Millenium 5A Maple Drumsticks -Wood-

after paying the several times this price for other brands of sticks i'm glad i yet again found thomann does an alternative thats as good but at a far lower cost.

So far had none break, (i dont hit perticularly hard but i've broken sticks in the past) they chip out when playing them like an idiot on the hi hat as i some times do, just as any drum stick does but for this price i can make some cheap sawdust out of these and not have to worry about it so much. I've used other cheap drum sticks in the past that proke, tips break off, tispa nd parts of the shaft break off. Shafts crack. So far none of these have done the same.

Would recomend them.

I use 7A sticks and was looking to convert up to 5A for certain music styles that require a bit more "beef" but i wanted the weight just above my 7A's but a tad more girth which is why i chose the Maple wood, less mass than say oak or hickory.

At this price its easy to try types out in the knowledge that if you have erred it isn't going to be a big cost factor.

I have to say the quality is good and the stick is not warped or poorly lathed/finished. I'm happy with them and why wouldn't i be? All of my hardware from stands to rack to pedals is/are Millenium.

First I would want to say that I am not in any case a professional drummer though I defend myself in live and recording situations, so I am not an specialist at all.

I use these sticks to play mainly a Yamaha DD-65 to trigger sounds in studio, some snares in folk music and also they may be used occasionally to play different percussive instruments.

They are very light, thing that I do like when they are meant to play on Electronic Drum kits because the more heavy a stick is the more power it transmits to the trigger and less dynamics are achievable.

The grasp is very comfortable and they do not tend to slip of hand also the tip is just as required nothing bad to say about that.

That being said, have in mind that these are cheap sticks that I'm sure more professional drummers may not like, I think the average user of this product is intended to apprentices, casual drummers or to be used in daily practice, they may not deliver the perfect sound or not help in hand development that much, so if you are a serious drummer think about those points, for all the rest I think that for that price you sure will be doing a good purchase.