Sticks are expensive.......especially tenor mallets........so what's with the high you get when you break a pair? I feel powerful and all, but then I get all mad because I have to buy some more......again. And what's with these Silverfox things that I've bought? One word of advice: don't get 'em. They don't break-they just bend. And i mean REALLY bend. It happened to both me and the other tenor in my line.......except his bent more because he doesn't understand the word DYNAMICS...........but that's another complaint. <P>------------------<BR>I am drummer woman........hear me RRRROOOOOOLLLLL!!!

Drummerwoman:<P>Get yourself a pair of American Drum Lexans or Jitterbugs. They do not bend, since they use a higher grade aluminum in thier shafts.<P>Go to <A HREF="http://www.americandrum.com," TARGET=_blank>www.americandrum.com,</A> get the phone number and call George Jacob, the owner. He will help you out.<P>------------------<BR>Scotty,<BR>1979-1982 Granada Hills Higlander Marching Band, CA<BR>1983-84 Sacramento Freelancers, 1985 Velvet Knights, 1982-1984 CSUN Matadors,<BR>1985-86 USC Trojan Marching Band,<BR>1986 Statue of Liberty All American Marching Band<BR>1987 US Constitution Centennial All American Marching Band<BR>1987-1995 Caber Feidh Pipe Band

i think the lexan thing was spoken about in a topic scotty started, so i wont touch upon it here...*cough cough suck cough*<P>but anyways, i dont know how well they work, but i heard some decent things about silverfoxxes...<P><BR>vic firth mt1a's all the way though...best all around stick in my opinion...<P><BR>btw, anyone use marching snare sticks? ive seen a few people use em before..just wonderin...<P>------------------<BR>-Kevin<BR><B>NHS Percussion</B><BR> <A HREF="http://www.drumlines.org/nhsdrums" TARGET=_blank>www.drumlines.org/nhsdrums</A> <BR> punk@drumlines.org

I have my tenor play with marching snare sticks through out parts of the show. Using sticks gives a more lighter tambre, and brighter short shots.

I like using sticks for that certain feel that you just don't get with mallets, but I am 100% against using sticks as an "all-the-time" thing because you don't get the scrapage and the moblility you get with mallets.<P>monkeyman<BR> <P>------------------<BR>Rickey Alvarez<BR>Paramount HS Tenor<BR>AIM SN: [b]penis[/b]<BR>phsline@drumlines.org<BR> <A HREF="http://phsline.drumlines.org" TARGET=_blank>phsline.drumlines.org</A> <BR>Judge of the Drumlines.org "SMILIE DECATHLON"

I don't have any problems with my silver fox's bending. I don't know which one's I have, but I know they are the heavier pair.<P>------------------<BR>Sean Sicher<BR>Moorefield High School,WV<BR>Tenors 2000

Foxes are great mallets. But I did use the wooden mallets so I cant say any thing about the shafts bending.

I BROKE MY FIRST VIC FIRTH TENOR MALLET EVER!!!<BR>I was playing some shizznatch and my mallet felt kinda floppy so I stopped to look at it and it was cut kinda. So I went to a nearby pole to finish off my poor mallet and i broke it and it cut my hand (not bad, so it's cool) and hit my Captain right in the nuts! It was cool!<P>Heh, in the nuts.<BR> <P>------------------<BR>Rickey Alvarez<BR>Paramount HS Tenor<BR>AIM SN: [b]penis[/b]<BR>phsline@drumlines.org<BR> <A HREF="http://phsline.drumlines.org" TARGET=_blank>phsline.drumlines.org</A> <BR>Judge of the Drumlines.org "SMILIE DECATHLON"

Breaking a tenor mallet is the strangest feeling in the world.......because they dont break like a snare stick. If a tenor mallet breaks, it just pops right off. A snare stick, on the other hand, cracks and splinters without actually flying through the air like a little spinning lollipop with a tail of tape. And it just FEELS wierd when a tenor mallet breaks. The thing will be fine one minute, and totally collapse the next. the first time I broke one, I didnt look down, and I thought something was wrong with my wrist 'cause it just wouldn't play. I'll never forget that sensation!

hehe you guys are funny