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What drumsticks does Al Wilson use?

Independent

The drumsticks Al Wilson plays

VaterVH55BB⌀.606″×16.496″Official roster

Al Wilson plays the Vater VH55BB (⌀.606″×16.496″, hickory). The roster entry gives the band as Independent.

The sticks, spec by spec

Drawn to scale, with the figures each maker publishes.

Vater Official roster

Vater VH55BB 55BB

Listed as their stick on Vater's official roster

The drumstick silhouette is drawn to scale — length and diameter exactly as published — and the dotted lines mark every 100 mm from the butt end on the left.

Figures as published by the maker; inch values are converted back from mm.
Diameter	.606″ (15.4 mm)
Length	16.496″ (419 mm)
Wood / material	Hickory
Tip shape	Acorn
Tip material	Wood
Taper	—
Weight	≈57g est.

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Where this comes from

Listed on Vater's official artist page (retrieved 2026-08-25)Source page ↗

All of it is what the maker's own site says. Endorsements and stick choices change, so this is not a guarantee that the drummer plays this model today.

Profile

Only what the makers publish, plus links the drummer runs themselves.

Band	Independent
Genre	Rock, Pop
Listed by	Vater

Sticks similar to this one 6

Ranked by how close each one is to the Vater VH55BB in diameter, length, wood, tip and taper — the same calculation this site's “find sticks like this” uses. It does not mean the drummer plays any of them.

MeinlSB109⌀.606″×16.496″PremierPM-CC-HICKORY⌀.610″×16.496″VaterVHP5BAW⌀.610″×16.496″Los Cabos5B Intense⌀.598″×16.496″Los Cabos5B Intense⌀.598″×16.496″StarWoodHICNB5Bplus⌀.598″×16.535″

Reference: Vater VH55BB 55BB

Other drummers who play the same stick 12

Drummers the makers list as playing the same model as Al Wilson.

Ben GarrettOverhead / The Albatross Brad WilkRage Against The Machine / Audioslave Caleb CliftonEyes Set to Kill Dennis CassidyA.Smyth / Paj / Danny G and Selk Gil SharoneMarilyn Manson / Independent Harry JuddMcFly Ilya MalkoIndependent Jimmy PembertonLivy Jeanne / DJ Master Millions / Independent Mike ClemonsIsrael Houghton and the New Breed Miles McPhersonIndependent Nisan StewartDancing With The Stars / Jamie Foxx Paul DeLongThe Code / Independent

More drummers on Vater's roster

Other drummers on the same maker's artist pages.

Alain TissotInside Out / Independent Alan CassidyThe Black Dahlia Murder Alan Jax BowersRachel Allyn / Independent Alberto "Beto" MarzanoIndependent Alberto VargasNew Wine / El Rey Jesus Ale GiulianiIndependent Aleksandr PotapovBASTA / V.L.T Alex BranderBig D And The Kids Table

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