What makes them, 'finger control' sticks? I'm a finger control player, I'm very curious about what they did to the sticks to make them better suited for FC players. Tapered shaft? If there is truly something unique about them, I may buy them myself.

John

Notes on the bag :

" The first stick designed expressly for finger techinque by Roy Burns . Just long enough and with a medium taper for fast bounce response . Small bead for sensitivity . Great for speed at medium volume levels . Ideal for small groups . "

JB - I play 7A's, the way those sticks are made sounds close to what I already use. I like a small bead for cymbals, I like to hear the stick. I'm a finger tapper from way back, if those buggers are tapered on the front end for increased rebound they will be right in my wheelhouse. Check your pm's, consider them sold! I want them. If I'm not mistaken, those old Roger's sticks were made by a company called, Capella. I had some blue-stamp Capella's in the 70's, they were my all time favorite drumsticks. I have missed them over the years, Capella no longer exists. I'll be real happy and consider myself lucky to get the pair you have.

Thank you in advance... let me know how you want to get paid amigo.

John

Bump!

Jazzbo - PM sent. You get my money order yet? Been almost two weeks. PM me.

John

I have a pair of Rogers sticks that Buddy gave me in 1966. They have his name imprinted on them and they are tapered for several inches in the middle of the butt area (a coke bottle shape). Obviously Buddy used finger control, any chance these are like that? I have heard that the factory hand sanded these sticks just for him...but don't know if that is true or not?

I'll post up a photo of the ones I bought from jazzbo and you can post a photo of yours. We'll do a side by side comparison. They are coming from Japan so it might take a little while.

John

That taper in the middle part of the butt of the stick is there to prevent the fulcrum from drifting while you play. The hump stops the stick from sliding up, or down, in your hand (traditional left hand grip) as you play causing the fulcrum (center of gravity) to stay in-position. Finger tapping depends on having the grip centered perfectly on the fulcrum point of the stick. That's where the maximum rebound is to be had.

It makes sense that they sanded that taper into Buddy's sticks at the fulcrum. Usually, you have to make a lot of small hand corrections/adjustments with the stick position as you play in order to keep the fulcrum in place. With that taper in the handle, no more sliding, the lumber stays in place.

John