Sean

Yes!!! Otis I am and was for many years a rodder/bundler depending on what you call them. Also really good are the Vic Firth Rute505's cross between a brush and a rod.

If you can play with bounce with these guys a stick is made easier in my opinion.

Also try the Steve Smith Tama Wand it's got a foam central bit with the rods around the outside helps with bounce and volume but a nice sound!!

Went to a drum clinic locally a few years back with him and found him to be a very cool guy.

I use 7A's always have cause I've got little hands and wrists. I recently bought some Vic Firth 5A's and they're quite a different feel I have to say don't know if I could get on with them but I'm gonna try using them when I need a little more volume.

Will have a listen in work tomorrow!,

Vinnie playing for the song with some awesome musicians too!

Check this out peeps!!!

They're the ones you keep and when their time is up you put them in a drawer and take them out once in a while and feel that feeling all over again and that way they go on and on reaffirming what you do and why and never cease to be of use to you.

I knew I'd seen you before Bob you're that fella from back to the future with the car!!!

1 hour ago, David said:

I think if I get a bit of hose pipe I can make the Stagg sticks a lot more adjustable 🙂  All I need is some hose, a time machine, some Turkish delight and my axe!

And a small 10mm nylon washer.

These would give you a tighter sound with a shorter attack I would suggest whereas the vic firth 505's  you can role the band up and down the shaft of the white nylon bit to alter the sound you get from them as the nylon bit is longer than this type.

I use the Vic Firth 505 rute which are a nylon brush type thing absolutely awesome piece of kit , now i've seen these i might need to get me a pair of these too!!

Had some gave them to a friends son who plays in his dad's church apparently they went down a storm in the service when he used them!!😁

One thing you can do is to recognize the drumming "Hook" of a particular song then put that in so people recognize the song after that focus on keeping time and making people dance!!

I use a promark rebound 7A (0.535) which is nice and light I prefer a 7A as I only have small hands and wrists and I like the rebound range from promark very light and fast.

Juan maybe change your quote to.....We are what we repeatedly want. Excellence then is not practice but a purchase!

It's all about the sound you get ...if it's the right sound it's the right sound!

5 hours ago, Julia said:

Stay tuned for next time to find out what sticks my spouse chooses for me and whether I meet the challenge or throw the sticks out the window 😁

Maybe throw the spouse out the window and pick whatever stick you want?

This is a great idea except my spouse has NO interest in what drumstick I use apparently "they're all the same aren't they??"

I'm regularly changing from 7A's with acorn tips to 7A's with nylon tips to 7A's with barrel tips to rute505's to hot rods to brushes to mallets all in the course of one service so I get the chance to change my sound all the time but for those of you who stick (there it is!) with the same ones all the time this could be a very beneficial exercise cool idea Julia!

1 hour ago, Juan said:

Nice and creative idea. I switched to maple maybe a year ago and I'm sticking to it.

Sticking to it! I see what you did there🤣

My daughter did some research and there are loads on you tube as the one you recommended to me Mike, just put in drumless worship in the you tube search engine.🥁

There is a site I've used previously and my daughters have too will get back to you.

The ministers wife plays tambourine in our church!  Go figure!

I have a 12" Studio crash that is half way between a crash and a splash very nice quick little sounding crash cymbal.

Also a set of chimes is required.

As for the tamba it would prevent the ministers wife playing a tambourine in your ear!!!! But that's another can of worms entirely!!!  🤣😉