What type of sticks do you use?

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Permalink Reply by Rob Pember on 23 October 2008 at 3:09pm

I have a pair of Vic Firth 7A's which are weight matched, and also some brushes. I once taped the brushes together to give more attack (I didn't have any hotrods!)

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Permalink Reply by Jake Moore on 27 October 2008 at 8:13am

I use Regal Tip combo's very very thin use them mostly for jazz but give a great sound and haven't found anything else i am comfortable with.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Smith on 29 October 2008 at 11:40am

I got a stick bag full of alsorts. I use hot rods, thunder rods and filx. also like my 5a's. 2's aswell. great for the more marchy kinda beats.

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Permalink Reply by Jake Moore on 27 November 2008 at 7:26am

What I generally find with thicker sticks, you can play louder without hitting harder ( which isn't always a good thing), so if you are using 5a's and everyone is complaining that you are to loud, try a thiner stick (e.g. 7a's) as this will give you more control and you can hit slightly harder. I use 7a carbosticks for practicing on my electronic drum kit. But when it comes to a sunday morning using these would drown out the whole band and PA and congregation, so i use my very very thin jazz sticks that give me great response and I then don't have to tap the drums. Just a thought.

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