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Vater Stick Bag
$34.81Tough nylon construction with an outside pocket for storing brushes, accessories or whatever else you'll need. Three large inside pockets will keep your Vater sticks well stocked and organized. Also... -
Vater American Hickory 55A Sticks
$18.95Vater drumsticks are a great choice for any drummer. Whether you rock out behind an acoustic kit, an electronic kit, or auxiliary percussion, Vater makes a stick that's ideal for the sound you're... -
Vater Virgil Donati’s Assault Sticks
$12.10Similar to a 2B in grip, Virgil's stick has a beefy shoulder and quick taper to a rounded barrel shaped tip. A great solid-feeling stick for when volume and projection are needed. Hickory. -
Vater Single Pair Stick Holder
$26.93Vater's Stick Holders feature a unique clamp-style fastening system and is adjusted by an easy to turn knob. Depots on both the Single Pair and Multi-Pair Holders are adjustable for infinite angle... -
Vater American Hickory Recording Sticks
$12.49Vater drumsticks are a great choice for any drummer. Whether you rock out behind an acoustic kit, an electronic kit, or auxiliary percussion, Vater makes a stick that's ideal for the sound you're...
Description
"This stick does everything you could possibly want it to do. It's not your ordinary stick. It is balanced, it is powerful. This is the Wicked Piston!" - Mike Mangini
Mike Mangini’s new unique American Hickory design starts out at .580” (1.47cm) in the grip and increases slightly towards the middle of the stick until it reaches .620” (1.57cm) and then tapers back down to an acorn tip. Mike’s reason for this design is so that the stick has a slightly added front weight for a solid, consistent “throw” and transient sound. With the extra length, you can adjust how much front weight you’re implementing by slightly moving your fulcrum point up or down on the stick. You’ll also get a fat sounding rimshot crack from the added front weighted taper.
“It is almost funny to me that it took over 4 decades to come up with the idea to shape a stick pretty much backwards so that significant weight is adjustable on the fly. At home I don’t have adrenaline, so I choke up on it to lighten it a bit. On tour, I need an increase in weight, so I just choke down per my feeling that day.”
Length: 16 3/4"
Grip: .58"
