What's in Your Bag?

[cjl71178]

Hey ECVail,

Your "signature" is from one of my all time fav Rush songs!


My Zildjian deluxe stick bag consists of:

1 dozen pair of Zildjian Z4A wood tip sticks
2 pair of Pro Mark Hot Rods
1 pair of Ahead Peter Criss signature series sticks
1 extra pair of Ahead sleeves
2 different length hi hat rods for my Iron Cobra stand

1 Evans magnetic drumkey
1 cordless screwdriver with an Evans cordless drumkey bit
1 multi screwdriver
3 ziplock bags filled with ear plugs, felts, snare cords, electrical tape, drumkeys, tama cymbal mates, cymbal sleeves, moongels, spare tension rods, allen wrenches, and other misc. drum stuff.

[forgiven_15]

hey guys,

well ive got-

3 pairs of hickory sticks
1 pair of vic firths
7 pairs of hard rock cafe'
1 pair of promarks
1 drum key
electrical tape

[tooldrums1000]

1 pair of vater 5BN

1 pair of vic firth 5AN

2 felts

3 sets of earplugs

Evan torque wrench

Remo drum key

And too many cds

[digibird]

Lots of pairs of Headhunters BBB and BBBN.

Brushes, mallets, those silly blasticks things, keys, string, moongels, extra falam slam, more drum keys, extra cymbal felts, screwdriver, wrench, black markers,etc.

[Dzionix]

2 pairs of vic firths, and some old few cracked sticks ;)
1pair of brushes (Zildjian)
1pair of (country brushes/sticks)
Metronome, and phones
Some overlay, when my hand goes wet ;)
1 drumkey (also i have other drum key in pocket, everytime ;))
1 marshing belt ;)
And other stuff sometimes... like notes i put in my bag :D

[Ozzy Biz]

few pairs of Vater New Orleans Jazz sticks
" " " " Stewart Copeland Standard sticks
" " " " L.A. 5A sticks
pair of wire Vater brushes
pair of Vater rods thingees (I forget their name)
spare hihat clutch
some cymbal felts and plastic sleeves
drum key
allen keys
screwdriver
some tape
spare tension rods
moongel (or sticky hands!)
ear plugs
falam slam patch

I thinks thats about it

[BellsOfRhymney]

Regal Tip Jeff Hamilton
Regal Tip Jazz
Regal Tip 7A ..wood and nylon
Regal Tip Combo

Zildjian 5B
Zildjian 2B
Zildjian Cindy Blackman
Zildjian Bill Stewart
Zildjian Jazz
Zildjian Big Band

Ludwig 5A
Ludwig 5B
Ludwig Rock

Vic Firth 5A
Vic Firth 5B
Vic Firth 7A
Vic Firth 7AN
Vic Firth AH7A
Vic Firth Erskine
Vic Firth Erskine Ride
Vic Firth Buddy Rich

ProMark 7A
ProMark 5A

Nova 5A
Nova 5B

[British Boy]

Vic Firth Ralph Hardimon Corpsmaster sticks
Vic Firth Peter Erskine Ride sticks
Vater New Orleans Jazz sticks
Vater Wire Tap brushes
Pro Mark TD7 brushes
Shaw Roger Hempsall Sig sticks
DW drumkey
Mates (non-spermicide)

[PineyplayParadiddles]

pair of Pro-Mark 5B wood tip
2 pairs Pro-Mark 5B nylon tip
4 pairs Vater Fusion wood tip
pair of Vater Recording wood tip
pair of Vic Firth 5As
1 pair Ahead Tommy Lee silver signature
1 pair Ahead 5A
Ahead drumming gloves
Mapex drum key
Vented Ear plugs
Pearl drop clutch
Metronome
Percussion plus Soft mallets
Pro Mark Hot Rods
Moongel

[that-guy-plays-drums2112]

1 pair-Vic Firth 5A Sticks
1 pair-Vic Firth SD2 Bolero Sticks
1 pair-Pro-Mark Neil Peart Signature Sticks
1 pair-Pro-Mark 707 Nylon Tip Sticks
1 pair-Pro-Mark 5A Nylon Tip Sticks
1 pair-Pro-Mark 5B Nylon Tip Sticks
1 pair-Pro-Mark 2B Nylon Tip Sticks
1 pair-Ahead Joey Jordison Signature Sticks
2 Pearl drumkeys
1 Unknown drumkey
1 Quik-Time Metronome

[Mr. Pasquini]

2x Vater 7A Manhattan
2x Vic Firth 5B (I'm gonna switch these for Vater 5B wood, I don't like the feel of vics)
1x Vater Wire Brush
1x Tama Drum Key
1x Yamaha Drum Key/ Alan Wrench

[DreamTheater4life]

Vic Firth 7AN
Regal Tip Flares
and some mallets that i have no idea who makes them :)

[de Nick]

4 pairs vic firth 5a wood tip
1 pair vic firth thomas lang signature
1 pair vic firth dave weckl signature
1 pair steve gadd signature sticks
1 pair pro mark hot rods
1 pair meinl drummer gloves (I don´t use^^)
1 drum key
ear plugs

[Kenneth Nishimoto]

Vic Firth Jazz Brushes

Meinl Drumbal

Random rubbish sticks.

[RUSTE]

God this tread is so sad i love it!!! will you listen to ourselfs.... lol

Mines

pro mark ian paice signature (last pair with grip tape)

Lar ulrich ahead sticks

Joey jordason ahead sticks

Old zildjins 5b with rubber worn down!

some odd scorpian drumsticks off ebay

5a promarks with nylon tips & pair of 5b wood tips
some brushs

some pearl timpani sticks

And finaly some small ahead gloves & some fingerless gloves

[rogers_68]

Vic Firth 5A wood tips
Bundle Sticks
Brushes
Mallets
2 Keys
Earplugs

[Mapex589]

In my stick bag you will find:
Vic Firth Steve Gadd Stick (Wood Tip)
Vic Firth Steve Gadd Stick (nylon Tip)
Vic Firth Steve Smith Tala Wand
Vic Firth Heritage Brushes
Vic Firth Dave Weckl (Original)
Vic Firth General American Custom Mallets
Pro Mark Dave Lombardo Stick
I play Pro Mark 5A and 5B as my regular choice of stick which I keep in a pile under my floor tom.

[Pergament]

In the bag:
1 pair Custom made drumsticks by Therese Alongo (what are friends for anyway?)
1 pair Black Tama Rythmic Fire 5A-F
1 pair Wincent 5B
1 pair Red Vic Firth American Custom SDI Jr. (they stink but look pretty cool)
1 pair Wincent LN12 Brushes
1 pair unknown wirebrushes (never use them though)
1 Wuhan mallet (got it from Johan Björklund)
1 Unknown mallet (found it on the street)
2 Tama drumkeys
1 Sonor drumkey (for my add-on Sonor drum)
1 Roland drumkey (for the digital kit)
Earplugs
1 Black plushcat (...so what, it brings me luck)

[dw D]

5 pairs of
Mike Mangini hickory

[rendezvous_drummer]

New stuff:

1 Pair of Rutes
2 Pairs of Vater New Orleans Jazz Sticks
1 Pair of Los Cabos Maple Jazz Sticks
1 Pair of Vic Firth Jazz Brushes
1 Pair of Vater 1A Sticks
1 Pair of Zildjian Tony William Sig. Sticks
1 Wood beater

[Raging Moon]

2 pair Zildgian Zak Starkey model sticks
1 pair Zildgian 5A wooden tips
2 pair Pro mark Ringo Starr model sticks
1 pair Vic frith's with 8 DN with Nylon tips

One drum key
One towel

and three cans of lager or cider.

[WYdrummer09]

5- Zildjian 5A drumsticks
1 pair-Vic Firth Jazz brushes
1 pair-Vic Firth Jazz Rakes
1 pair-home made rutes
1 pair Cymbal Mallets
1 Drum Key

[DannyG]

BEER! ! !
oh yeh and 10 pairs of 3b vic's
set of zildjian 2b with black grip (cant think what they are called, mind block?)
Iron kobra multi-functional key (genius!)
standard boaring ludwig key :-/,
set of nifty ear plugs
ek 300 g2 IEM's
surgical hand grip stuff (every drummer should have a little squeezy bottle of it)!
pro mark cymbal cleaner , 'Never used may i add'. . . .

www.myspace.com/mymatekateuk

[JCM]

Promark Stick Bag
1 DW drum key
1 pair of ear buds/muffs
1 pair of Vic Firth Extreme 5A
1 pair of Promark Thunder Rods

[Grungydan]

Right now:

• 3 pairs of Vic Firth 7AN
• 2 pairs of Cool Rods
• 1 pair of off brand Hot Rod knockoffs
• Spare drum key

During gigs, the outside pocket contains my cell phone, my wallet, any change I'm carrying, and anything else from my pockets. I can't stand having stuff in my pockets when I play.

[drum.lad]

2 pairs chad smith funk blasters
5 pairs vater 5a nude
1 pair steve gadd brushes
headphones
i pod
drum key
and of course my handy pocket metrenome

[johncool182]

*3 Pairs of Zildjian 7A
*1 Pair of Zildjian 5A
*About 5 Pairs of Ear-Buds
*Some Moongel
*Drum Key
*Chewing Gum (:D)
*Metronome
*My iPod, when I'm playing drums, but I take it other places too!
*Some Cymbal Felt


That's about it!

[mddrummer]

2 pairs of stagg 7a's
drum key
bass drum beater
pedal bearings
broken sticks

[spartacus1989]

- Drum Key
- Sign saying 'No Smoking'
- 4 x 7A Hayman Oak sticks
- Cymbal Felt
- Chewing Gum
- Set Lists

[theberzh]

I don't have a bag... But what you might find laying around the kit is...

4 bricks of promark 5A oak
2 bricks of promark 2B hickory
6 drum keys and one on the key chain

About 6 Pairs of Trueline Billy Ward Signature Sticks
Vic Firth Wood Rutes (the standard model)
Vic Firth Plastic Rutes
Vic Firth Jazz Brushes

[Stickbreaker93]

5 pairs of Zildjian Taylor Hawkins Signatures
3 pairs of the Zildjian 5B Dip
1 pair of Tala wands
1 pair of mallets
1 pair of timpani mallets
Vic Firth Isolation headphones
Advil
Ipod
Watch
Moongels
Metronome
Cowbell
2 sets of In Ears

[Garvin]

I honestly leave my stick bag at home and just throw a pair of sticks (7A Zildjian or whatever), brushes and a key in my cymbal bag. I'm a minimalist I guess...

In 17 years of playing I've never done any damage that couldn't be fixed by borrowing the soundmans duct-tape.

I kept breaking my sticks so i just got pair of Ahead 5A (those ones Joey uses) and they do a great job. Although some people say they're tip heavy thats just a wuss excuse for the price tag ($80 AU). They definiatly worth a try, lasted me ages and no complaints. They replacement slips are only $12-$13 instead of replacing wooden sticks more frequently at $20 each.

[Ozzy Biz]

Originally Posted by Gilded

I kept breaking my sticks so i just got pair of Ahead 5A (those ones Joey uses) and they do a great job. Although some people say they're tip heavy thats just a wuss excuse for the price tag ($80 AU). They definiatly worth a try, lasted me ages and no complaints. They replacement slips are only $12-$13 instead of replacing wooden sticks more frequently at $20 each.

I can't stand them. They're heavy, expensive, and I prefer the sound of wood tips. I don't snap sticks really anymore since I've adopted a looser grip, and I'm playing with lighter sticks (Vater New Orleans Jazz; 0.55" thick at the base). I can guarantee my sticks are costing less then yours and the replacement sticks (on a ratio of cost to playing time). I tend to get between 6 to 9 months out of a pair of sticks at the moment, and I replace them because the tip slowly chips away and becomes non-existent. I'd probably get a year out of nylon tips....

Originally Posted by Ozzy Biz

I can't stand them. They're heavy, expensive, and I prefer the sound of wood tips. I don't snap sticks really anymore since I've adopted a looser grip, and I'm playing with lighter sticks (Vater New Orleans Jazz; 0.55" thick at the base). I can guarantee my sticks are costing less then yours and the replacement sticks (on a ratio of cost to playing time). I tend to get between 6 to 9 months out of a pair of sticks at the moment, and I replace them because the tip slowly chips away and becomes non-existent. I'd probably get a year out of nylon tips....

Your opinion is very valid. I can manage around 6-9 months with my sticks also, and friends who have the same sticks also agree. With your sticks, yes, they would suit your style of jazz or fusion but I don't play that. In my post you commented I should've mentioned I play heavier music. I like the bite sound of nylon tips over wood and I've found I save more money 'myself' by using the Ahead sticks more over wooden ones. The weight isn't an issue for me.

[Jazz]

right now:
drum keys and hex wrench
vic firth 5a wood tip, AH5a wood tip, Jazz brushes (heavy gauge)
Promark 7a wood tip
vater brushes (light gauge)

[SnareWire]

Six pair Vic Firth Omar Hakim Signature Model
One pair Vic Firth SD 1 General
One pair Vic Firth SD 2 Bolero
One pair Vic Firth SD 4 Combo
One pair Vic Firth Ralph Hardiman Corpsmaster
One pair Pro-Mark Hot Rods
One pair Ahead Rock
One pair Ahead Joey Jordison Signature Model
Extra sleeves for the Ahead sticks
Ahead Drummer's Gloves
Two drum keys
Moongel
Some cymbal felts
Custom-fitted earplugs

[Davey]

Enough to get any POS NYC club house kit shipshape and ready to play.

~20 pair Vic Firth 2B wood tip
~10 various drum keys
~15 cymbal stand washers
~10 6mm cymbal sleeves
~10 8mm cymbal sleeves
~20 various cymbal felts
~20 various cymbal stand wingnuts
Multitool w/ screwdrivers & allen wrenches (actually a bicycle tool)
Leatherman mini tool
package of earplugs
various band aids
duct tape
three or four different hihat clutches
snare cord
clean t shirt

[aydee]

..........a bunch of stuff, + a pair of new vic firth terry bozzio sticks, which I liked at the store and now i hate.........

Very heavy at the shoulder