Vater VSMSJW Wood Tip Sugar Maple Super Jazz Drum Sticks, Pair

Classic conundrum: Drumsticks for low volume applications, such as church praise band.Most jazz sticks in hickory measure somewhere around 1/2" in diameter. Very often, there is too much volume, and too much tone, and too much 'ping' definition, especially on the larger diameter ride cymbals. Sure, nylon brushes are a great deal softer, but one can only drive a brush for so long before you wind up with sore hands."Hey diddle-diddle, let's meet in the middle."Rute sticks provided a comfortable middle ground between sticks and brushes but cannot be used in the cross-sticking position on a snare drum and produce absolutely zero tone on a closed hi-hat. And, for many rock drummers, they tend to break apart easily.Hopefully, we have found an answer. These Vater Wood Tip Sugar Maple Jazz drumsticks measure slightly over 1/2" in diameter, and they have a conventional oval shaped tip. If you are accustomed to playing on conventional hickory drumsticks, this may come as a shock, because these sticks are so lightweight, it is as though there is nothing there. Takes a little getting used to. However, this lack of mass in the stick means LESS volume, LESS tone and LESS ping definition.Sometimes, less is more!

Sugar maple is syrupy goodness in a drum stick!!

I bought these to help me play quieter, they feel really nice and haven't snapped yet. Very light and we'll balanced. The sound is different to my regular hickory 5A but it noticeably brought the volume down.

I use lots of different sticks, but the Vater Super Jazz maple sticks are my favorite when I want to get great stick definition and tone out of darker ride cymbals. These are also great for light jazz and soft pop/country.I would not recommend these for hard hitters. Vater makes a Super Jazz hickory model if you really like the dimensions of these sticks. Maple is not a hard enough would for heavy drumming, but the hickory sticks will do great.

Great balance, sweet cymbal tone, and overall a really nice lighter weight version of the maple Super Jazz for lower volume situations. For me, I love having a little bit of heft in a stick that plays lightly and this fits the bill.