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--gear-Playability: These long slender sticks are well-balanced, with a long, elegant shoulder and centrally positioned fulcrum. Overall, these were among the bestfinished sticks, with no roughness anywhere on the surface, a good glaze finish, neat tip attachments and even logo printing. The tips are smooth and wellproportioned, as you’d expect from the company which invented them. The sticks sit well in one’s hands and have a lively feel, with excellent rebound and impact absorption. They played extremely well on mesh and also felt energetic on hard rubber, but were a bit subdued on rubber-covered cymbals.
SilverFox The company shtick: Only premium logs are hand-selected for SilverFox drumsticks. In a process requiring a high degree of hands-on production and skill, each stick is lathed, one-at-a-time, using three highcarbon steel knives. The result is unparalleled precision, flawless consistency, and a vastly superior drumstick. After machining, each stick undergoes a rotational five-step sanding process. While our sanding procedures are more labour-intensive than our competitors, we believe that taking extra care to prepare the stick for finishing is a crucial step in the SilverFox process. Each SilverFox drumstick is hand-inspected, rolled and reinspected at many different stages of the manufacturing process. Strict quality control ensures that each drumstick will have a consistent shape and perfect balance. SilverFox drumsticks are individually hand-finished using Duracrylx, an exclusive formulation that is harder than lacquer and makes your SilverFox sticks LAST LONGER! Sample tested: 7A Length index: 100 Weight index: 100 Playability: What’s most striking about this sample was the large silver-foil logo. The hickory sticks were on the heavy side of our sample 7As, but were wellbalanced, with long shafts and elegantly tapered shoulders. They were clearly well finished, smooth to the touch and with seamlessly attached, generous nylon tips – probably the largest of those tested. The sticks played well despite their heavier feel, thanks to a well-positioned fulcrum. The timber felt absorbent, with little impact on any surface. I had expected the larger nylon tips to shine on harder surfaces, and was slightly disappointed to find their rebound good but not excellent. Overall, the sticks were easy to control and felt better on mesh and hard rubber pads than on rubber-covered cymbals.
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