Promark American Hickory TXDC17W Scott Johnson Marching Drumsticks
The DC17 was designed by drum corps legend Scott Johnson. The stick features a medium taper and full bead for a wide range of dynamics on the marching snare while still providing a great feel in the player’s hands.Because of its resilience, responsiveness and durability, hickory is the most commonly used wood for drum sticks. Hickory is the classic drum stick feel. For over 50 years, ProMark has been one of the world’s leading manufacturers of drumsticks, mallets, and percussion accessories. Owned and operated by D’Addario & Co., the Houston, Texas based ProMark produces products used globally by the greatest drummers and percussionists in the world, including Neal Peart, Phil Collins, Simon Phillips, Ringo Starr, and many more. ProMark – Make Your Mark.
Product Features
- Hickory is the most popular wood choice for drumsticks due to its resilience, responsiveness, durability, and classic feel
- Diameter: .700″ Length: 17″
- Round tip provides a robust sound on the marching snare drum
- Medium taper for balanced response and rebound
- All Promark drumsticks are designed and manufactured in the USA
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High Quality Sticks (opinion from a VicFirth fan) I must own dozens of pairs of sticks. But I just purchased an electronic drum kit which has black rubber pads instead of normal skins used on a normal acoustic drum. I had noticed while searching for an electronic kit that the black rubber showed a great deal of the effect of the striking of them. It always seemed that these were being caused by your standard wooden sticks. Enter rubber-tipped! I started using them yesterday and they have definitely impressed me with the lack of scuff…
If these sticks are good enough for one of the best drum lines to ever hit the field and required for use by one of the best instructors in the world, they are good enough for me.I am old DCI drummer and still love to throw down notes. Having a great pair of sticks is just as important to effective application of technique as the drummer is himself. Sticks are the tools we use to make our instruments work.The DC-17 is a slightly less beefy stick then its brother the…