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Lets talk drums!!! (best sticks for metal!)
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:10 amby Noisy_Pink_Bubbles
There just isn't enough on drums in this forum.
For this post I'm curious about the best sticks to use - but not just ones that don't break, ones that the best feel to play with. Other drummers don't understand what pain us metal drummers go through!
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:23 amby Hyde
I'm with ya. There's never enough drum talk! Even though I voted for Ahead, I'm a Vic Firth user.
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:26 amby Noisy_Pink_Bubbles
Interesting, why do you use Vic Firth opposed to Ahead?
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:56 amby Hyde
Well... they're significantly cheaper and most every major drummer is with them... so they must be doing something right. My first pair were some pro-Mark 747B oak... and they're still in working order, but after I that I got a pair of Vic Firth Rock Nylons and that's all I've used since then.
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 9:17 amby Noisy_Pink_Bubbles
Vic Firth's certainly feel the best, but it truly takes me no time at all to break sticks. Those oak Pro Mark sticks are good, but feel too dense, and break everything else on my kit! It's probably the same with the Ahead sticks.
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:53 pmby Hyde
I heard since Aheads are made of that spacecraft aluminum, they feel alot lighter than wood. I wanna try the Joey Jordison models out, but I think his are like 7As, which I'm completely not used to, but I still wanna try 'em anyways.
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 4:15 pmby Seventhframe
When I used to play drums I used to buy Vic-Firth and play them upside down because I used to break them and didn't have money to buy new ones
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Sun Jun 06, 2004 8:42 amby Noisy_Pink_Bubbles
I think my next purchases will have to be those Ahead sticks - They look fucking cool too!
Holding your sticks the opposite way round certainly saves breaking sticks, but not your cymbals!
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Sun Jun 06, 2004 4:13 pmby cod metal king
ahead stick definatly!! i use a pair that were given to me as a x-mas gift. and honestly they are the best feeling sticks i have ever used and the fact that they wont break is something that is a HUGE plus for me being the broke ass that i am. the replaceable sleeves are cheap and i have allways preferred nylon tips anyway, so they just kinda worked out for me. those of you that havent tried them i highly recommend at least giving them a whirl
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Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:52 amby Persuader
Vic firth 5b´s works fine for me, but the bastards tend to brake...I buy them in big packs, like 10 or 12 pairs at the time. Does anybody know any good "plastic" sticks, that actually has a good feel to them? Tried a pair years ago (dont remember the brand), and they just didn´t have the same feel as regular sticks. Had to work on them a couple of years before being able to brake´em though.
