Longer than you'd expect
- Rating
- Posted by
- Tom Bubs-Neel
- Date Posted
- 03/07/2023
I bought these as a quieter timbre for playing my tenors indoors, as I was using a pair of MB0H bass mallets before... I got to say, they're a lot longer than I thought they were. However, that's 100% totally on me as I could have researched their dimensions before buying, but imagine taking a full-length drumstick and then adding the felt head to the end of it, rather than the felt head being incorporated into the total length... I know it sounds crazy, but these things feel like I'm playing with the empty tubes from wrapping paper rolls, lol. On top of that, holding on to the tapered end just feels a little weird? Honestly, I'll probably go back to my MB0H, but again that is absolutely a preference thing and zero reflection on the product or Steve Weiss. My suggestion? Before you buy these consider playing with a 5B drumstick backwards, choked WAY back to see if you like the feel of holding the tapered end on a stick longer than you'd expect.