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Drumsticks: Nylon Tip vs Wooden Tip. Which do you prefer?

Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:56 pm
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
49067 posts
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:56 pm


Just wondering.

I like using nylon when playing, ride always sounds better imo. what about you?
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
92399 posts
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:58 pm to
Wooden tip sound better

Nylon tip more durable.

Wooden tip performance/recording, nylon tip practice.
Posted by Oswald
South of the St. George Buffer Zone
Member since Aug 2011
3987 posts
Posted on 8/23/21 at 7:39 pm to
I liked nylon tip when I was younger because they added that little bit of attack to each note on drumheads and cymbals.

I switched to wood tip when I started playing actual gigs because it led to a warmer sticking sound (on the ride in particular) which sound guys preferred.

Plus, I got tired of the nylon tips coming off right at the worst possible moment in a given song and either hitting me or flying across the stage and into the the crowd.
Posted by ShoeBang
Member since May 2012
21101 posts
Posted on 9/7/21 at 7:27 am to
Vic Firth wooden is all I will play an acoustic kit with when given the choice.

On my Ekit they say to only use nylon so I do on that. Roland aint cheap, so I'll acquiesce
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
22355 posts
Posted on 9/8/21 at 10:52 pm to
I prefer wood.
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