Drum Drumsticks
Drum Drumsticks
Do Ahead Aluminum drumsticks Damage your drum heads or cymbals?
Im think about buying a set, im to the point now where im breaking at least 2 or 3 sets a week, and im Not using cheep Drum Sticks, What Are the advantages/ Disadvantages of aluminum sticks, What kind of sound do the produce if any different from a regular stick, Are they easier to jam with?
Well the thing about drumsticks you have to realize is this. Drum heads AND drumsticks both vibrate and produce a frequency. Which mean they produce energy. 99% guaranteed of why you are breaking sticks and heads is because of how you hold the sticks. It sounds like you are gripping them too strongly, practice different techniques that let the sticks oscillate, rather than taking all of the energy from the strike, and hurting your hand, as well as damaging your heads and sticks.
About the AHEAD sticks, personally I don't like them or use them anymore (I used to when I was first starting out, I thought they were the cat's pajamas!). The core of the stick, which includes the handle, is covered by a plastic cover, and a tip is more or less forcibly screwed down till it extremely tight, forcing all of the kinetic energy to go back into the core, and into your hand. AHEAD sticks are all but unbreakable. When I used them, I'd break a pair after about a year of use.
Wooden drumsticks are more ergonomically friendly, cost way less, and give you way more tone and feel than you'd ever imagine. Ever since I first developed my technique to allow the sticks and heads to oscillate (which also includes mutes, mufflers, and tape for heads - don't do it!), I haven't broken a stick or head once, and it's been years.
I hope this helps.
Andy Sutton
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