Strike
The heel becomes an active striking point.
DESIGNED FOR SPEED
CREATED FOR FUTURE
The Tool for the Masters.Introducing the most advanced bass drum pedal technique.
PATENTED VRUK TECHNOLOGY · 1989
WHO INVENTED HEEL AND TOE?
650 STROKES · SINGLE KICKTIM WATERSON · NAMM 2003
“TOTALLY NEW”MODERN DRUMMER · 1990
“MOELLER ON FOOT”JIM CHAPIN
COZY POWELLEARLY ENDORSER
“THIS PRODUCT EXCEEDS
MY EXPECTATIONS”CHRIS ADLER
01 · THE TECHNOLOGY
A SECOND LEVER.
A NEW LANGUAGE
FOR THE FOOT.
VRUK is an auxiliary sprung heelboard attached to the conventional bass drum footboard. The heel can strike, rest and release—without choking the beater rebound.
VRK / 02
01 Secondary heelboard
02 Soft rubber spring
03 Footboard link
THE MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH
STROKE AND REST.
COMBINED.
The heel lands on a soft, responsive platform. Its energy travels through the link to the pedal, while the heel’s weight leaves the footboard free for immediate beater rebound.
Release
No residual weight chokes the footboard.
Control
Connection remains through the complete cycle.
04 · HERITAGE
WHO INVENTED
HEEL AND TOE?
The question behind the book. Explore the origins, evidence and full story in VRUK: The Technique for the Masters.
Explore the bookConcept and patent process
The VRUK concept drawings and patent process develop between 1983 and 1987. Explore the book for the full story.
VRUK becomes real
The first prototype is built in England; the first production examples follow, including a pair for Cozy Powell.
Frankfurt
VRUK is demonstrated on the DW stand. Jim Chapin describes the idea as ‘Moeller on foot’.
A new category
Modern Drummer introduces VRUK as a completely new product—not a shortcut, but a technique to be learned.
Recognition
Rhythm calls the system a ‘stroke of genius’; Modern Drummer recognises it in its Gear of the Year coverage.
Japan
A limited chrome edition and a national teaching tour introduce the system to more than 10,000 drummers.
The method continues
The book brings the technology, science, exercises and complete linked video course together.
“IN A WORLD OF CONFORMITY, WE NEED MORE MAVERICKS LIKE MR VRUK.”
RHYTHM MAGAZINE · 2003
