Ahead Drumsticks/Aronoff sig cowbell

[RoaRing_Roach]

I point out two buys that did not like that much:
1)Ahead Lars Ulrich sig model.
I thought I'd give Ahead drumsticks a try but the model I bought disappointed me.Firstly I hate the fact that the weight of the drumstick leans to the front and secondly if you sweat even a little the stick control becomes nasty.
2)Kenny Aronoff sig model cowbell.
If you ask me "is it groovy" I'd say not really.U cant play a decent samba with it.Is it loud?It really is.
:chug:

[Parradiddle Pete]

The aronoff cowbel is awesome, you have to use both dampening pads underneith it though to loose a little of the ring. I have the 8"er and it ROCKS

[Det_Nosnip]

It's also designed for rock, not sambas.

Anybody who knows what a samba is shouldn't be buying Aheads to begin with..shame on you for supporting that terrible company! :upset:

[LittlePound]

/\/\ exactly what i was thinking...you could've just asked me anyways, i'd have told you aheads suck and then you wouldn't have had to waste money on them....

[Jezen]

95% of MX would tell you the same.

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

the worlds most pointless stick

[Jezen]

It's not even a stick.

[master_of_muppets]

They arnt even a case of " dont knock it till you try it" cos I hate them. Cowbells are awesome though especially loud ones like in that SNL scetch.

[Jezen]

Bwahaha good call Ollie. "Gotta have more cowbell baby!"

[The Ska Man]

Bwahaha good call Ollie. "Gotta have more cowbell baby!"


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/vincethesk8r/Cowbell.jpg










Where do you get these cowbell mute things? Would it make it sound a little closer to a hend held cowbell?

[Brokensticks]

Can't have enough cowbell!

[MeaninglessPhoto]

It's not even a stick.

Yeah its more like a metal dildo...:chug:

[LittlePound]

the worlds most pointless stick
well i dunno, i'm sure they've got some use....like maybe to scrape dung off the bottom of a shoe....or you could probably using them when hunting with a bow....or you use them to mug a person from behind....or to bust up a rival drummers set....or as stated above a tool of pleasure....they've got their purpose, they're just marketing to the wrong crowd(or maybe not cuz idiots still by them)

[RoaRing_Roach]

It's also designed for rock, not sambas.

Anybody who knows what a samba is shouldn't be buying Aheads to begin with..shame on you for supporting that terrible company! :upset:

shame on me!(what was I thinkin...?) and about the aronoff bell it has these dampening things inside the package

[RoaRing_Roach]

^^i know what I was thinkin.I thought: lets give durability a chance...but it appears I had to sacrifice all the other benefits of a (good) drumstick.
Ahead drumsticks thumbs down

[PrinceOfDarkness]

at the risk of being flamed for eternity...

do you think we're a bit hard on ahead sticks? personally, i don't use them for the following reasons:
- i don't like the feel
- they're expensive
- they break cymbals

but if a loaded pro drummer actually likes the feel, i doubt my last 2 points would be applicable! i mean, surely they can't be that bad because a number of pro's use them and the drumming doesn't sound bad on their tracks (to me anyway)

obviously, there's the fact that a lot of regular drummers hate them because of the usual Joey, Lars etc branding, but other than that and if money was no object, are they really that bad?

[The Ska Man]

at the risk of being flamed for eternity...

do you think we're a bit hard on ahead sticks? personally, i don't use them for the following reasons:
- i don't like the feel
- they're expensive
- they break cymbals

but if a loaded pro drummer actually likes the feel, i doubt my last 2 points would be applicable! i mean, surely they can't be that bad because a number of pro's use them and the drumming doesn't sound bad on their tracks (to me anyway)

obviously, there's the fact that a lot of regular drummers hate them because of the usual Joey, Lars etc branding, but other than that and if money was no object, are they really that bad?

Yes.

[PrinceOfDarkness]

Yes.
funny guy :rolleyes:

grown up replies only from now on please...

[Parradiddle Pete]

I have a fever, and the only perscription is MORE COWBELL




(sorry)

[The Ska Man]

funny guy :rolleyes:

grown up replies only from now on please...


I was serious. Can I have a juice box, pwease?

[PrinceOfDarkness]

I was serious. Can I have a juice box, pwease?
pr!ck

i'm amazed that no one has offered another reason for aheads being so bad. i don't use them because i can't afford to keep replacing cymbals

looks to me like everyone just jumps on the "aheads are crap" band wagon without actually having a reason

[Kosmos Tree]

I know atleast two people who regularly play them, and i've playtested one pair i borrowed from one of them.
I didn't liked the feel and they are way to unbalanced, that's why i don't like them, i don't care if Joey or Lars or Tommy Lee plays them.

[PowerStamp]

The reason pros will play them is very unlikely that they like the feel so much compared to other sticks.

The MAIN reason is ENDORSEMENT. Those suckers get paid to play those sticks, get the sticks for free, and it doesn't matter if they break a cymbal because they also get THOSE for free. Ever see Metallica tour with a blemished cymbal? Slipknot? Yeah thought not.

[Drum Phil]

Yes because they in turn waste the cymbal hammerers time in making that cymbal and (if they're endorsed) jack up the prices for the rest of us

Fixed :naughty:

[FockerTheLopper]

It's not even a stick.
Its not its like a wand, or a rod, or like a (insert word for "metal rod")

[\m/-CHeV-\m/]

I point out two buys that did not like that much:
1)Ahead Lars Ulrich sig model.
I thought I'd give Ahead drumsticks a try but the model I bought disappointed me.Firstly I hate the fact that the weight of the drumstick leans to the front and secondly if you sweat even a little the stick control becomes nasty.
2)Kenny Aronoff sig model cowbell.
If you ask me "is it groovy" I'd say not really.U cant play a decent samba with it.Is it loud?It really is.
:chug:

i actually like the aheads, if i play only 1 or 2 songs with them during performance.. maybe they ARE heavy, but they give you everything your drumset has got.. to prevent the sticks of slipping out of your hands, use grip-tape..

but i won't recommend playing more than 2 songs with them ;)..

[Killjoy]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/vincethesk8r/Cowbell.jpg










Where do you get these cowbell mute things? Would it make it sound a little closer to a hend held cowbell?

u totally rule dude :D

[The Ska Man]

u totally rule dude :D

What, ya just noticed?:amaze:

[shadow_stalker]

5a Vic Firth american hickory, wood tipped sticks ftw

[PrinceOfDarkness]

The reason pros will play them is very unlikely that they like the feel so much compared to other sticks.

The MAIN reason is ENDORSEMENT. Those suckers get paid to play those sticks, get the sticks for free, and it doesn't matter if they break a cymbal because they also get THOSE for free. Ever see Metallica tour with a blemished cymbal? Slipknot? Yeah thought not.

I'm asking for reasons why other drummers use Aheads who don't have endorsements - I think Kevin Talley from Chimaira is a good example (I don't think he is endorsed by Aheads, correct me if I'm wrong)

[alexmonty12]

5a Vic Firth american hickory, wood tipped sticks ftwhaha, all the fucking way, love those sticks