Vater 5B's are nice.
Vater Fusion is a lovely stick (available in both nylon and wood tip) between a 5A and 5B…check em out!My hands are smaller and thinner than most drummers, so I'd actually like some stick suggestions if anyone is willing to humor me. I haven't really strayed from 5As since it is what I started learning on like most drummers, and I play on a budget. I'm mainly into punk, rock, old school thrash, and EDM, and I currently use Pro Mark Classic Attack 5A oaks with oval tip, and I love the feel of them. Should I try switching to a different size though?
My hands are smaller and thinner than most drummers, so I'd actually like some stick suggestions if anyone is willing to humor me. I haven't really strayed from 5As since it is what I started learning on like most drummers, and I play on a budget. I'm mainly into punk, rock, old school thrash, and EDM, and I currently use Pro Mark Classic Attack 5A oaks with oval tip, and I love the feel of them. Should I try switching to a different size though?
I've heard good things about Vater, I'll look into them sometime, thanks!Vater Fusion is a lovely stick (available in both nylon and wood tip) between a 5A and 5B…check em out!
love the style choices...near and dear to my heart!!!
might want to try 7As as well? I can't play with anything smaller than a 3A b/c I am real used to having marching sized sticks in my hands due to my job. It took me a while to get used to the 3A,s but I like them now...and I feel like the oval tip would make them feel a bit better...get a beefier sound out of the ride cymbal
Thank you! I will definitely give those sizes a try.
I use oval since its best for my style of playing I think, and I like the fit and feel of nylon tips on them too. I agree with you, they sound awesome on a ride, and definitely a china for our preferred styles. Nylon tips on ovals just feel smooth and well suited to me, especially since I'm still perfecting my precision and coordination. I feel they have better control than ball tips for the way I play. Since we play similar stuff, how do you usually use them?
For punk and always for EDM I use nylon. Better clarity and more legato against all the open chords of punk, making my hits clearer. And of course, for EDM that speaks for itself. When playing rock and thrash though I love just using classic/wood tip. You get such an organic sound and when laying down a tom and bass roll especially with a crash or two in the pocket. I love the ringing warmth I get and I feel it suits the stlye nicely. Still learning, though.
Same. I like the consistency when playing even moderately aggressive music. I've rarely had the need to coax different tones out of a ride cymbal by adjusting the tip-to-cymbal angle. If I played jazz, maybe I would. I also feel they rebound better, all else equal.yeah, I prefer completely rounded tips first, and then oval or even acorn if I can't get round.
I hate the thin pointy tips on traditional "A" sticks...mostly the way they feel. It makes it feel like the stick is broken...
In 30+ years of playing nylon nearly exclusively, I've never noticed this. Please elaborate.I can't do nylon though. It leaves too much residue in the cymbal grooves,
In 30+ years of playing nylon nearly exclusively, I've never noticed this. Please elaborate.
I can only presume ProMark uses a different formula of nylon that doesn't leave the marks. Leaving plastic on the cymbal would mean losing plastic from the tips, and none of mine have ever become pitted/misshapen.back in the 80's, whenever I used nylon tipped sticks - Regal Tip...probably 5A's - they would leave little white marks of plastic on the ride cymbal, and I would have to scrape them out with my thumbnail after a while. I also did not like the feel of them.
I have not tried any since then because I have no need to, but when the kids use them on the school cymbals, I still sometimes see those marks.
I don't recall the size or brand I think Promark (it's been like 40 years lol), but I played snare drum in our marching corps used headless sticks which were not quite as large in diameter as Vic Firth PBS1 bag pipe band sticks, but close. We wrapped them with white electrical tape before each performance. Not sure how we did it, those things were heavy and massive.love the style choices...near and dear to my heart!!!
might want to try 7As as well? I can't play with anything smaller than a 3A b/c I am real used to having marching sized sticks in my hands due to my job. It took me a while to get used to the 3A,s but I like them now...and I feel like the oval tip would make them feel a bit better...get a beefier sound out of the ride cymbal
I can only presume ProMark uses a different formula of nylon that doesn't leave the marks. Leaving plastic on the cymbal would mean losing plastic from the tips, and none of mine have ever become pitted/misshapen.
I don't recall the size or brand I think Promark (it's been like 40 years lol), but I played snare drum in our marching corps used headless sticks which were not quite as large in diameter as Vic Firth PBS1 bag pipe band sticks, but close. We wrapped them with white electrical tape before each performance. Not sure how we did it, those things were heavy and massive.
That's them, the DC10's! man those things were massive and heavy, glad I was young and strong and it didn't really matter. I wish I had a pair of them for my collection, can't even find a marching stick without a tip online now...those were ProMark DC-10's...I still have mine from back then in my "Master Stick Collection"...what were they thinking? But tons of people used those. I played quads back then, and we had (horrible) mallets, so I only used the DC-10's to chop out with. They are sort of a "kitschy" joke now in marching circles...those and the old North marching drums were ...just....rough
when my kids are complaining about their sticks or other equipment breaking etc. I pull out the DC-10's and go :" hey, at least you didn't have to use these"
That's them, the DC10's! man those things were massive and heavy, glad I was young and strong and it didn't really matter. I wish I had a pair of them for my collection, can't even find a marching stick without a tip online now...
Thanks that would be awesome if I could even heft ‘em again! We had six and sometimes seven snares. This is my high school drumline, me third from the left looking really serious with my brim pulled nice and low and the hair long and full (with not a hint of gray lol).I might have some connections to get a pair...I will keep my eyes open
it sucked to play rolls with them...I remember that