ProMark Hickory 5A Wood Tip Drumsticks, One Pair (TX5AW)

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Love these sticks!

These are all I use. I've been playing 15 years, 11 of which with these specific sticks.

I always buy this pair of sticks since they just feel awesome and lightweight in your hand my only problem with them is that they break quickly so in terms of durability they are terrible

There's not much to say, they feel nice in the hands and have a good weight/size

I have bought only one pair of Promark sticks in the past ten years or so. I had been quite satisfied with Vater, Regal Tip and Vic Firth. But I decided to grab a pair of these 5A Promark sticks (oval wood tip) from Amazon, especially because they were at a special low price. They are everything I'd hoped they would be. They felt great in my hands and I loved the finish. The weight was perfect too. The sticks were also flawless; perfectly straight, and they were exact twins of each other. I'm a fan of the logo too. Though logos are unimportant, I tend to look at what the stick printing looks like and where it is on the stick, and Promark does it just right.I like a good clean sound on my cymbals, and these gave me that sound. Though it was subtle, I was comparing the sound with my other 5A sticks, and I liked the Promark better. I felt like I got a bit more articulation than my other 5A's. These are just fantastic all around sticks! I couldn't be happier.

I knew the brand by profession

My second pair of sticks I bought as a beginner drummer. I first tried the zildjian 5A nylon tip dipped sticks....and those gave me blisters every time I played within 5 minutes and were unbalanced and had less rebound than these. I feel like I went from a geo metro to a ferrari with these Promark Hickory 5A's. Just very balanced, lightweight and great durability. I've been hard on these sticks, learning rimshots and missing tom rolls and hitting rims many many times....and these sticks just keep on going. The finish on the sticks gives the drummer the ability to have a firm rock grip or a softer latin/jazz grip and still be in control. Cymbal strikes are much more productive with hickory sticks, less effort and better tone. I see no reason to try any other stick in the 5A department because these just deliver for me on every level. I'm super impressed and will be a long time customer. A++