I had one in the late 70's and remember liking it. Single-tension, cool footboard, that did the job for a teenager. Sorry I can't offer other specifics, but the name rang a bell. Think it broke and I couldn't find parts for it (way before the internet). Moved on to a Tama single-spring, from there.

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Gerald.. As I recall there is a good paragraph write up in the Rob Cook's, The Slingerland Book... let me dig my copy out and see what it says. I think I have about 4 Yellow Jackets in the basement.. two whole, a couple in pieces. I really like the Yellow Jacket... easier to go heel toe on that larger footboard (at least for me).... did you find a yellow one??

Thanks for the replies. Yes, mine is a yellow one. Looks almost brand new. Has 2 springs. I have not used it but it yet but it seems to be very solid. It looks like a really good pedal. I never heard of them before.

Here's a quick "thumbnail sketch" on the Slingerland Yellow Jacket bass drum pedal" :

The #943 Yellow Jacket pedal made it's debut in the 1979 Slingerland catalog. It is in essence a very close relative of the ORIGINAL #942 Super Speed pedal that was around/offered as far back as the 1971 Slingerland catalog... possibly earlier. The Yellow Jacket shared the same "style/type" build as the Super Speed, but with a slightly redesigned footboard as well as spring towers. Everything else is very similar to the Super Speed! The yellow painted #943 was most probably a marketing decision, as it was also available as the #944 which featured a black painted finish. The #944 looks quite a bit like the ORIGINAL #942 Super Speed, and so much so that I would suspect that they are the same in their mechanics. I have BOTH catalogs and was able to A/B compare the two of them. I also had a #942 Super Speed back in the day as well, but eventually discarded it for the Rogers Swivo-Matic which I continue to use today. Anyway...

The Slingerland #943 Yellow Jacket.. ( the actual YELLOW one ) .. was a neat pedal back in 1979... and probably still is today! Hope this was of some help Gerald!

Tommyp

Tommyp! Thanks very much for the response. The info is very helpful and appreciated. I'm going to use it on a gig weds nite. I'll how it goes. Thanks again.