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Greetings:

I know this is a lame question, but I am in the process of selecting 
some drum sticks.  I am a keyboard player in general but acquired a 
DTxpressIII SP and have little experience on drums, let a lone E-
Drums.

Any of you folks have suggestions / guidence on stick selection.  Way 
too many brands, sizes, tips, etc.

I bought some cheap ones with plastic tips.  They lasted a little 
while.  Now I want something more in line with what others generally 
use.

My personal music style would be more 80's Synth Pop, but some of the 
folks I practice with are moderately aggressive rockers.  I also need 
sticks for my DD55's that I use as MIDI controllers for synths and 
for percussion effects.

Any and all suggestions welcome.

Best regards;

Peter B.

Peter,

I like the Zildjian anti-vibration sticks for the DTXpress - 5A wooden
tips.

Keith.

Hi Peter,
         Describing your music style helps a lot when deciding what 
stix to use. Sounds like you would best off with a 7A stick size,
you could probably get away with a 5A as well, though that's 
starting to get a bit on the heavy side of things.

Some folks may disagree, but I don't think it matters what type of 
tip you use on e drums, however, I swear by nylon tips for all
rock/pop drumming applications.

When I was 16, (a very long time ago!) I was playing 
hard rock / punk and used 5B's but as I've settled down and my style 
has matured, I find lighter stix are much easier to use and am able 
to still hit heavy without snapping them prematurely.

I'm a bit concerned to hear that your stix
only "lasted a little while", as you shouldn't be hitting e drums
that hard that you start breaking them!  

Anyway, at the end of the day it comes down to personal choice.
I can only recommend light stix in your case.

I use: Pro Mark and Vic Firth 7A's, 5A's and American Jazz - 
all are nylon tips.
These stix are made of Hickory and if looked after, will
last you a long time..........especially on e drums.

Let me know how you went,
                          Chris.B




















--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "pcbye111" <pcbye@...> wrote:
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> Greetings:
> 
> I know this is a lame question, but I am in the process of 
selecting 
> some drum sticks.  I am a keyboard player in general but acquired 
a 
> DTxpressIII SP and have little experience on drums, let a lone E-
> Drums.
> 
> Any of you folks have suggestions / guidence on stick selection.  
Way 
> too many brands, sizes, tips, etc.
> 
> I bought some cheap ones with plastic tips.  They lasted a little 
> while.  Now I want something more in line with what others 
generally 
> use.
> 
> My personal music style would be more 80's Synth Pop, but some of 
the 
> folks I practice with are moderately aggressive rockers.  I also 
need 

> sticks for my DD55's that I use as MIDI controllers for synths and 
> for percussion effects.
> 
> Any and all suggestions welcome.
> 
> Best regards;
> 
> Peter B.
>

I agree with Keith

Zildjian anti vibe sticks really work well with rubber pads & DTXpress 
cymbals, taking some of the shock away from your wrists/hands (can be 
a problem with heavy hitters)- they come in most popular sizes but are 
more expensive than standard sticks (about one & a half times average 
stick price). I wouldn't bother with nylon tips, they make no 
difference on an electronic kit.

Hi Peter

I bought some Ahead 5A anti-vibe sticks and used them but then one
broke .. not just slightly, the inner aluminium core fractured
completely. I complained to my supplier who provided me with another,
but at \ufffd25 or so I felt I wasn't going to go further along that line.

Also I wasn't happy with other things about the Aheads. There's a
groove at the point where you want to hold the stick .. it's probably
deliberately there, but I found it had a sharp, irritating edge.

I also couldn't quite get used to the fact that they are slippery,
whereas varnished wood isn't. So I ended up buying the grip tape they
recommend which then went too far the other way and started giving me
blisters. After not too long, of course, the tape starts slipping and
comes off, and that's not cheap to replace either.

Simultaneously I took drum lessons and learned how to hold my sticks
correctly. I still don't, actually, but I hold them better than I did
and my problem's disappeared.

So I used medium weight wooden sticks with nylon tips but the tips
kept ptanging across the room.

Nowadays I use cheap 7As (by Performance Percussion) with wooden tips
from the local music shop. I'm totally happy with those. They last
forever, and maybe the lightness means there's less energy in the
vibration so it's less harmful.

Heavier sticks seem to matter when playing an acoustic kit, but don't
when playing a digital one, so that works for me.

J

 > Greetings:
>
> I know this is a lame question, but I am in the process of selecting
> some drum sticks.  I am a keyboard player in general but acquired a
> DTxpressIII SP and have little experience on drums, let a lone E-
> Drums.
>
> Any of you folks have suggestions / guidence on stick selection.  Way
> too many brands, sizes, tips, etc.
>
> I bought some cheap ones with plastic tips.  They lasted a little
> while.  Now I want something more in line with what others generally
> use.
>
> My personal music style would be more 80's Synth Pop, but some of the
> folks I practice with are moderately aggressive rockers.  I also need
> sticks for my DD55's that I use as MIDI controllers for synths and
> for percussion effects.
>
> Any and all suggestions welcome.
>
> Best regards;
>
> Peter B.
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Another suggestion - carbosticks.  I like them but bought them with a
small round tip which doesn't seem so good with the edrums.  Buy them
with the normal elongated tip.

Keith.

Folks:

Thanks a million for all the advice on sticks.  I think I am going to 
try a couple of pairs of the Zildjian Wood Tipped Anti Vibration Hickory 
units unless I hear otherwise.

Now my only questions is what tip.  5A or 5B or a pair of both?  They 
also make a  "Super Wood" Anti Vibration that says they are "Slightly 
Larger and Longer than the Standard 5A and 5B respectively".

Any comments / suggestions?

Any of  the above are $8.99 USD from Musicians Friend.  I am ordering a 
bunch of other stuff so No Tax / Shipping which makes them an OK deal I 
guess.

Keith wrote:

> Another suggestion - carbosticks.  I like them but bought them with a
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