Vic Firth Signature Series -- Danny Carey

Thick pair of sticks, but surprisingly very well-balanced. Love the small grooves near the butt ends.

Ordered a pair of these yesterday and just tried them out. Honestly, this is a phenomenal set of sticks. The indented area at the fulcrum point makes it feel easy and natural. As a relatively newer drummer, I've heard there can be an adjustment period switching to longer/heavier sticks. I didn't find that to be the case with these at all. Despite the weight, even ghost notes feel much easier and precise. Danny Carey is just as good at designing sticks as he is at drumming, which is insane.

These sticks are amazing, the weight , the size, the grip, Danny Carey a.k.a. Kronos design an excellent well balanced stick!

Great stick for metal

I began playing the drums when I was 8 years old. My first go to stick was the Pro Mark 5A nylon tips. But nothing compares to Daney Carry’s sticks! They weigh about the same although the Danny Carey signature sticks By VIC FIRTH are perfectly balanced and feel as though They are as light as a pair of Pro Mark five A’s. Also towards the butt end of the stick they The stick is a little thinner where you would naturally hold the sticks hence giving you a better grip. Plus, they make these in regular wood tips or nylon tips. I prefer the nylon tips.

Have been playing for over 40 years, and currently playing on a large church worship team. I have played VF Extreme 5b for many years, and have enjoyed them a lot. I like the extra 1/2 inch of length that the extreme gives you over regular 5b. This stick is heavier than the extreme 5b, which I'm really ok with, since the tapered shaft at the fulcrum makes this stick effortless to play. Our sound guy said that he could definitely hear more punch and the cymbals sounded amazing. This stick gives you a lot of dynamic control, by its overall design and weight, and it makes playimg feel effortless. If you watch Danny Carey play, you see why he designed this stick the way it was. He plays very intricate patterns with extreme dynamics and a crack on snare. Try this stick out, your wrist with thank you!

I like these sticks and the tapered grip zone. a little bit girthy. wish they had smaller options. as hard as I try, I still don't sound like Danny Carey and my tool chops are still off slightly.

I orginally purchased one pair of these sticks because I was actaully trying to find something as close to this other stick that was no longer made. When it arrived this wasn't it. So this stick ended up within my bottom dresser drawer that contains a boat load of sticks. Just recently I crossed paths with it once again and I slipped it into my bag to take and use at my drum lessons. But after playing with it for a while it opened my eyes up quite a bit. The thing for me is I am always working on the Tommy Aldridge stick twirling. Tommy uses that Promark 2S in the heavier Japanise oak. Ever hold those? Heavy stick! Could be used as a weapon. Promark makes a 2S also that is Texas American Hickory which is a bit lighter and easier for me. But what I like about this stick is the weight and balance + the machined taper in the grip makes for some good balance. There is enough weight. And I also most of the time use the butt end of this stick as the tips are a little light. Depends on what I am doing. Sometimes I will flip it around quick for a traditional grip thing and noodle around on my hihat and then I will twirl them a tad and next thing ya know, I'm pumping my twin bass drums and slamming down on my kit with the Butt ends. I think sometimes we evolve quite a bit with sticks. One month it's this and later on it's that. But this month I am buying loads of these. I hope they keep on making them and I think right now I will be using this for quite some time. When I train or practice I will use the Aldridge heavy oak to build up strength. This stick is heavy enough yet versitle for me.

Used these before so knew what I was getting. Happy that the wood grain is straight and tight as I like it. Well matched pair, Vic Firth quality.

Para muy muy buenas pero son pesadas

Super ergonómicas y de peso muy balanceado, el material ni que decir.

The price , the quality….

corrispondono a una misura 2B quindi sono piuttosto pesanti, ma quello che sorprende è la loro facilità di utilizzo. La bacchetta ha una strozzatura in corrispondenza del fulcro che migliora notevolmente la presa e la dinamica del gesto e permette un controllo eccellente. Ottime anche per lo studio. Niente da dire, bellissime.