i got some new sticks today from guitar center, unfortunately. i don't like the store but ended up there today and happen to need sticks. anyway, the guy tried to sell me on oak sticks because "they're tougher so they will last longer."

in my experience, however, hickory sticks have lasted much longer for me. i've always assumed it was because oak is a tougher wood, meaning it's also less flexible and so will snap before fraying or bending, where hickory will get beat up long before it breaks. is this true?

also, what do you use, oak or hickory and why? perhaps neither?

also. fuck guitar center. being there reminded me why i don't like that place. unfortunately, our local store was closed on the one day i was not at school.

Oak is denser, heavier, and will send more vibrations to your hand. It is also more brittle and will break suddenly and if you hit lots of rimshots they will fragment in the usual place.








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I like Oak sticks they dont break as easy but have any of you
used Zildjian sticks they brake very very easy.

so bill, sounds like we both are thinking the same thing. cool. thanks, man.

i've been using pro marks again. i find that they last longer than the vic firths.