Stick Sizes

[Tom B.]

Anybody know how they size sticks? For instance what does the "7" and the "A" stand for in 7A, or the "5" and the "B" in 5B sticks?

[emmerson]

i quiet remeber but i know the numbers is just for measurement and the letter i know B stands for band and i think a means its suppose to be for big orcastras

ps sorry about the spelling im to burned out right now

[Class A Drummer]

I dont think the letters stand for anything in particular, just the different model. And the number i think it the size. I think the A's are thinner than the B's. And i think the higher the number the smaller the stick.

Go to the vic firth site, check out some different sticks, read the description, and you might learn something.

[Latin Groover]

Heres a good link, from another thread. Go down to the bottom.

[PBW]

Heres a good link, from another thread. Go down to the bottom.

...errr... where's the link?

[Latin Groover]

oh yea. http://www.xs4all.nl/~marcz/Stix.html

[Skitch]

B for Band
A for Orchestra
S for Street
DC for Drum Corps
SD for Snare Drum
D for Dance

At least this was what I was told long, long ago......by Darth Vader


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[altered_beast]

So what's 747 all about then?

Oh and Class A, wrong way round fella, the higher the number the bigger the stick - 2B is bigger and heavier than 5B ; )

[Tom B.]

So what's 747 all about then?

Oh and Class A, wrong way round fella, the higher the number the bigger the stick - 2B is bigger and heavier than 5B ; )

but 7A is higher than 5B and 2B

[Latin Groover]

The letters and such dont mean thickness
it is just code, for

B for Band
A for Orchestra
S for Street
DC for Drum Corps
SD for Snare Drum
D for Dance