Vic Firth Drumsticks

August 31, 2018DrumBrands.com5A, Drum Brands, Drumsticks, Vic Firth0

Vic Firth is the world’s most popular maker of drum sticks, brushes and mallets along with practice tools including headphones, pads, mutes and education packs. Vic Firth also makes drum stick bags, holders apparel and other accessories. Through their wood manufacturing excellence Vic Firth has also branched off to create Vic Firth Gourmet which makes wood products such as pepper mills, salt grinders and rolling pins. For more info on Vic Firth check out the Vic Firth Company page.

American Classic Series

The American Classic drumsticks from Vic Firth is the most popular line of sticks and features basic (wood tip), nylon, Silver Bullet, Soft Touch, Kinetic Force and Vic Grip. American Classic sticks are made from North American Hickory wood for durability.

Wood Tip, Nylon, Aluminum, Felt, Anti-Slip
Wood tips are deeply back-cut for intensified cymbal response with Nylon tip for a brighter sound. Nylon tips and wood tips are identical in size and shape making it easy to switch between the two. The Silver Bullet sticks which are only available in popular 5Aand 5B sizes are made with an aluminum tip for brilliance and clarity that cuts and carries through the sound of other drums and instruments.

Vic Firth Soft Touch sticks feature a white felt ball tip for a warmer sound, while Kinetic Force sticks have dense material added to the butt end for faster response. Lastly Vic Grip sticks include an anti-slip coating made from water based urethane.

Signature Series

Vic Firth Signature sticks are artists sponsored drumsticks from some of the most popular and influential drummers. This series includes drumsticks from Carmine Appice, Kenny Aronoff, Carter Beauford, Charlie Benante, Gregg Bissonette, Backbeat, Cindy Blackman, Terry Bozzio, Matt Cameron, Danny Carey, Keith Carlock, Bill Cobham, Jack DeJohnette and John Dolmayan.

American Sound, Jazz, Custom & Heritage

American Sound drumsticks feature shafts and neck specifications from the Classic series with a full round tip. The Jazz line contains six models with long taper shafts, sizeable necks and a small tear drop tips.

American Custom are maple drumsticks with ten different models for light, fast-playing with great flex and rebound.

American Heritage sticks which come in 7A, 5A and 5B are modeled after the Classic series but made from Maple for a lighter feel and sound.

Tom Gauger Series

Tom Gauger was a drum educator at Boston University and a performer in the Boston Symphony and developed two sticks for specific purposes. This includes the General stick with a round-tip and the Snare/Timpani with a mallet head attached to the butt.

Symphonic Signature Series

The Symphonic Signature series features unique snare sticks from Tim Genis, Ted Atkatz and Ney Rosauro.

Corpsmaster Marching & Indoor

Corpsmaster snare drum sticks are made from strong hickory and designed for strength, power, projection, balance and feel. This includes the MS sticks 1 through 6 along with signature sticks from Tom Aungst, Tom Float, Murray Gusseck, Thom Hannum, Ralph Hardimon, Mike Jackson, Lee Beddis, Colin McNutt, Jeff Queem and Johnny Lee Lane.