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Poll Question: What's Your Stick Brand?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
47 [10.98%]
131 [30.61%]
8 [1.87%]
112 [26.17%]
114 [26.64%]
2 [0.47%]
14 [3.27%]
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    Posted: 24 September 2007 at 5:57pm
this is another go at this poll, since i've been informed that the problems should be fixed.
 
once again: **feel free to vote more than once for each of your stick preferences, but keep it reasonable**
 
also, discuss why you use only one type of stick, or why you use different sticks. effect sticks are also fair game.
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i use aheads, cuz they have this kickass anti-vibrating coil in the handle. there is a HUGE difference when playing.

i also enjoy vic firth extreme 5B's Tongue
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I use Pro-Mark 707's & Vic Firth Terry Bozzio signatures. They are both the same length & diameter, but the Bozzio's are a little heavier due to a different taper. The 707's have a round bead/tip...which in my opinion gives a better sound and response than an oval tip. The Bozzio's have a reversed triange bead/tip that gives a focused attack, and a really good "ping" on my ride cymbal.
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Posts: -8498 		Post Options Post Options   Quote sticktodrum Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 September 2007 at 7:53pm
that's an interesting looking tip...
 
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usually i like at least a 5b, but of late i've been swinging promark portnoy sigs and really like them. i thought they'd be thin and weedy feeling but they feel like a beefy stick.
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either Vic Firth 5AN or the Jack DeJohnette signature series...usually the 5AN, but since I JUST found out the JDJ are now available in nylon tip, I'm going with those again!!!
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I use me mah steve gadds, or Regal tip 8bs. I think thats the size, they are too faded to tell now
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i use pro mark, vic virth and vater. i don't really pay attention to what kind they really are, as long as they are either 7a's or 5a's, i'm good. Big%20smile
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These are my sticks of choice. Try em you might actually like them!Wink
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They actually last a good long while. You might get a dud or two out of the bunch but for the price and the amount I go through it's a great deal. I rim shot my snare a lot and it will chew through a stick quickly. The rims on my 50's Slingy that I use are the straight rims with the c-clips and it's like a beaver chewing through them! It doesn't matter what stick I use, I will still chew through them!Wink
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Vater, I like their fusion, studio, New Orlean Jazz and wish to find a pair of manhattan 7A, Studio II and Super Jazz to try.

I like also what other sticks manufacturer has to offer, so I try them out.


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Pro-mark wood tip hickory 7a's

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I use jap oak promarks, 747 superrocks.

Like 5b's, but longer, and stronger.
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Originally posted by srmitchell

I use jap oak promarks, 747b.

Like 5b's, but longer.

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Pro-Mark hickory Jazz nylon-tipped
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i have always used pro mark on my set (played vic firth while in marching band) part of the reason i chose pro mark was because i dont like to use the "mainstream" stuff that everyone always seems to go with just b/c its more of a house hold name NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE (ie remo pearl vic firth)
 
so i chose pro mark. i used to play american hickory models but they broke soo easy for me so i moved to the japan oak and have been much happier. i also made a switch in size. i used to play 5B up until a week ago. when my last pair broke i decided to see wat else was out there, and i came upon the 5As which just feel more right for what i play and how i play. I also prefer the nylon tip b/c my ear deffinitely prefers the sound it produces on the ride/hi hat/ tops of cymbals.
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I agree with noladrumz witht he nylon tip.  I can hear the difference between wood tips and nylon tips on cymbals.
 
I use ProMark Natural Hickory 5B Nylon Tips.  I found they were easier to hold on to and create less blisters due to my bad tecnique Tongue
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I'm using pro-mark but not because they rule and are the greatest sticks ever made, but because my local drum shop stocks them regularily.
 
As a matter of fact, the best sticks I've ever played with, were made by a Canadian company - Rimshot. The exact model was dubbed Elite Chicago and they were a bit longer then standart 16" size which I liked very much. But unfortunately the shop doesn's stock them anymore and the owner keeps telling me they're out of business, which is a shame.
 
Does anybody from Canada know if Rimshot still exists? Jeff?
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