Ahead Sticks

[A Vision of Sunny Days]

Hey I heard a lot about these sticks and considering buying them coming this Friday. Are they actually worth the price? Looking at it on muscians friend they're about 30 something but once converted to CAD I'm probably looking at about 35-40 or something around that. Can someone tell me a bit about it and any experience they have with the brand. If not I'll just opt out for some nude 5As

[Futuro]

They break cymbals, and they break very easy. dont get em.

[Undisco Kidd]

Aheads are definitely worth it. Sure, wood has tone, does't break your cymbals, and doesn't cost 30 bucks, but Aheads are HARRRRRDCORE HEAVY METAL!

[Electric Requiem]

let me tell you that there is some serious ahead hate on these forums (and rightfully so)
they break your cymbals

[Little Android Man]

they are abusive to your drums and cymbals, but if you wanna be cool like Joey J, go AHEAD.

^lol, i crack myself up sometimes.

[Electric Requiem]

very punny

[Little Android Man]

no pun intended.
seriously, i didnt even mean to do that, it kinda just happened.

[Brokensticks]

I suggest you don't buy them. They have been known to crack cymbals. They also break easily on Rim Shots, and who wold want to have to avoid a rim shot!!!

Best to stick to wood. For tone and for the sake of your drums/cymbals/wrists.

[Electric Requiem]

I suggest you don't buy them. They have been known to crack cymbals. They also break easily on Rim Shots, and who wold want to have to avoid a rim shot!!!

Best to stick to wood. For tone and for the sake of your drums/cymbals/wrists.

fix'd

okay Im done now

[Little Android Man]

mine wins.

[Jeff]

Hey I heard a lot about these sticks and considering buying them coming this Friday. Are they actually worth the price?

no. there are cheaper ways to break cymbals. $6 pair of sticks + bad technique will work and youll save yourself $25.

[Brokensticks]

Give the guy a break he obviously hasn't heard of these sticks before and is wondering if they're worth it so just give him a nice answer like he wants.

[White]

ya for those who were being harsh, ct it out, he was just asking cause he didn't know.

now I suggest you stay away from Aheads, they do indeed crack your cymbals (it's like Metal on Metal, not good, Right?) and they do indeed break, just because they seem unbreakable is no reason to buy them, stay away, stay away. Also, pic up some vic firths! lol.

[moshpitdrummer]

White's got it right. Aheads crack cymbals and in the long run wood is the way to go for tone. again i agree with White.... vic firth is the way to go

[rotary alchemist]

Please do not get ahead sticks. They really do break cymbals and even your kit if you love to do rim shots. Just stay with normal wood sticks. :) You can't go wrong with traditional wood sticks.

If you are looking for more durable sticks, look at oak wood sticks. Or if you think that they will be too heavy than have a look at carbon sticks. I have tried them at my local music store, they are light like 5a's but not sure if they live up to their promise of being more durable than wood. :)

[pitchfork]

Should I show him my super scientific diagram?

[Zildjian]

sure

Go but $30 bucks worth of Vic Fiths and they will last you just as long as a pair of aheads

[Odranaz]

Hey I heard a lot about these sticks and considering buying them coming this Friday. Are they actually worth the price? Looking at it on muscians friend they're about 30 something but once converted to CAD I'm probably looking at about 35-40 or something around that. Can someone tell me a bit about it and any experience they have with the brand. If not I'll just opt out for some nude 5As


i got a pair of AHEAD lars ulrich signature...and although they're great sticks..they werent what i was looking for. 1, they are very heavy..depending on what you usually use (im using vic firth 5A). 2, i bought mine at long & mcquade for 48$ CAN, so they are expensive. 3, when the say replacable shafts, its not on any of the signature models (ulrich, tommy lee, jordison), only on the..."regular" sticks if thats what you wanna call them. these sticks are more for really hard hitters. my opinion, if you like a beefy, heavy stick, hit fairly hard (and have the heads that can take the abuse), and have about 50 - 60$ to spend, then there great:chug:

[DrumIntoTheNight]

I've played Aheads, and they seriously should be avoided. I find they dont balance like a normal stick, they've got a weird feel to them, and you cant use them for rim clicks, because the handle end is padded. Ontop of that, the guy that owns the pair I played snapped both sticks clean in half within a week of buying them, so they aren't even that durable compared to normal sticks.

Expensive waste of money sticks for Slipknot fans, and they will break your expensive cymbals. I'd rather go through sticks by the dozen than break my cymbals, thanks.

[Zildjian]

opinion, if you like a beefy, heavy stick, hit fairly hard (and have the heads that can take the abuse), and have about 50 - 60$ to spend, then there great:chug:

No. Didn't you read that they break your cymbals?

[pitchfork]

sure

Go but $30 bucks worth of Vaters or Vic firths and they will last you just as long as a pair of aheads

Fix'd

[Drummer Matt]

Ahead Drumsticks are made out of aluminum and some other cymbal breaking crap. Hitting metal on metal isn't a good idea. I'd rather spend $10 every week for new wood sticks than spend $150 and up on buying a new cymbal to replace the one that an Ahead destroyed. Plus they're pretty heavy too! Artists like Lars Ulrich and Tommy Lee use them because they have endorsements by Zildjian. If they break a cymbal, their drum techs come out and put a brand new one on. They don't give a #$%@ that they break cymbals!

[Panopticon]

i got a pair of AHEAD lars ulrich signature...and although they're great sticks..they werent what i was looking for. 1, they are very heavy..depending on what you usually use (im using vic firth 5A). 2, i bought mine at long & mcquade for 48$ CAN, so they are expensive. 3, when the say replacable shafts, its not on any of the signature models (ulrich, tommy lee, jordison), only on the..."regular" sticks if thats what you wanna call them. these sticks are more for really hard hitters. my opinion, if you like a beefy, heavy stick, hit fairly hard (and have the heads that can take the abuse), and have about 50 - 60$ to spend, then there great:chug:

Wrong...there are three types of shafts...

LT - Long taper
MT - Medium taper
ST - Short taper

You have to find which kind of taper your stick has and get those shafts. I believe the Ulrich sticks are long taper.

[HoMoPhObE]

i used aheads for about a year never broke a cymbal. they do feel weird at first, they are heavier than wood sticks DUHH. The only problem that i started to have is the white tips started to fall off after a couple of months. I used them for practice all the time and then before a show i would switch too wooden cause they are lighter.

ya everyone says they break cymbals but im like winning the lotto i guess didn't break anyting.

[440561]

I wanna see the scientific diagram!

[maniac0796]

Lar doesn't even use aheads for his right hand. Uses normal woods sticks for right, and ahead for left.

But these guys are right. They do cause considerable damage to your drum kit.

And i wanna see the scientific diagram. And vaters suck. All the pairs i've bought have never been pitched paired and they're uber brittle. VF is the way forward, or promark.

[Zildjian]

vaters a tough as hell but I hate that cut off butt end

VF has that special feel.

[White]

VF is by far the way to go, and although some of you may disagree, I have just got a pair of Zildjian dipsticks a month or so ago, and I love them, they are 5As and I don't know why they are semi-frowned upon here?

EDIT: Zildjian is almost at 5,000, wooh who!

[Zildjian]

Zildjian sticks are very inconsistent. Sometimes you get a really good pair

oh damn white your right, Last time I checked I was at like 4,500 :/

I guess I get alot because of the 5 free classes in school where I just come here lol

[raz0r]

my opinion, if you like a beefy, heavy stick, hit fairly hard (and have the heads that can take the abuse), and have about 50 - 60$ to spend, then there great:chug:

Why not just pick up a brick or two of 2Bs for the same price?

[the_pure_drummer]

Dont buy them.

[Drum Phil]

VF is by far the way to go, and although some of you may disagree, I have just got a pair of Zildjian dipsticks a month or so ago, and I love them, they are 5As and I don't know why they are semi-frowned upon here?

EDIT: Zildjian is almost at 5,000, wooh who!

A few people have had bad reactions to the coating. I know i did.

[Bonham#1!]

Youve heard everything you need to hear.


DONT BUY THEM

[goalieman92]

yeah, you've heard everything, but I'll put up my pic for the hell of it. now, where is it. hmmm...


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/goalieman92/sp5.jpg

That's all you need to know

[White]

Hell if South Park says it its gotta be true! haha, that is by far the greatest show ever made

[goalieman92]

maybe if i ever get the urge to, I might make it so it actually looks like chalk.

It is a good show.

"if you loose the kid will die quicker then Steve Irwin in a tank full of sting rays"

[White]

ya, that line was wrong lol, they got ued for it and the show is possibly going to be taken off because of that.

[goalieman92]

lol. it was funny as hell though

well, it's kind halfassed but it looks ok.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/goalieman92/sp5-1.jpg

[Little Android Man]

mmkay?

[pitchfork]

this poop is cold nigga!

I wanna see the scientific diagram!
Granted

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/Theclashrock/n00b1.png
and just cause I can
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/Theclashrock/fairy1.png

[Drum Phil]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/rancid_punk/StickBoom.gif

[Sharkey Boy]

I enjoyed those two posts above WAY too much

[Drum Phil]

Mine was to prove to Damo that sticks do randomly self destruct :) However it had an "Only the cockroaches and Aheads could survive the destruction of earth" part so i posted it.

[GhostNote]

maybe if i ever get the urge to, I might make it so it actually looks like chalk.

It is a good show.

"if you loose the kid will die quicker then Steve Irwin in a tank full of sting rays"

That's cold man. Real cold.


-GN

[Drum Phil]

*wanders in*

*whistles*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/rancid_punk/1164460417_l.gif

*wanders out*

[Zildjian]

^^hahaha

thats really wrong.

[Drum Phil]

Im goin to hell :)

[White]

Phil that one was just mean, the steve irwin thing, you know he was an excellent person, actually my hero since I was a kid, but the other cartoons were full as shell

[Drum Phil]

He is? He's excellent for practically handing his kids to wild animals?

[maniac0796]

I laughed at that picture...

[pitchfork]

I lol'd
Yeah he was a good bloke, but his death only had so much impact cause he was famous from tv and stuff.
Yeah he was like a conservation dude, it was his job.

[Mirror.Circuit]

no aheads.
please.

[ytsedrummer]

Stay away from AHEADs. Use Promark!

[Mirror.Circuit]

i don't even care what brand of WOOD sticks you use.
just don't use aheads.
i wish i hadn't.
:(

[Parradiddle Pete]

What about buying some aheads for use on a pad? cheaper just to get like marching sticks or something for the weight?

[Josiah]

What about buying some aheads for use on a pad? cheaper just to get like marching sticks or something for the weight?


Aheads weigh less then their wooden counterparts. Not even close to marching sticks.

Grab some Ralphs or MS2's

[the_pure_drummer]

If i ever get any aheads im going to burn them and film it and put it on youtube for all the n00bs to cry at!

[Parradiddle Pete]

I THINK that has already happened man! and, I wouldn't waste money on them, even to burn them...i'd just burn them in the shop ;)

I will get some heavy sticks when i have the money, at thwe moment, for my mouse mat i have some roger taylor/queen on tour sticks to use, the're ok.

[the_pure_drummer]

Ill try and get em thrown in free when i buy something large. And ill do it when i have a camcorder.

:)

[GhostNote]

*wanders in*

*whistles*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/rancid_punk/1164460417_l.gif

*wanders out*

Becuase making fun of someone's death is just that funny :rolleyes:
TBH Phil that's really immature.

He is? He's excellent for practically handing his kids to wild animals?

Can you really believe anything the media says? You would only know how close he was if you were there. So you can't pass judgement on that issue.


-GN

[Drum Phil]

I dont care if he's dead or not. So **** if he is?

Photos show otherwise. He shouldnt have had the kid anywhere near the gator, they can lunge quick and a fair distance.

Take your irwin *** licking elsewhere.

[the_pure_drummer]

Hey phil, i take it your in a good mood.

[Drum Phil]

Yes i am :)

[the_pure_drummer]

Thats allllllllllllrighty then! :)

[pitchfork]

A thread about aheads where people are happy, no huge arguments :)
:chug:

[GhostNote]

I dont care if he's dead or not. So **** if he is?

Photos show otherwise. He shouldnt have had the kid anywhere near the gator, they can lunge quick and a fair distance.

Take your irwin *** licking elsewhere.

I'm not "licking his ***" i just said that making fun of someone's death isn't exactly a respectful thing to do. Thanks for getting emotional though. :thumb:


-GN

[Drum Phil]

I make fun of everyones death.

I'll make fun of your death too.

[Retarded Chipple]

I make fun of everyones death.

I'll make fun of your death too.

Its ok to laugh at people who self inflict death upon themselves like commit suicide or die by doing something really stupid...they asked for it.

People who die in accidents most likely didn't want to die so it's not ok to laugh.


My little theory...

[maniac0796]

Yuh, but when you're smart enough to choose to swim with an Animal you know can kill you, does that make it your fault, or just a general misconception?

[Retarded Chipple]

Yuh, but when you're smart enough to choose to swim with an Animal you know can kill you, does that make it your fault, or just a general misconception?


Thats exactly what I was thinking as I was typing.....I guess its down to the individual

[Drum Phil]

If i cant laugh at death then death/grim reaper/uptight people have won.

Jill Dandos husband wanted to paint the front door green but she was dead against it.

[the_pure_drummer]

Aheads suck.

[maniac0796]

Your gran sucks

[Retarded Chipple]

As do hoovers....

[Drum Phil]

What do Steve Irwin and Trudie Styler have in common? Sting's ****ed them both.

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Lol cruel but true

[the_pure_drummer]

Haha lol


Why do women have smaller feet than men?




























So they can stand closer to the sink.

[Retarded Chipple]

Wtf does that have to do with Steve Irwin or Aheads?

[the_pure_drummer]

Your mom?

[White]

Phil you gotta stop being a Dick, obviously Irwin knew what a Gator could do, he did that to show ppl his trust in animals and so his son could get use to animals at a young age, are you F**king retarded, you gotta have more respect for ppl.

[Retarded Chipple]

Your mom?


*sigh*

Do you not remember about my mum...?

[the_pure_drummer]

Ohhhhhh im sooooooooooo sorry man! Really i am sorry sorry please forgive me!

[Retarded Chipple]

Forgiven....


(as you already have been IM'd hehe)

[Drum Phil]

Give me ONE good reason why i should respect him.

[maniac0796]

He's your father

[White]

Give me ONE good reason why i should respect him.

For what he did for Wild Life preservation?, because of him millions of Kids know alla bout dangerous animals, his efforts helped make a lot of discoveries in the life of animals. Now you giove me one good reason why you shouldn't respect him?

[Drum Phil]

If it bites your leg off its dangerous..... If parents taught their friggin kids they'd know this.

I have no respect for him because he put young lives in direct danger more than once. He also aggravated animals on purpouse and eventually paid the price for it.

Its his own fault he now looks like a human donut.

[GhostNote]

I make fun of everyones death.

I'll make fun of your death too.

Well that's great for you, 'cause i don't give a **** what you think of me. But that sort of disrespectful attitude towards people's deaths isn't going to bring you a whole lot of respect or kindness back from people. Also, not making fun of someone's death doesn't make you uptight. What the **** makes you think that?


-GN

[Drum Phil]

It doesnt. Preaching morals to immoral people makes you uptight.

I dont care about respect, if i cared about that i'd have switched to PDF a long time ago.

[GhostNote]

I'm pretty sure it's obvious you don't care about respect. And it sounds like you're really going to go somewhere with that attitude :rolleyes: Good luck :thumb:


-GN

[CasB]

Geez, it's just a joke. Get over it.

[GhostNote]

I didn't find it funny. I just don't like the idea of making fun of someone's death.


-GN

[Drum Phil]

Just wait till im dancing on your pretentious grave.

And hey, some of the richest people are live are immoral arseholes :) Therefore Me > You.

You hear about irwins new line of sun cream?

Protects against all harmful rays.

[White]

If it bites your leg off its dangerous..... If parents taught their friggin kids they'd know this.

I have no respect for him because he put young lives in direct danger more than once. He also aggravated animals on purpouse and eventually paid the price for it.

Its his own fault he now looks like a human donut.

Right, and we all know Phil actually cares about those animals and young lives he put in danger :rolleyes: Phil you just want a reason to hate another person

[Drum Phil]

I dont hate him :)

I just think he was a **** who got what was coming to him.

[goalieman92]

I didn't find it funny. I just don't like the idea of making fun of someone's death.


-GN

death smiles at us all. All we can do is smile right back at it.


it's part of life. e had it coming. and besides, it's not so much that he died, it's that he got killed by a sting ray, I woulda guessed a snake personally.

[GhostNote]

Just wait till im dancing on your pretentious grave.

And hey, some of the richest people are live are immoral arseholes :) Therefore Me > You.

Ohk, so you'll be dancing on a 15yr old's pretentious grave whilst being an older person, in a completely different part of the world? Good luck with that!

So, you immediately assume because some of the richest people are immoral arseholes, that makes you better than me? Some of the richest people in the world are also moral. So don't assume too much.


-GN

[Drum Phil]

Where did i say im better than you?

Im just proving your logic of "you're an immoral asshole so you wont go nowhere" is wrong :)

Deal with it.

[GhostNote]

Right here: "Therefore Me > You."

I never wrote that phrase? I said "And it sounds like you're really going to go somewhere with that attitude" Which could mean a number of things. And i never said you were an immoral arsehole either. Again, you assume too much.


-GN

[Drum Phil]

I said i was immoral asshole. Which is perfectly true.

Never heard the saying nice guys finish last?

Im bored of this now.

Steve irwin is dead, he deserves it and i'll continue to be a cunt about it.

Nothing you can say will change that. You're a child and as such, your opinion doesnt sway with me.