Drumsticks

I bought a new Vic Firth 5AW yesterday! It's thicker than my Carter Beauford sticks, and slightly heavier, but I like it. I have this weird pain in the palm area below the little finger occassionally when I play though, I wonder if it's because I'm holding too far back because I'm used to holding back on the Beaufords :| Only happens on left hand though.

Im new here..Just wanna know the different type of drum sticks and for what genre..?

i can only contribute a little to it as i have not tried all the sticks on every genre etc.. but basically sticks are up to personal preference. there are 7A, 7B, 5A, 5B, so on.. these are the more common ones. genre wise 5A is an all-rounded and most commonly used stick. 5B is thicker than 5A and thus i guess used more for rock and more heavy stuff, but again up to personal preference. U can play rock using 5A also i cant comment much on 7A and 7B because i have never used them, but from what i heard, 7A are more for jazz because they are lighter. And oh yes, 5B are also heavier than 5A because of their size, so do expect more heavy feel.

Mr. Mouse said:

I bought a new Vic Firth 5AW yesterday! It's thicker than my Carter Beauford sticks, and slightly heavier, but I like it. I have this weird pain in the palm area below the little finger occassionally when I play though, I wonder if it's because I'm holding too far back because I'm used to holding back on the Beaufords :| Only happens on left hand though.

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I think the pain is due to the shock after you hit the drums... And frm what 1 know... different sticks have different shock absorb. So it may be due to that reason. (Ur Vic firth might hare poor shock absorb compare to your carter)

Yeap, I have solved the problem already though. It was really me not letting the stick rebound much and holding too far back.

Well back to topic! After the 5As, I switched back to my Mike Portnoys. And then, back to Carter Beaufords. And now... NEIL PEART SIGS! I have a weird habit of going after heavy feel sticks. Problem is, whenever I use the 'heavier stick' for some time, my hands get accustomed to them and it doesn't feel heavy anymore. And then I have to go for even heavier ones...

Back then at the period of my previous post when I switched to the 5As, it was the perfect weight. When I switched to the Mike Portnoys, I liked the heavy feel. Switched to the Beaufords, which were heavier, and now the Pearts.

I just tried playing with the 5A (the lightest one out of all of em). I can't play with them. IT'S WAY TOO LIGHT TO CONTROL!

I use Pro-Mark Dominic Howard sticks, they feel and sound really great compared to my Pro-Mark 5A. Or maybe thats just psychological
On another note, do you ever clean your sticks? The tip of mine is black and dirty now.

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