Promark Japanese White Oak Drum Sticks 3-Pair Nylon 2B

I'm still on my first pair for about 2 weeks now and I play pretty hard !!

This stick gets a good sound on drums

Haven't actually started using them yet but in the past I've used the 747 Oak stick. 5 months ago I tried the 747 Hickory sticks and found the wood chipped quickly and the tips broke off quickly. I decided to go back to Oak because my past experience with Oak was they lasted longer.

I bought these as a gift for my sons, both drummers in metal bands. I am not a drummer so all I can say is that these are the sticks they use. If you ever saw them slam the drums, you'd be impressed that these sticks don't shatter on impact!

I have tried many types of sticks since 1964 and find the ProMark Jazz the best for my playing, They are denser than hickory and feel terrific--very confidence-building. I lightly sand my grip area with 400-grit to juuuust break the finish, and then am in Drummer Heaven. If the Jazz sticks don't seem to make as much noise as I need for the venue, I go to the beefier 747s, or the Steve Perkins to REALLY be heard. I prefer the nylon tips, as the make my largish Bosphorus cymbals sing, but I also play the wood tips with no complaint. Try them and see, not much to lose, a lot to gain! Also, they are quite durable: to break one, you have to intend mayhem, and would likely take a drumhead with the stick. I haven't managed to do it since 2003 or so. Buy with great confidence you are going to be pleased!

I have been drumming for more than half of my life. For the longest time, i didn't have a "brand" or "style" of stick that i used, and then i really started getting into the Dave Matthews Band with Carter Beauford on the drums as well as in the spotlight of my focus. Eventually sticking with the Pro-Mark Millennium 2, American Hickory, 5B nylon tip. That kept me going before evolving to the feel, weight, speed and smoothness of the Pro-Mark "the Natural" 747rock, nylon tip, drumsticks. I fell in love with those, until i went for my last pair of them and within the first minute of a song, i had one of them completely break or, chunk off. Well, the next time i bought sticks, i tried something new. The Shira Kashi Japanese white Oak, 747 nylon tip. Pretty much the same size and feel, but i did notice that they were a bit heavier, and they seemed more dense, but i bought 3 pairs at about $17 a piece, and even at that price, i felt that they were worth it. They last a long time. They don't break off like some woods do, and really, odds are, that when you're through with a set, they'll still be intact. Other than the weight being a little higher (which was easy to get used to), the Japanese oak Pro-Mark sticks, at the 747 size, are a great, durable, all around stick to keep at your kit.