Vater VWHWP Wood Handle Whip Poly Bristle Multi Rods

The rubber rings fall off too easy. Need to be taped. I was hoping they would be more like lightning Rods. So far Kuppmen makes the best quiet sticks.

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I really enjoyed the whips that from Vader, but I love your cool rods by pro Mark Moore

My favorite "bundled" rods of this type are Pro Mark's Hot Rods. I like the feel and natural sound of the wood dowels. However they wear out prematurely, even with applying duct tape around the shoulder for added durability. It gets expensive replacing them. Next I tried Remo's Blastics.Not bad for plastic rods but a little short for my taste. Finally I settled on Vater's wood handle Whip. Their longer rods are a plus for me. Adjusting rings are beefier than the "O rings" Remo uses. The Vaters outlast the others in general. However, the rods have an annoying tendency to all work loose in a bundle from the metal collar of the handle. Vater's binding process is not sufficient to keep the entire bundle from separating from the handle. In the past I believe it took awhile for this to occur. Then I started to preemptively glue the base of the rods to the metal collar. Now it seems the rods work loose much more quickly. Gluing sometimes keeps the rods from popping out en masse but notalways. To be fair, I use the Vater Whip for home practice to keep volume down. I do play them fairly hard, but still, they should not be coming apart while still new. That's the only reason I took off a star. If you're playing with only light to moderate force, you probably won't have this issue. Other than that, the Vater Whip is still my first overall choice. Now I simply glue when new and strengthen overall with duct tape.**Update: Borrowing from my practice of duct taping the wooden dowel Pro Mark Hot Rods to minimize wear around the shoulder of the rod, I did the same with the V. Whips. I eventually wound up taping from the bottom of the bristles up to about an inch or two from the tips. However doing so made the whips heavier. I was ok with that but curiously noticed that in short order, the whips developed a bending of the duct tape in the middle. Attempting to straighten proved futile as the whips quickly became bent again. It then occurred to me that it might be the weight of the tape with the repetitive downward and forward force from playing that was causing or at least contributing to the poly bristles coming out of the handle individually or en masse. So I tried a new pair of V. Whips, still preemptively gluing the bristles at the wood base, experimenting with the adjustment bands, but NOT applying any duct tape. Voila! After a month of my usual hard playing, the bristles have all remained intact. It would appear the weight of the duct tape may have been the significant factor in the bristles coming out of the wood handles. Time will tell.

The media could not be loaded.  These are very light nylon sticks. I had to wrap mine with shrink hose and medical tape. I like to have stiffness in the stick. Gives a responsive bounce I like. These are great for light drum playing, but I enjoy belting more power out with these Whips. Use the pair for a week and your mind and hands will adjust. I enjoy the slap on the snare and rack toms. Gracias

The sticks work well and are far more durable than wood ones, however the rubber bands that slide up and down the sticks fall off or slide around while playing. Need to add something else to it to keep them from moving around.

If you're looking for rods that will help with double and triplet troke rolls you would have to work real hard to get them don't with this. The tone is very different to that of the hickory rods. I will find use for them but I prefer the wooden rods.

I love these sticks. I love them more than hot rods. The sound is awesome but are very quiet with the sleeve at the bottom. Almost as quiet as my brushes but with a crisper sound than the brushes. However, The stupid sleeve just flies off as soon as you play with any gusto. It drives me nuts to the tune of 1 star deduction. Other than that, these babies are my favorite quieter stick.

Suenan bien en canciones que van con escobillas, se sienten bien aunque el mango es de plástico, por lo que pueden sentirse extrañas al estar acostumbrado al agarre con baquetas de madera. Es necesario tener parches rugosos en tarola para que suene bien, ya que con parche liso se pierde un poco la magia del producto. Las considero mejor opción que escobillas, pero por 3x el precio, no sé si lo valen. En comparación con otras hot rods, se sienten robustas y parece que serán duraderas.

Los utilizo para un set de percusiones (platillos, frame drums, tarola, djembe, etc.). Me permite tener un sonido más suave y controlado que el que tendría con rods de madera, pero aún con suficiente ataque. Desconozco qué tan convenientes son para tocar una batería convencional, pero para la música que toco resulta una excelente opción en conjunto con el resto de las que utilizo en el mismo set: manos, escobillas, rods y baquetas ligeras.

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Excelente par de Hot rods! Toco percusiones latinas. Acabo de disfrutar mucho estrenarlos. Se sienten muy bien. No tienen mucho rebote pero cumplen con poder tocar ritmos a un volumen bajo sin perder el feel.

Muy buena calidad y el producto es tal como se muestra en las imágenes quede muy satisfecho perfecto para tocar acústico