Drum Stick Finishes

huh, I love the VF coating on the colored sticks.

Thomas' stick is really really well designed IMO and feels great. By far the best feeling big stick for me.

Problem is, they sound like ass on cymbals to my ear. Big sticks=great on drums, crap on cymbals. Just brings out the gonginess/chunkiness I hate.

Fav stick right now is some kind of custom beefed up 5B from Silverfox who are turning out some of the best sticks I've ever played. If I had those with the white coating on Thomas' stick they'd be perfect.

Ya I find the the shiny ones are very slippery when you get going, especially the Gadd signature stick. I totally tore up my hand with blisters when I first tried the Weckl evolution stick also.

Hi Peter, I am JP, read all posts frequently but never replied. Great forum and say Hi to everyone. What I do with my VF 5a is taking a knife and scraping the lacquer of the butt of the stick. There is still a little bit on the stick, giving me the feel of a lacquered stick but can sweat without loosing my sticks in high temparature situations. Give it a try. Personally hate non lacquered or fiber sticks. JP

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Originally posted by peter c:
I have cuts on my index and middle finger...the cuts will not heal (over a year).

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't want to be an alarmist or anything, but have you had your blood sugar checked? Poor healing can be an indicator of high blood sugar.

Two things:

Peter, if you haven't already, consult your doctor. I don't have any idea why those cuts haven't healed but it could me something minor a doctor can prescribe something for.

It really makes no difference whatsoever to me what the lacquer on the stick I use is like. I don't drop sticks and the lacquer makes no difference whatsoever to my playing. I've never noticed what it's like on the several models I switch between.

Stick size is a different issue. I can play with a variety of sizes of sticks but anything under a 5B takes getting used to. Obviously, I prefer large sticks. As noted, they can give a crap cymbal sound with the wrong - too thin - cymbals. I have a Dark K Dry ride that prefers a large stick so I'm okay until I change ride cymbals.

Brad

Brad, what sticks are you using? Thomas' and Virgil's are my favorite large sticks so far. Shedder is too much for me. If I could get Lang's shrunk ever so slightly it'd be perfect.

The only small sticks I like and use a lot are the Erskine Ride sticks. The balance is different somehow so they don't feel small.

Otherwise, I hover a bit above a 5b typically.

I wish I could get the guys at
Grover to back up the promises
I have gotten these last couple
of years, Derek.

Neil keeps telling me he's going
to get things right, with their
Ultra-Tips but he never did. I
gave up, though I think they had
an idea.

The Omar's are the closest thing
but I know what you're saying a-
bout the large tips. They just
clunk the cymbals. Omar's are
almost small enough but I like
heavier sticks, myself.

Have you tried VF Harvey Mason's?
If they only had a nylon tip but
it looks like, even then, I'd still
have to deal with this finish thing.

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Thanks for the concern, guys.

Guess what(?)...

I played the Vater Fusion(s) all day,
yesterday and my hands look and feel
really good. I'm going to stay on this
for a little while and see what happens.

I will let you know.

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Hi , there is a new product out there for this problem check here : http://www.h3drumscience.com/pages/837921/index.htm .

I received my package today , i'll let you know more in fews day of testing so .

Well, guess what(?).

I laid off the VF Omars and switched
to Vater and Regal Tips.

MY FINGERS HAVE GENERATED A NEW AND
HEALTHY LAYER OF SKIN FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN OVER 1.5 YEARS.

Pretty interesting, don't you think
and I have been playing too and not
without a whack either! This is for
real! I am very happy with the new
development. NO MORE BAND-AIDS!

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