Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Thanks for the suggestions.  What size sticks specifically do you 
use?

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Vernon Graner" <vern@t...> wrote:
> andypfau said:
> > I recently purchased a DTXPRESS II set. I love it (especially
> > living in an apartment), but I find that after a little while my
> > right hand becomes extremely sore, <snip>
> 
> I had similar problems and found doing the following helped:
> 
> 1) Use LIGHT sticks. I use very light jazz sticks. They have less 
mass to
> rebound into your hand making less kinetic energy for your hand to
> absorb. They are also quieter when striking the pads so you're SO 
(if you
> have one) won't be annoyed hearing "tika-toka-tika-tika-Damn!
> tika-tika-tok-tinka-tak-Damn!" all night long.. :)
> 
> 2) Crank up your headphones. If you're hitting harder to try and 
get
> "more" out of a shot, crank up the volume to a point where hitting 
REAL
> hard comes close to hurting your ears. When this happens, you tend 
to
> back off "naturally". In a live situation with an acoustic set, 
you tend
> to match your playing volume to surrounding musicians. If you 
crank up
> the phones you tend to back off on the pressure to "blend" with 
the music
> rather than overpowering it.
> 
> Lastly, you could ditch the gum-rubber and go for mesh heads... I 
haven't
> doen that, but others have.
> 
> Thats about all I can come up with. :)
> 
> Vern
> 
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