Hello,
What are some of your favorite vintage or otherwise discontinued stick models that you enjoy? Note: When I say discontinued, it doesn't necessarily have to be vintage, just no longer currently available.
-I love the Ludwig Pencil Model. I was lucky enough to get a bunch of vintage sticks from a buddy a few years back that got a huge load of them with some vintage Ludwig's he bought. I got 6 pair, 3 wood and 3 nylon. What a great stick for jazz!
-Ludwig Roy Haynes 7A from the later 80's. Something about that Blue Foil Ludwig printing from that era dazzled me. I literally still remember how they SMELLED when I took them out of the clear plastic bag! (It's funny how certain memories trigger smells or other senses you would never even think of)! These were nylon tips, which I am not normally a fan of, but I dug these back in high school (yes, I'm getting old!). The last time I visited my Mom (she still lives in the house I grew up in), she said she found some of my old "drum stuff", which surprised me, because I thought I had everything out of there. It was just some maracas and "toys", but ONE of the Roy Haynes sticks was in there. She said she couldn't find the other. DANG! Another great jazz stick, and a far cry from his Zildjian model available today.
-Two "modern" sticks that have been recently discontinued by Zildjian. One was the 6A. It was slightly longer and slightly thicker than Zildjian's standard 7A. Great feeling stick. The other was the Zildjian "Big Band" model. Just shy of 16" and a small .505" grip. It tapered down to a very thin shoulder and had large oval tips. Very vintage looking. Again, a great feeling stick. I still have one pair, and one of those sticks is a complete banana (it's very warped), but I keep playing those darn things.......
What about you?
V
