Motivation:

I went into work on my day off to use the wood/metal shop, and decided to make another custom drum stick, specifically for ballads.

 

Reference

…some drum-sticks have a mallet on the butt end, which allow for distinctly soft washes and swells with cymbals:

 

 

 

 

…some drumsticks are made of bundles of thinner dowels, for a quieter, clicking sound for quiet music.

 

 

 

 

So I figure, I should combine them !

 

Method:

1. start with a wood-handle mallet
2. bundle a layer of thin (1/16”) hickory dowels around it
3. secure with tape temporarily
4. apply glue into nooks at the base (mallet) end, leaving dowels to flex.

Result

tadaa !

 

 

Happy to share my stick-ideas with you. Let me know what you think in the comments below.