Axis Percussion is a United States company specializing in the manufacture of precision drum pedals and drum hardware. A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is mostly a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ...
The company aims for high qualities of craftsmanship and makes use of aircraft grade aluminum and steel. Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... The steel cable of a colliery winding tower. ...
Some Axis pedals, called longboards, are unusual in having straight flat foot plates with no heel plates.
Users of Axis products include Tim Waterson (former title holder of "The world's fastest drummer"), who can hit 1407 beats a minute, and Tim "The Missile" Yeung (the current holder of the title) who uses the same pedals to hit 872 beats a minute. Tim Waterson holds the world record (according to Worlds Fastest Drummer) for fastest double bassing on drums, with a record of 1,030 singles and 1,407 doubles. ... Tim The Missile Yeung was born on November 27, 1978 in Los Angeles, California. ...