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HP40

What do you have in your stickbag?

I guess I'll start:

Stick bag - Meinl something or rather

Main sticks - AJ6 - I really like these sticks. They have a great sound on cymbals and a decently sized shaft/handle.

Brushes - Steve Gadd signature bent tip brushes - The sounds you can make with these are incredible

Mallets - 4x Victor Mendoza M23

Extra sticks - Peter Erskine ride sticks and AJ5 - These are both very reliable sticks for different styles of jazzing

Front pocket:

Metronome

Sizzler beads

Pencil

Felts and an extra clutch

I have a drum key in the front pocket and another hidden on the inside somewhere in case I can't find the other one

Posted Mar 5, 2016, 4:00 AM UTC

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GOTaSMALL1•

I dont have one. (Sad trombone)

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justawildyaz•

Sabian stick bag 7a, 5a, 3a, Dave Weckl, Tom Aungst, Ralphies, shitty rubber mallets, one timpani mallet, moon gels, water(sweat)proof bandage tape from using birch mallets in high school.

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peto0427•

Lonestar percussion leather stick bag

2x pairs of Neil Peart signature Promark sticks

1 pair Innovative Percussion Lalo Davila sticks

2x pairs Innovative Percussion Jim Casella signature mallets, soft

1x pair Innovative Percussion GT-5 timpani mallets

1x pair Innovative Percussion AS-MM Mike McIntosh signature indoor series snare sticks

1x pair Innovative Percussion FS-MM Mike McIntosh signature field series snare sticks

1x pair Innovative Percussion FS-2T tenor sticks

1 spare hi hat clutch

2-3 pencils

Moongels

Cymbal felts

T-bar drum key

Regular drum key

10 ft para-chord

Lighter

I teach outdoor and indoor marching percussion as well as gigging on my own on kit (filling in for local gigs, playing with my own ensembles, playing musical theater gigs, etc), so I pretty much have to be prepared for a ton of situations

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DerbHean•

Mono M80 stick bag

Wincent Tomas Haake signatures x3 (main sticks)

Wincent 5AXLs, 55FXLs as backups

Wincent 19R rods

Vic Firth American Custom T1 Genral timpani mallets

Deschler Mallets Medium 116s

Vic Firth purple jazz brushes (swapping out for some Wincents soon)

Front Pocket:

Moon Gels

Pearl snare cords

Drum Key

Misc. parts

Trick warranty cards

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HP40OP•

I've never actually heard of wincent. Are they good and what are they good for?

What kinds of music do you play and why did you chose these drumsticks etc?

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DerbHean•

They are a drumstick company based out of Sweden, so they're pretty good for hitting drums and percussion instruments. Here's their website: Wincent Drumsticks

Are they good? In my opinion they are! I've been a diehard Vic Firth user for over 20 years, but have been using Wincents for about 6 months now. Their UWP coating (Unique Wax Protection) helps the sticks last a bit longer and gives them the perfect amount of grip in your hands. Not overly so, but just enough.

I'm a big Tomas Haake fan, so I landed on his sticks by looking through his equipment list out of curiosity one day. I knew he had a signature with VF for awhile, but saw that he switched. I've been a longtime VF 3A user (Chad Sexton has been my drumming idol for decades) and recently X5A/X55X user, and ordered their Wincent equivalents. On a recent order I threw a few pairs of Haake's signature stick in the mix and absolutely fell in love with them. They are the thickest sticks I've ever played, but everything else feels like toothpicks now.

My current band has a post-rock sound with a bit more distortion. I have a side project that's a mix of 311 and Primus sounds, but is on hiatus while my bassist gets some work/life stuff squared away. I use them in church as well on an e-kit. I practice jazz up through metal with them, but have larger than average hands. I used 5As and 7As for years when I was younger, but they don't have the reach or "beefiness" I need in a stick. I wanted to try something new, and knew that I could always default back on Vic Firths. I asked VF on Twitter if they had any plans to make an X3A, but they just suggested other models.

tl;dr - Great sticks that I use for just about anything with no problems!

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HP40OP•

Woah. I'm definitely going to check them out. I'm much less of a thick stick guy, more jazz and fingerwork but if I ever want something beefier I'll try those.

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DerbHean•

They have all sizes and I've loved everything I've played. I'm just a big fan of Haake's signature model at the moment.

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_me•

Mono M80 Bag

Main Pouch

3 pairs of Vater Fusions

1 Pair of Vic Firth T1 Timpani Mallets

1 Pair of Regal Tip Hamilton Brushes

1 Pair of hot rods

Drum key (in their handy orange pouch)

Front pouch

Boss db30 metronome

Vater earplugs

Band stickers and cards

Pen

Notepad

Extra drum key

You can never have enough drum keys. I also keep one on my bass pedal and another one on my carabiner with my car/apartment keys.

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HiltoRagni•

Stagg DS04 bag

  • Vic Firth NOVA 5A natural sticks (3 pairs)
  • Balbex BR2H nylon brushes
  • Vic Firth high fidelity earplugs
  • drum key
  • cymbal cleaning cloth (mostly never used)
  • pen and small notepad
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HP40OP•

What do you think of VF's earplugs? I've been looking into earplugs but I haven't tried Vic yet.

Also do cymbal cleaning cloths work? The only way I've ever cleaned my cymbal was with some heavy duty stuff and that didn't entirely work.

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HiltoRagni•

I don't actually have those earplugs for very long, I just bought them about two weeks ago, and I don't really have anything to compare them to, so I'm not sure if I'm qualified to review, but so far I like them. They are definitely way better than the $1 foam earplugs you buy in a hardware store. The seal is very good, but they do distort the sound a bit. Not nearly as much as the industrial ones, but it's not a completely flat 20 dB reduction across the full spectrum either. Comfort-wise they are fine, I had worse in-ear headphones, and I could live with those too.

As for the cloth, no they don't really. As in they work pretty well for dust and fresh fingerprints, but that's about it. Stickmarks stay, old fingerprints stay, dried on apple juice stays (don't ask). If I didn't mind the logos coming off I'd maybe just wash everything in acetone, but after several tries, I just came to embrace the "personality" my cymbals now have :)

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BeEpic117•

Custom sewed stick bag with the exploding TARDIS pattern on it (where are my Whovians?), inside -

1 pair Vic Firth SD1 Generals (for concert band)

1 pair Innovative Percussion 5ANs (for school drumset)

1 pair Vic Firth Rock sticks (going back to 2Bs after they break. These are my drumset sticks)

1 pair Vic Firth Ralph Hardimon marching sticks (marching band!)

1 pair Innovative Percussion IP240 marimba mallets

1 pair Vic Firth T1 General Timpani mallets

A random pair of unbranded Switchfoot drumsticks (lighter playing, they're so light it's not even funny)

The music for the drumline cadences at my school

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HP40OP•

I used to be a whovian. I might still be, I guess I'm just on hiatus. Really not sure about capaldi though :/

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torrunh•

I keep it in the cymbal bag pouch, but - 2 pairs of sticks, cymbal felts & plastic holders, pencil, several different sized drum keys and a wrench

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ADuckNamedLiam•

Innovative stick bag Vic Firth SD1, VF 7a, 5a, 5b, 2b, Promark 5a (not a promark fan, use these for practicing/hitting cowbells) VF AJ2/AJ3 (depending on what i felt like at the time i needed to buy a new pair), Sometimes a pair of SD2/Ted Atkatz Sig, Innovative FS-2, Los Cabos brushes, Hard Rubber Mallets (Idk the brand but they were cheap), Drum Key, 3-5 pencils, Eraser, Cymbal felts Cheap disposable earplugs (only use them for drumline or really heavy metal, the latter of which I don't play much of), Spare paper for charting.

I don't have many mallets because my school has loads (for concert band/orchestral playing)

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ComatoseKoala•

Bag: also a meinl

Vic firth Buddy Rich signatures for heavier playing

Jojo Mayer signatures for more finesse

Soft yarn mallets

Vic firth jazz brushes

Drum key, cymbal felts, moon gels

A small black towel for dampening/putting stuff on music stands

Pro mark hot rods

Electrical tape

An extra clutch

Some pencils

A sock- handy for gently wiping down dusty stuff, and also for putting over a pedals beater if I want a softer attack

On mobile... Sorry

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