How to Choose Your Drumsticks | With Promark 

The 2B Finesse Maple is my new go-to stick. It allows me the comfort of a 2B, but with the feeling of a 5B. It doesn't compromise my ability to play ghost notes and doubles as 2B hickory does. If only they'd make it in Firegrain to up it's strength and with a nylon tip for better durability. It's wooden tip is so small.

You can’t get eny better than the 5b rebound. I highly recommend you try it out, it feels like a 5a with the rebound and response but has a thicker handle that is so comfy! My favourite is the 5b firegrain rebound

Very helpful, I just need info on nylon, acorn, barrel etc. tips.

Been looking for this kind of detailed DRUMSTICK info!! Really appreciate this!

My main issue has been that I don't change sticks very often. I buy a pair, and I don't really break drum sticks, so I pretty much keep them till I lose them somehow, and that can be YEARS. I had a pair of sticks for 6 years before I somehow lost track of them in a move and had to buy new ones, so the problem is (as much as I love promark sticks) that drum stick models seem to change quite drastically over time. I started out using a 5A hickory (back in 1998), I owned 2 pairs of the exact same, used those for 5 years before I lost one pair, and a guy I was in a band with broke my remaining pair. I went back to the store to buy the same kind back because I liked them, only to find out that the 5A hickory size had changed, they were WAY thicker than they used to be.... So I looked around, and switched to a 7A (i had my broken old 5A I glued back together with me for size comparison), problem was the 7A sticks were almost and inch shorter. But at the time out of all the large selection all the different stores I checked had, 7A was the closest I was gunna get....... Fast forward another 5 or 6 years, i'm in need of another pair of sticks..... Spend hours in several stores, closest thing again I found to what I wanted was 7A sticks, but now these new 7A (still in hickory) were now thicker than the ones I bought years prior (and still shorter than my original 5A's). I now own a pair of Japanese Oak 7A sticks I had bought back in 2009, still a bit shorter than i'd like, but they always change the thickness and sizes on me...... It's been 10 years since i've bought sticks, and I already feel annoyed about the next time I have to buy some because I know the sizes have probably changed several times in 10 years....... I still love the quality and feel of promark sticks, out of all the different brands i've tried I like them the best, I just hate the inconsistencies over the years.

I like the Firegrain 2b classic and I preordered the 2b rebound for jazz because I can play p, mf very comfortably using finger control with the sticks staying close to the head. It’s the 2b tone that shines over the lighter sticks. I’m turning most of my search for the right sticks til I found the perfect pair, firegrain 2b’s, into wood chimes labeled Vic Firth.

I finally found my perfect stick after many years of using many different brands and sizes. The 5a Rebounds are it and theyre amazing! I use the Vic firth 5a sticks and the Rebounds are very similar but they sound much better on the Ride plus they have more punch to them. The grip feels like a promark 5b that I used before in my younger days but are a lighter stick and these are very durable. I ordered 2 Four packs . I'm still on my first pair after a few practices and 2 gigs and still look very good! As of right now, it's my go to stick!

This video was very helpful; thank you!

Hi, your explanation is great I think it was very simple to understand and very helpful, you just leave out the different kind of tips and what are their purposes, I mean if you added that it would be the perfect and most complete stick explanation there is...

Back in the 70's and 80's I used Promark for various styles and applications. My favorite, for 'Progressive' type of music, was the Promark 3A wood tip. A great matched, new pair could never be beat for me!!

A pearl explaining Promark

This is a great video to explain drumstick comparison. I don't necessarily have a favorite stick company but I usually don't use anything besides sticks from the big 3 (Vic Firth, Promark, Vater). I like how Promark has really stepped up their game in the last few years, starting with the select balance line, then different tip options, active grip, firegrain, etc. The only thing I wish Promark could do is have some more options to round out their lines. For example, there is yet to be an acorn tip select balance 55A or an option for firegrain or active grip. I do really like the tear drop on that stick as the rebound 55A is my go-to Promark stick for most playing styles except jazz where I use something thinner. I think Promark should round out their lines with acorn or teardrop tip maple sticks, maple 2B and different tip options. I would also like to see the signature sticks from Carter McLean, Steve Pruitt and Miguel Lamas out in stores.

Paul, Great Job. I plan to purchase some Promark burnt hickory sticks.

This was really very very helpful. Thank you 😊

Awesome video. Really help me understand all models

MY FRIEND NORMAN, what a good solo

7A Shira Kashi oak fibre tips are my Promark sticks of choice

Very helpful with the types of thin lacquer that the heat of your hands that can activate it, like pine tar on a baseball players bat.. really helpful with the technology that seems so simple but nevertheless technology.. 👍👍👍👍

ultra useful video. everything explained

My favorite drumsticks from Promark are 17 inches long I’m a heavy drumstick kind of a guy but I do love 16 inches long as well

Excellent explanation

My BD Told me on my first day of 6th grade to "Not Use Drum set Sticks on a Concert Snare Drum". I had to figure out what that meant, I didn't even know the numbers of the thickness and diameters of the sticks. All I knew was thick tip = snare drum sticks and thin tips = drum set sticks. Now I know exactly what my preference is (ActiveGrip American Hickory 5A's) and I am sticking with Promark for the rest of my drumming career. Thanks paul!

The 5AL Hickory is my go to

I really would love to play Promark and I used Ian Paice sig sticks for years but I always got blisters when gigging from sweating and gripping the stick too firm. I now use Vics 2B, don`t get the same feel with PM 2B for some reason

We use 2b American hickory for my high school snare line and we once had a couple use Vic forth sticks that desinigrated compared to the promark

👍 Useful!

Best explanation…

You're killing it with the mustache

Are you going to be doing firegrain active grip.

I use oak 747 for some years now. I like oak and I like long sticks... but I 'd like a smaller rounded or barrel tip though... =/

I love classic 7a drumsticks I want like 7 paire

I love primers sticks but the model numbers and lack of info on grams kinda steers me away… can anyone tell me what promark would be the most similar to the x55a by Vic firth?

Thank you sam Ash... (2020)

I really like withe oak 7A

hi sam, and everybody. i have a Q. lightweight stick's are better or heavyweight? for example vic firth a5 are 3.2 ounce. i bought a pair recently from a chinese company and it's about 2.7 ounce. beside the break problem, which one is better for better rebound?

What about length? Seems important to discuss.

I love how he says the 2b is the most durable but yet in my two days of using 2b natural series the tip broke off

Tip options?

I played metal gigs with 7A lol

I found my stick but Primark discontinued them. TX2SW

I wish they didn’t discontinue the TX-2S…

great video hey Paul how would I go about it or who do I contact to get endorsed for promark drumsticks if you can help be greatly appreciated thank you

I Need stick suggestions, I Have big hands & I Want some thick sticks ( Pause ) But Some that are reliable

777 for life

Have drummers started to think about the eco factor yet? I enjoy watching the anoraky nerdy stuff but if you think . . . . all this is nonsense "i am a really sensitive type of drummer i need nice lightweight lumps of wood" sounds a bit nutty! I find those whacking great marching stick things fantastic for playing quietly. As soon as you give it a bit of a lick they snap.

rip my man 55a

I mean pairs

I thought you were Zac Farro😂

There’s one thing you forgot the tips

I wish they’d add a cut scene of this guy running in a treadmill yelling “YOU DROPPED YOUR WALLET!” Lol

I’m new to drumming but it cost me almost $300 to find a good pair of sticks and honestly, not even the perfect combination. I need a 16 1/2 inch oak stick with a long taper and a small round tip either wood or nylon in 52-53 diam. That combo does not exist-ANYWHERE IN ANY BRAND- come on Promark step up and make that stick in Shira Kashi 16.5/ long taper/ small, medium round tip/ nylon or wood!!! 52-53 diam. I’ll buy dozens of them!!!

Is it just me or does this guy look like young Gallagher?

I thought this goof was Carmine Appice

And nothing about tip types and their characteristics... Disappointing.

the 5A fire grains are my favorite

Paul PEARL. homie is with the wrong company