Re: Dare you respond to this thread?
Like many of us, I started playing as a teenager and didn't have a lot of spare cash for gear. So to save those precious bucks, instead of buying wooden drum sticks which would eventually break, splinter or shatter, I bought METAL drum sticks! I think they were aluminum. They had plastic beads and shoulders about 1/3 down the stick. They didn't break, but as you can imagine, they were murder on my cymbals, which were cheap and prone to cracking anyway. But the sticks accelerated that.
I couldn't win for losing!
When I finally got a part-time job, I ditched the metal sticks for wooden ones and bought some Zildjians. I haven't cracked a cymbal since!
JOE
Seven piece vintage Ludwig kit (1971), Sky Blue Pearl, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22
Snare drums (all Ludwig): 1971 Supraphonic, 1969 SBP Classic, 1990s Blackrolite, 2012 6.5x 14 Black Magic
Zildjian Cymbals - 21 ping, 20, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 HH, 10, 18 China, Wuhan 18 China
Five piece Sonor All Maple 3005s: 12, 13, 16, 22, 5x 14 snare
Roland TD4SX
SPL Birch Bop Kit: 13, 8, 13, 18
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