The American Sound series, only available in hickory wood, offers a variation of the four main models of general purpose chopsticks. The 5A and 5B for rockers, or the 8D and 7A for fans of finer chopsticks.
An essential accessory.
The legendary Jeff Porcaro - who still had a dozen kits and thirty snares - used to say that the toms were essential, but that it was indeed the skins and chopsticks that could radically customize the sound. This assertion is even more true for cymbals, as the thickness of a handle, the fineness of a neck or, even more so, the shape of an olive, are all elements that shape the sound of the metal, in particular. especially for charlestons and wrinkles.
A well shod cobbler.
Before leading the brand that bears his name, the late Vic Firth was first and foremost an accomplished percussionist, having practiced under the aegis of the greatest conductors in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This is not nothing, especially since his first pair was designed to meet the needs of a musical piece for which he wanted a particular sound and touch. Assisted by the greatest drummers on the planet, the designers of the brand have maintained this requirement to market products now essential while constantly renewing the range. The goal residing in the choice of new options, like those American Sound round olive.
An olive that changes everything.
Take two chopsticks of the same make and model but with two distinct olives, and place yourself in front of a 22-inch cymbal ... Play one shot, with each wand, and you will get a radically different sound! Here, with its fine neck, elongated neck and round olive that characterizes the American Sound, it is the followers of light, soft and very precise sounds that will find their happiness, for jazz, fusion or Latin acoustic music. What prepare a divine cuisine and roll without forcing on the skins, all shades, and let easily bounce these olives on a metal just waiting to vibrate.
The fate of these new models is already drawn!
The American Sounds have the body and spindle of the American Classic 5A, 7A and ROCK but have a round olive that completely changes the sound and the feeling of play by bringing a clear and more precise sound on skins and cymbals.
They are a mix of models 5A, 5B 7A, and F1.
Perfect for jazz and small formations. Overall length: 39.37 cm, Diameter: 1.37 cm.
Category: baguette
Instrument: battery
Template: 7A
Signature: no
Material: hickory
Olive material: wood
Grip: no
Olive: round
Average pass
Color: natural
Length: 39.37
Diameter: 1.37
Brand reference number:
PVF AS7A