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A few days ago it in several drums Friends ask questions about the material drumsticks.
We take the opportunity to explore, describe three of the more common use of wood drumsticks!
Hickory (Hickory)
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Yes walnut is walnut!
Walnut fact, there are many, so we do not, then in the end is kind of a waste of time to continue to walnut discussed okay?
The most common, used to make high-quality North American hickory drumsticks. Is the most popular raw drumsticks!
This wood hard, very straight grain, smooth feel, since ancient times as a choice (such as stock, Barrel) handheld devices. Because the wood itself, the context is very thick, so you can see a lot of gaps after molding. So because of these gaps in time to knock can feel how much wood inside slightly hollow feeling! But no need to worry, very strong way!
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Compared with two wooden described below, the texture should be his hardest, but also almost the relative toughness. So it Gupi rebound is most sensitive! But also the most is not easily deformed! Because he’s so hard wood debris generally relatively large, long-term for the snare drum band while playing easily burst open! Meanwhile his sweat effect is relatively narrowly, the three wood is easier to slip! (Please note that I said are limited to compare between these three materials.)
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Piece of leaf on the Canadian flag is the maple leaf!
Maple fact, there are many, so we do not, then in the end is kind of a waste of time to continue to walnut discussed okay?
The most common, is for the production of high-quality Canadian maple drumsticks. Relative to the other two maple wood is very light! Close texture, do not see the gap, wood is very clear and smooth!
In fact, can be divided into two kinds of maple, hard maple and soft maple, I think for the production of drumsticks or neck should belong to the hard maple, is characterized by hard texture, texture, straight and long. Is also often used to make the floor.
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Frankly, since I like maple drumsticks, feel and sound are very good, and very light, so you can choose thicker drumsticks to play music soon! His sweat effect is quite good, compared with the other two materials, feel no change after a sweat! The only drawback is the drumsticks most serious problem is the wood is too soft, too fond off! Because so soft texture Gupi rebound reaction than hickory to almost, but okay! Bend more easily compared with walnut! But also good!
By the way why do you want to mention soft maple?
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Because, soft maple plasticity very good so often used to make a variety of furniture.
He told them that the drummer what does it matter? …… You got it, making use of the maple drum chamber mostly soft maple!
Seen the animated movie “Ice Age” do? There has been little squirrel, always chasing his nuts! That is, the fruit of oak!
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In fact, there are many kinds of oak, so we do not, then in the end is kind of a waste of time to continue to walnut discussed okay?
The most common, used to make high-quality drumsticks is a Japanese white oak.
I remember last time there buddy asked how to identify oak drumsticks, the answer is very simple, very obvious spots on oak drumsticks section!
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Oak is a very strong wood, in three different wood, oak wood is the best kind of toughness! Simply put, is not love off! After a long fight against oak chips were always small. 哨棒 kind used on martial arts, just like oak wood species belonging to the same family!
But the toughness of the side effects is that the three oak wood is bent favorite! So he’s working, especially in this part of the air-dried, timber difficult than the other two. Coupled with the relatively high cost of the oak itself, it is generally the same level of oak drumsticks expensive than the other! Also because toughness, oak drumsticks itself will absorb a lot of shock, so he Gupi rebound reaction for three materials most insensitive!
Oak drumsticks sweat is very good, but he has a remarkable feature is that the more sweat drumsticks itself becomes more astringent! You will find that a lot of brands to make non-slip handle drumsticks, used walnut, oak rarely have to deal with a non-slip! But this feeling is personal, I do not like!
The above is a little lower in the use of experience, and the king of mutual encouragement!
In addition, I want to emphasize that a lot of friends like to ask drum feel of the device above problem!
For example, the tone you, feel you, such questions!
Personally, I think the problem is difficult to express the feeling clear, especially narrative alone. What’s more, everyone feels the sound are also not the same!
So I hope that the Friends of the drum or to attempt to personally oriented, others introduce supplement! In one of the words but must not point to cover!
