I’ve endorsed Innovative Percussion Hickory Drum Sticks and used hundreds of them for years. Great drum set sticks. I also endorse the one pair of Crocken Drum Sticks that I own: the # 2 AF model made of Jatoba/ Brazilian Cherry (see above). Mr. Crocken makes unique hand crafted marching and concert sticks from very hard woods; persimmon, jacoba, and purple heart. No one else hand crafts sticks like these and nothing else feels like them. As Mr. Crocken says, they are fun to use. I use them when I play marching snare with the Beale Street Funeral Parade Band and I also use them every day for practicing snare drum rudiments and technique. I also encourage my students to get a pair of Crockens for practice. I’ve found that working with longer and heavier sticks like these helps students to learn how to control the weight of a stick when learning to play bounced doubles in particular. I also think they are very pretty sticks and look cool! Please check out John’s video about the meticulous process that he uses to craft these sticks. You can order them at https://www.johncrockenpersimmondrumsticks.com
Sponsor: John Crocken Drum Sticks - hand crafted historic designs
