Thats why I had kids!
i think that is my parents mindset too
Thats why I had kids!
It's kind of like the cleaning ladies; the best ones seem to be the least likely to steal.
I SWEAR TO GOD, the cleaning ladies stole my Pearl Export's ISS tom mount. My friend down the street has the same cleaning ladies as me, and he got his mount taken too. Of course, our parents don't believe us.
It's kind of like the cleaning ladies; the best ones seem to be the least likely to steal.
I SWEAR TO GOD, the cleaning ladies stole my Pearl Export's ISS tom mount. My friend down the street has the same cleaning ladies as me, and he got his mount taken too. Of course, our parents don't believe us.
Senior or Senor?? ..................
With these sticks can you summon the devil with a reverse paradiddle?
Our cleaning lady is great. She even dusts off my drums, and picks up sticks from the floor and places them on my low tom. She dusts off the piano and leaves all my sheet music alone. She wouldn't dare touch anything on my desk.
She even cleans out the refrigerator. She can't speak a word of English, at least she doesn't with me, but she's a member of the family.
She calls my wife by her first name, but insists on calling me "Senior." Drives me crazy when she does that.
There's always a little money laying around, bills of different denominations, and she folds them together and places them next to the telephone. Her name is Alma.
The stick's material, shape and its vibrations play a huge role in the tone of a ride cymbal's attack.
Alright, so I just kind of had an epiphany.
You know how Zildjian has those Anti-Vibe sticks?
Well, I had heard good things about them, and I started using them last month. Great, right?
Wrong.
Turns out, they work too well. Whenever I pick up normal sticks, they feel two solid, and very bouncy and rigid. It also causes my hands to feel all of the drum's vibrations, which are very uncomfortable.
Is this just a very clever marketing ploy? Because of this switch to the Anti-Vibe drumsticks, unless I somehow adjust myself back to normal sticks, I will have to buy these for the rest of my life.
Any thoughts on this? Is this something Zildjian's marketing department brewed up to get guaranteed permanent customers? Or is it all in my head?
As a side note, I'd imagine that the Anti-vibe would make ride cymbals sound fairly lifeless. The stick's material, shape and its vibrations play a huge role in the tone of a ride cymbal's attack.
All kidding aside, I did use them when I first started playing a couple years ago and I noticed the same thing. I also didn't like the "disconnected" feeling you get while playing with them...some vibration is a good thing.
I also hated that the little rubber butt gets caught on clothes and other things...and almost always falls out of the stick after a while.
Zildjian sticks are generally pretty crappy, IMO.
There is only one proper answer to stick vibration problems - looser grip. The stick should vibrate freely in your hand. If you don't choke it, it won't bother you.
I'd say those anti-vibe sticks are very bad for technique.
Am I unusually sensitive now, or just able to appreciate the abuse I was really putting my hands through?
You could also argue that vibration makes you more sensitive to your grip and technique. I tend to use sticks that feel more dense and vibrate minimally - like the Akira Jimbos you played over at my place.
When I'm playing a ride pattern, for example - I'm more sensitive to how I'm holding the stick and how loose I am if I can feel the cymbals "through" the stick. The anti-vibes sort of "disconnect" you from that sensitivity.