Just a tip to newbie's like myself. After I started becomming more comfortable playing on my kit, playing longer, faster & hiting harder. I started geting big blood blisters on my fingers. I was taping them up with cloth tape so I could keep playing. However the tape only held up for a short while & by the end of practice it was right back to open blisters. The more I played the worst they got & were not healing to well. This went on for quite a while. Till one day I was walking through the Auto department in a Walmart made in China store & came across a pair of Grease Monkey Max Fit Gorilla Grip Glove for under 5.00. They were cheap enough, fit nice & tight. Heck for the price what do I have to loose but a few bucks & maybe a few blisters! Well it's been about 3 weeks now of playing for about 2 hours just about every day & the blisters are healed up & the gloves are holding up very well. Plus no more dropped sticks when playing. So if your are a newbie & are getting big sore blisters like I was & are looking for a cheap fix to save your fingers the pain of playing with blisters you might want to give them a try.