Medium sticks are the easiest to control, for me. Especially short sticks. Really light sticks and really heavy ones tend to throw me off. And long sticks are harder to control, if you’re playing fast stuff on snare.Bigger and heavier drumsticks are easier to control, than thin sticks.
What’s your opinion, do you agree? Why? Why not?
I see where your coming from , but no not really . Completely dependent on the player. Hand size , finger length, amount of muscle , the over development or underdevelopment of slow twitch and fast twitch type muscle fibers In the hand, fingers, wrist, forearm, tri and biceps and more than likely the whole upper body for that matter. So many variables come into play . I’ve always preferred a med to med heavy stick on the longer side as I’ve got big hands with long fat sausage fingers and long on the muscular side lurch type arms lol !Bigger and heavier drumsticks are easier to control, than thin sticks.
What’s your opinion, do you agree? Why? Why not?
Do you play Hickory sticks? Maple is lighter, so you could still get a thicker stick. Smaller tips and a less top-heavy stick might also help.I've started to look for thin sticks at this point (for their sound).
Disagree. It depends on hand size & strength.Bigger and heavier drumsticks are easier to control, than thin sticks
I have played thin and thick maple sticks. Same with hickory. Even thin hornbeam "jazz" sticks.Do you play Hickory sticks? Maple is lighter, so you could still get a thicker stick. Smaller tips and a less top-heavy stick might also help.
Perhaps greater control is required by the 5B, especially when playing cymbals. I pull my punches on cymbals quite a bit, to not overpower or take up too much sonic real estate. I play and prefer 5B.Disagree. It depends on hand size & strength.
My conundrum: 5A sounds great on my cymbals. I play them well with that size stick. 5B feels much better in my hands but my cymbals get crushed by the heavier stick.
I am in this situation, and it took me a long time to find set sticks that felt good in my hands. I teach band in high school as my 9-5, and spend about 80% of the time with marching size sticks in my hands, so all drum set sticks feel like pencils to me. Many sizes are so small, I can't even feel them in my hands. For the longest time I used Vic Firth SD1's, but just didn't like the feel of them on the ride cymbal. About 3 years ago, I found that Vic Firth 3A's feel the best. I also find that Pro Mark PW808's also feel good, but the 3A's are better.Any drum corps drummers here that also play drumset? How do you find going from corps snare sticks to "normal" drum set sticks.?
Yes, I need more control, that's not the issue. The difference in sound from my cymbals is more ping, less wash with the 5A. Less ping, more wash with the 5B.Perhaps greater control is required by the 5B, especially when playing cymbals. I pull my punches on cymbals quite a bit, to not overpower or take up too much sonic real estate. I play and prefer 5B.