The Black Page Dude
Senior Member
Hey all,
So lately I have been experiencing a very weird phenomena. Over the last 20 years of my drumming career I have used mainly VF 5A with the odd experimentation with SD1 Generals, Zildjian Session Masters and Virgil Donati's signature Vater stick. I went through a big stick phase a few years back.
In the past 2 years I have had no issues with 5A's other than since my "big stick" phase, I have not been 100% comfortable with the 5A's upon my return to the land of normal size wood. Because of this I have been trying loads of different models and have recently come to be incredibly comfortable with not one, but two, models of stick. The Aaron Spears signature and the Buddy Rich signature. I should mention I love the blended tip of both.
So here is the weird part. When I play with my cover bands (country, rock) I favor the Aaron Spears, and yet when I play electronic drums or play with my personal musical project (world music, r&b oriented) I favor Buddy's sticks. Anybody else experience this?!? I guess I am just not monogamous when it comes to sticks?!?!?
So lately I have been experiencing a very weird phenomena. Over the last 20 years of my drumming career I have used mainly VF 5A with the odd experimentation with SD1 Generals, Zildjian Session Masters and Virgil Donati's signature Vater stick. I went through a big stick phase a few years back.
In the past 2 years I have had no issues with 5A's other than since my "big stick" phase, I have not been 100% comfortable with the 5A's upon my return to the land of normal size wood. Because of this I have been trying loads of different models and have recently come to be incredibly comfortable with not one, but two, models of stick. The Aaron Spears signature and the Buddy Rich signature. I should mention I love the blended tip of both.
So here is the weird part. When I play with my cover bands (country, rock) I favor the Aaron Spears, and yet when I play electronic drums or play with my personal musical project (world music, r&b oriented) I favor Buddy's sticks. Anybody else experience this?!? I guess I am just not monogamous when it comes to sticks?!?!?
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