EarthRocker
Senior Member
I don't like nylon tip drumsticks, but up until recently I used them simply because of durability. My budget is a bit limited, so I can't afford to be mowing through wood tipped drumsticks. The reason my tips break so fruquently is my of playing the tip on closed hi-hats or the bell of my rides.
After receiving my tax returns, I decided to purchase a brick of sticks, so I wouldn't have to worry about them for a while. The stick I settled on was Vic Firth's SD1. The store didn't have them in nylon tips, but the stick felt so perfect to me that I just purchased a brick of the wood tips. I've been using the same pair for about a month, and aside from a few marks on the shoulders from hi hats, and some rimshot dents, the sticks are in flawless shape.
The round / bead / ball tip of the sticks seems nearly indestructable. So I was wondering if this is true with most ball tip sticks, or if I just happen to have gotten extremely lucky with this pair?
After receiving my tax returns, I decided to purchase a brick of sticks, so I wouldn't have to worry about them for a while. The stick I settled on was Vic Firth's SD1. The store didn't have them in nylon tips, but the stick felt so perfect to me that I just purchased a brick of the wood tips. I've been using the same pair for about a month, and aside from a few marks on the shoulders from hi hats, and some rimshot dents, the sticks are in flawless shape.
The round / bead / ball tip of the sticks seems nearly indestructable. So I was wondering if this is true with most ball tip sticks, or if I just happen to have gotten extremely lucky with this pair?