Vater Super Jazz Maple Sticks Wood

Although I have been away from drums for some years, I always remembered these as my absolute favourite sticks. That tiny bit of extra length always suited my playing style, the sticks are perfectly matched and I find them to have a very comfortable balance point as well we wonderful sound for light cymbal work and also for the heavy stuff. I also have some Super Jazz in hickory as for a while the maple were difficult to find - the hickory are great and offer that slightly harder attack, but the maple feel so much more fluid and give me a much preferred sound.
As subjective as out liking of sticks will always be, these are definitely ones to try!

I play jazz in small combos and also big band. I love the Vater hickory Super Jazz sticks, so decided to get a pair in the maple wood. I've had my hickory ones for a couple of years, but I notice that the maple version has a completely different tip profile and I think a slightly thicker neck. So be aware that this tip shape difference (plus the difference in wood type) will mean you get a different tone from your cymbals. That said, I like these maple sticks. Like their hickory siblings, they have a long taper which throws the balance/fulcrum point back a bit towards the butt end, and they feel quick on the ride cymbals.