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    When your sticks break at the tip stash a set in your car and next time your in a traffic jam give the wheel a thrashing, you`ll be waiting for the traffic to stop.

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    +1, I always have a stick in the car. I've gotten rid of more then one car that has a dent worn into the padded dash.

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    My Mum used to use my broken sticks as gardening stakes when we used to have a house with a rose garden, lol. Wish I had taken pictures of them back then.
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    This is hilarious! I actually keep a pair in my work truck for this exact purpose.
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    Hmmm, I've been playing the set since I was 15...I'm now 46. But, I took a 10 year hiatus...so, about 21 years of constant playing. On an average, I probably broke 1 stick a week. So, 52 wks per yr, times 21 yrs is.......1092 sticks or 546 pairs. Ok, multiply that by $5 per pr ...... $2730 ...Wow !!

    Btw, when I break my sticks, I just throw them away :-)

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    my total is 26 sticks, 5 bucks a stick. 130 bucks. I counted and still have them all. Good Firewood?

    I dont drive yet but all my drumline buddies keep a pair of Sco Jo practice sticks in their car to jam out on the dash and steering wheel
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    I keep the especially sharp pointy broken sticks in the event of an unruly crowd at a show.

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    I dont break sticks (:
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    I go through a lot of sticks - all things considered......even though I use SILVERFOX sticks....(shamless plug I guess) ...and they seem to last the longest for me. When you work as much as I do....you use them up.

    I don't break them very often....but I end up "beavering" them in the middle....so I try to switch to a new pair before they begin to splinter....and I give them to my students who don't have a lot of money for sticks. I hate when a student comes in with chipped up tips, and banana'd sticks. So I pass them along to them to help them out....(as they are the students that are also practicing the most.)


    But...I still have sticks that break now and them....or they just get splintered up. So...believe it or not... I like to cut them in pieces and use them in my grill and/or smoker.

    After all...they are hickory.....(or sometimes oak).....and they make some good flavor when cooking ribs, chicken or beef.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drumbledore View Post
    My Mum used to use my broken sticks as gardening stakes when we used to have a house with a rose garden, lol. Wish I had taken pictures of them back then.
    Hah... my school does the same thing with the school's broken sticks.
    Quote Originally Posted by nio View Post
    Hmmm, I've been playing the set since I was 15...I'm now 46. But, I took a 10 year hiatus...so, about 21 years of constant playing. On an average, I probably broke 1 stick a week. So, 52 wks per yr, times 21 yrs is.......1092 sticks or 546 pairs. Ok, multiply that by $5 per pr ...... $2730 ...Wow !!

    Btw, when I break my sticks, I just throw them away :-)
    Or, multiply by $20 (average pair of drumsticks here in Australia)
    $10,920.
    Wow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by almostmatt1 View Post
    Hah... my school does the same thing with the school's broken sticks.


    Or, multiply by $20 (average pair of drumsticks here in Australia)
    $10,920.
    Wow.
    I know!!! Talk about us getting shafted.....err, hang, is it appropriate for me to say that on a thread about broken sticks???? woops!
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    I burn the really bad ones and reuse the better broken ones for a hand cowbell striker.I made a necklace from two tips once.I think the average price is $8.00 a pair around here for cheap ones.You Aussies are either buying really good sticks or paying way too much!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LudwigLifer View Post
    I burn the really bad ones and reuse the better broken ones for a hand cowbell striker.I made a necklace from two tips once.I think the average price is $8.00 a pair around here for cheap ones.You Aussies are either buying really good sticks or paying way too much!
    Yeah, Roland Jehan's Ozbeat sticks is probably the only Australian manufacturer of sticks.....in fact I'm not sure if he's still operating or not, he made some nice pairs, and a very reasonable price. But why we pay a lot? Imports. Factor in the GST etc as it goes from place to place transporting it and you'll see how it adds up. Still, I think that it is criminal what we pay in comparison to you guys in the States, but so long as there is a profit to be made on an in-demand item, there will be a way to make us suckers part from our hard-earned dollars. I'm fortunate in that all my music related purchases are tax-deductible, but I feel sorry for hobbyists and students that are out there paying a premium price. It just plain sucks!
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    But...I still have sticks that break now and them....or they just get splintered up. So...believe it or not... I like to cut them in pieces and use them in my grill and/or smoker.

    After all...they are hickory.....(or sometimes oak).....and they make some good flavor when cooking ribs, chicken or beef.

    You should try my 5B ribs............(to die for).

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    All you young'ins are missing it..save the broken sticks and hand them out to the chicks in the crowd during or after a set!...they like that kinda stuff!! See us Old dudes have some good ideas afterall!! LOL.
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    Umm....what about using an old Viet Cong and NVA trick of making your house and grounds unwelcome to trespassers?

    Punji stakes?

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