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What drumsticks does Karl Perazzo use?

Santana

The drumsticks Karl Perazzo plays

Karl Perazzo plays the Vater VHKARLW (⌀.520″×15.512″, hickory). The roster entry gives the band as Santana.

The sticks, spec by spec

Drawn to scale, with the figures each maker publishes.

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Vater VHKARLW Karl Perazzo's Drumbale

Their own signature model (Vater)

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.520″ (13.2 mm)
Length15.512″ (394 mm)
Wood / materialHickory
Tip shape
Tip material
Taper
Weight≈39g est.

Where this comes from

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.

BandSantana
GenreRock, Pop
Listed byVater

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Ranked by how close each one is to the Vater VHKARLW 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.

Reference: Vater VHKARLW Karl Perazzo's Drumbale

Other drummers who play the same stick 4

Drummers the makers list as playing the same model as Karl Perazzo.

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