Promark Rebound Balance ActiveGrip Acorn Tip Drum Sticks 5B Wood

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Sticks that are truly different.

I've used a lot of different sticks in my years of drumming and never really said to myself, this is a great pair of sticks. I've recommended these and those, what ever brand or size I was playing with at the time, but these are truly different. The balance is different, so they take a little getting used to. They seem to want to play themselves, so less effort is needed to play things like 64th' note single stroke rolls. I have to hold back a little on back-beat rim shots on the snare, because the are very loud, there and on the ride bell. Again I think it's the balance that creates this phenomena. I haven't measured them ,but they feel a little slimmer than the same size stick of another brand. That brings me to the coating. Over the last ten years or so, my grip is getting looser and looser on the sticks and I've been using dipped and tapped and coated sticks, so I end up with sticks in my hands when I get to the end of the song. If you've used them, you know that dip doesn't last to long, and you end up whishing the sticks would break so you can justify changing to a new pair. This coating is the most durable of any I've ever played with. It also works very well. The warmer they gets, and for a lack of a better word, the sticker they feel without really getting sticky. I don't believe I've dropped one yet while playing. Pick up a pair and play with them for a week. Then go back and play with your old sticks. My guess is that your stick bag will be filling up with these Promark, Activegrip, sticks. Oh B.T.W., I think these are, "a great pair of sticks".