Wrong type of drumsticks bad for my cymbals?

[votard]

Hey, I just joined a few days ago. I bought a couple pairs of drumsticks about a month ago(vic firths of course, i don't think i've used any other brands that last as long), and I bought a pair of danny carey sig.(i love the balance of weight) and the other pair was Ralph Harrison(not sure if i spelled the last name right, the signature is faded now) signature sticks. Now these drumsticks were fat and heavy, and I found out why after I showed them to my friend. He showed me that the 'corpsmaster' logo meant that they were marching sticks or something. Now, my question is:

Will these marching sticks be hard on my cymbals?

[Wile E. Coyote]

If they really are fat and heavy... yes.
Anyway, damaging the cymbals is more because of the hand moving the stick than because of the stick itself.

[drumtechdad]

More to the point, they're the wrong type of drumsticks for playing the drumset. Even my son's fat, heavy, 747s--I can barely lift them--pale in comparison to his corpsmasters. Playing the drumset with corpsmasters would be like playing it with clubs. ;-)

[prempex]

i play 747's all the time.
pro mark 747's, with the thicker neck.
they're not that heavy. i find regular 5b's heavier.

[votard]

oh, well they make good practice sticks. It makes all my other pairs feel like butter.

[hungrypo]

according to my rudiment teacher, as well as my own experience, corpsmasters are great to practice with on a pad or snare drum, but you shouldn't use them on a kit. moving them around quickly with different wrist motions at different heights and angles can cause a serious injury. they're just too heavy.

[drumtechdad]

i play 747's all the time.
pro mark 747's, with the thicker neck.
they're not that heavy. i find regular 5b's heavier.

It was a joke, son.

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