal, Rock Pedal launched.
Things immediately took off for us. We were featured in XBOX Magazine and got their Editor’s choice award. IGN.com gave us a 9.5 out of 10. Cena, probably the most popular Rock Band and Guitar Hero reviewer in the land, clearly stated we were his favorite pedal. The list goes on and on…
Not only did the pro’s give us the thumbs up, but the people loved us too. I started getting literally dozens and dozens of glowing testimonials every single day! And you know what surprised me? The amount of people that were writing in saying how quickly they raised their scores.
Not only was Rock Pedal super strong, almost indestructible, but it was actually helping the vast majority of my customers raise their scores immediately. And that’s not BS, take a look…
“Immediately out of the box it felt more responsive than the pedals I've used in the past. I drum on Expert and I would occasionally run into trouble with songs that used a heavy dose of constant bass notes due to the stock pedal being very flimsy. Once I ran through a bunch of songs it was very clear that the Rock Pedal lived up to its name. I was able to achieve five stars on "Won't Get Fooled Again" for the first time, which is hard to admit since I'm a huge fan of The Who. But my stock pedal simply would not allow me to hit the vast amount of bass notes in the song. The first time I played with the Rock Pedal I finally did it.
Huge props to all of you at Rock Pedal. You have a new fan.”
Cory Dell
Shirleysburg, PA
“Hey Jordan!
I just received the pedal! About a week early but that’s not entirely a bad thing ;) :P First impression was amazing! Worked great right out of the box, just plugged in my Ion adapter and plugged it in, and away I went. Bumped my Waking the Demon score by at least 30K. Wow! Bumped a couple other scores up by at least 10K. So great pedal!! Doubt I'll be returning it! Thanks again Jordan! Off to go bump a couple more scores!”
Ian MacDonald
Sunland, CA
"The only obstacle was convincing myself that buying the Rock Pedal would be worth the money, which it most definitely was. It felt heavy, well built, and most importantly, not clanky like my previous pedal. I tend to apply a more-than-normal amount of force on the pedal and right then I was fully convinced it would be able to take any beating I could throw at it.
Many of my friends have come over and complimented the sturdiness of the pedal and how much more control they feel it gives them. More specifically, within a few weeks after getting it, I was able to do the Endless Setlist with ease, and 5 star a majority of the on-disk songs (even Panic Attack).
Before, I had to play heel down because I was worried about the pedal moving around or cracking. After, I can play heel up with no worries at all. Before, I felt the pedal was restricting my ability at the game. After I got the Rock Pedal, my foot performance caught right up to my arms and they now all work at the same (steadily increasing) level.”
Alan Gray
Las Vegas, NV
“Before getting the Rock Pedal I had a lot of trouble hitting quick double bass notes and continuous bass notes without getting tired. With the Rock Pedal and beater it's gotten much much easier to both and it's resulted in higher scores across the board. The Rock Pedal is a great addition to any Rock Band kit. LOVE the pedal, recommended it to some friends who are thinking of purchasing.
Since getting the Rock Pedal I've been able to really hear what the bass line on the more difficult songs are supposed to sound like. I love the physical kickback that you receive. I've been able to 5 or gold star over 200 songs across Rock Band 1, 2, Lego and DLC. A lot of the more difficult songs I attribute passing to the Rock Pedal. The stock pedals are just to bad to hit those quick double basses.”
Aris Hadi
Ottawa, ON Canada
"On Eminence Front, my score shot up 24,000 first try. Mississippi Queen: score increase of 13,000 (50% increase) and went from 3 to 4 stars for the first time. Roll With the Changes? an astonishing 43,000 point gain. Mary Had a Little Lamb had an even bigger gain, almost 50K.
I was reluctant to spend almost double the amount on this foot pedal than I paid for the whole RB2 drum kit, but it was an investment well worth it. The build quality is simply ridiculous (in a great way). Your warranty and 30-day money back guarantee are exceptional, though I doubt you get many back.
Fantastic product. I'll be telling everyone I know that plays RB drums."
Jeff Jones
Port Orange, FL
I think it’s safe to say, Rock Pedal quickly became the undisputed #1 one Rock Band pedal replacement on the market. I think there are several factors that led to this…
First, the physical pedal. We simply use a better pedal than our competition. It’s stronger and sturdier. That means it will last longer and be less likely to break on you. Our pedal has more adjustments so you’ll be more comfortable while you play and you can play longer too.
Then there’s our sensor. No mechanical sensors or alarm system sensors at Rock Pedal. We use a magnetic sensor and we manufacture it 100% right here in our warehouse. So you can count on your sensor not breaking and not looking ugly either!
When I started Rock Pedal, I made a bold claim: “There will never be anybody in the world that has a bad taste in their mouth from dealing with me or my company.”
So I instituted this:
And this…
Both the money back guarantee and the warranty are the real deal. No exceptions, no asterisks, no fine print at the bottom of this page. I honor them 100%. You get your money back (no re-stocking fees or anything silly like that) for 30 days and you get everything you will possibly need to guarantee you have a working Rock Pedal under your foot for an entire year.
Friend, I'm in a position to do something for you that no other person can... I'm going to give you a Rock Band drum pedal that WON’T BREAK. Use this pedal to make Rock Band fun again, to raise your scores immediately, to wash the stress and worry away—just like I did for myself and for literally thousands of other Rock Banders all over the world.
You get everything for a small, one-time investment of only $89.95. Your pedal will ship within one business day and you should have it within 4 business days (as long as you’re in the US).
And you’re fully protected by both my 30-day money back guarantee and my 12 month, 365 day unlimited warranty. Like I said above, if you’re not happy for any reason at all--just email me and I’ll issue you a full refund – no questions asked.
For only $89.95, you get my PROVEN and TESTED Rock Pedal to plug into your drum kit.
Stop wasting your valuable time and effort trying out dead end fixes for your pedal. Stop wasting money on pedals that are just going to break! Try out the Rock Pedal now before your stock pedal sucks another morsel of enjoyment out of your Rock Band experience.
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Committed to your Rock Band success,
Jordan Ellington
(407) 494-1846
P.S. Remember this is a proven pedal with an outcome that has been duplicated time and time again with amazing results. I’ve done all the work for you and I’m giving you an awesome real drum pedal that is converted to work perfectly with Rock Band. Try Rock Pedal now >>
P.P.S. Don't forget, you can try the Rock Pedal for 30 days with absolutely no obligation. Just try it out, if you don't like it for any reason (it doesn't matter the reason--there are no BAD reasons) then just return it for a full refund. No catches, no fine print. Just a full and fast refund. Try Rock Pedal now with no risk >>