My vote goes to the DW Low Boy hihat. Does anyone here use one? If so, in what context? I see the Low boy in historical context, but can't think of any useful reason to use one today?
What other products do you think are complete bunk? Maybe I use one, LOL!
Not sure if it's the dumbest product but my wife (then girlfriend) once bought me a pair of "unbreakable" sticks. I don't even know what they were made of it wasn't wood. Literally the first hit the nylon tip went flying across the room.
But I will say they never broke...or were used ever again.
I can't hear any difference online between drums that have them installed or not, but maybe in person it might be different. Anyways, here you go. https://tonewings.com/drum-home/ Here's where to buy them. https://liquid-sound-tech.myshopify.com/
Aside from drumming gloves, shoes and hockey stick grip tape, there are dozens of dozens of bad ideas featured on the NAMM Oddities Page: https://otheroom.com/namm20/perc.html
Come for the "No Nuts," stay for the "Junkhats," "artisinal drum bags" and the rig that will spin you and your kit around like you're part of a Motley Crue (and who would want to be that?)
My submission would be the stick that had the tip.of another stick connected the the primary stick by a spring so you and play doubles? I have no idea who made them but they were in an add in the back of MD back in the 90's.
Not sure if it's the dumbest product but my wife (then girlfriend) once bought me a pair of "unbreakable" sticks. I don't even know what they were made of it wasn't wood. Literally the first hit the nylon tip went flying across the room.
But I will say they never broke...or were used ever again.
I once went to visit family in Milwaukee. My cousin also played drums and was playing with his band the day we visited. He was using these metal (aluminum?) sticks with about 1/3 being the plastic tip. He asked if I wanted play a tune and I jumped at the opportunity. I wasn’t playing for even 5 minutes when one of the metal sticks broke. And it wasn’t the plastic part that broke. It was about halfway down the metal portion where it just flopped and hung there while still in my hand. I felt real bad because he had announced to me that he liked using his “unbreakable” sticks. So much for that.
One that sticks out were a drum stick that was square, or at least partially square so that they wouldn't roll away.
I believe more than one manufacturer tried it.
I remember in the late 90s/early 2000s, there was a local company making these and a local writer for a music magazine predicted that in a few years, every drummer would be using them. lol
The Evans torque drum key might not be the dumbest, but it’s worth no more than a regular drum key. The more I think about it, the more confused I get. Someone smarter than me could probably explain it, but it seems tension rod torque is really just a proxy for the pitch of the area of the drum head by the tension rod. After everything is finger tight you start to use the tool, it’s like “what the hell is thing even doing for me?” Just a big chunky drum key.
The Evans torque drum key might not be the dumbest, but it’s worth no more than a regular drum key. The more I think about it, the more confused I get. Someone smarter than me could probably explain it, but it seems tension rod torque is really just a proxy for the pitch of the area of the drum head by the tension rod. After everything is finger tight you start to use the tool, it’s like “what the hell is thing even doing for me?” Just a big chunky drum key.
yeah I gave up on mine a few years ago, I would get every lug to a set tension when the torque would give then go back to the 1st or 2nd one and I would be able to turn it another full turn before the same torque setting would give? I hated that thing
Light Stix’s? The acrylic ones that will light up on a hit… I had those. Way too thick and heavy to use. Also only saw the light in the pitch black. Really useless.
To get through the day I tell myself, " Self, this was just an April Fool's Day gag and there is no possible way people are this silly". But then again. People, ya know?
Light Stix’s? The acrylic ones that will light up on a hit… I had those. Way too thick and heavy to use. Also only saw the light in the pitch black. Really useless.
I once went to visit family in Milwaukee. My cousin also played drums and was playing with his band the day we visited. He was using these metal (aluminum?) sticks with about 1/3 being the plastic tip. He asked if I wanted play a tune and I jumped at the opportunity. I wasn’t playing for even 5 minutes when one of the metal sticks broke. And it wasn’t the plastic part that broke. It was about halfway down the metal portion where it just flopped and hung there while still in my hand. I felt real bad because he had announced to me that he liked using his “unbreakable” sticks. So much for that.
The Evans torque drum key might not be the dumbest, but it’s worth no more than a regular drum key. The more I think about it, the more confused I get. Someone smarter than me could probably explain it, but it seems tension rod torque is really just a proxy for the pitch of the area of the drum head by the tension rod. After everything is finger tight you start to use the tool, it’s like “what the hell is thing even doing for me?” Just a big chunky drum key.
Light Stix’s? The acrylic ones that will light up on a hit… I had those. Way too thick and heavy to use. Also only saw the light in the pitch black. Really useless.
I had a pair of those in the 80s, and they were very flexible, so they did not produce much volume or feel very good in my hands. In fact I think I still have them stashed away in a shed.
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