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To avoid the constant wear and possible breaking of your
sticks, from striking the hi hat on it's sharp edge with the upper
thinner part of the stick. Try using the tip for general notes (none
accents), striking directly on the top hi hat and if you must play loud use
the thicker shoulder of the stick on the hi hats edge. This also makes a
more effective and colourful accent sound too. It should help preserve
your sticks much longer.
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Rim shots on the snare, while providing us with a "power stroke" or snare drum accent,
have the rather
unfortunate side effect of chipping and cutting the mid section of your
sticks. This normally results in a stick breaking or cracking down the
grain, through the mid section. An easy solution for prolonging your sticks life is too rap
this area in two, or maybe three
layers of plumbers (or gaffer) tape. About 3 or 4cm in width (about 1
to 1 and a 1/2 inches). The tape will wear off, but it's easy to replace and
will allow to you give those sticks a real pounding and they'll still keep
on kicking. But, don't go too crazy though... ;)
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During a performance it's inevitably that your going drop a
stick at some point, it happens. As a precaution try to practice both solo
and with your Band, with a couple extra pairs of sticks positioned
on your drums. One pair on your Left hand side and other
on your Right, both positioned for ease of access. Personally, I always
like to have a few
sticks clamped to my hi hat as well as my stick bag draped across the
front of the floor
tom. This means, I can have the night from hell, and the only guys that
notice are the two drummers standing at the back of
your gig... ;)
The real key to Stick Protection is just not HITTING TOO
HARD, it's completely unnecessary...
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