CANOPUS

What drumsticks does Mel Taylor (メルテイラー) use?

The Ventures

The drumsticks Mel Taylor plays

CANOPUSMST⌀.591″×15.984″Signature

Mel Taylor plays the CANOPUS MST (⌀.591″×15.984″). The roster entry gives the band as The Ventures.

The sticks, spec by spec

Drawn to scale, with the figures each maker publishes.

CANOPUS Signature

CANOPUS MST The Ventures メルテイラーモデル

Their own signature model (CANOPUS)

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	.591″ (15.0 mm)
Length	15.984″ (406 mm)
Wood / material	—
Tip shape	—
Tip material	—
Taper	—
Weight	—

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Where this comes from

Listed on CANOPUS's own signature-model product 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	The Ventures
Listed by	CANOPUS

Sticks similar to this one 6

Ranked by how close each one is to the CANOPUS MST 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.

CANOPUSCP-NK⌀.598″×15.984″Regal Tip225R-BN⌀.598″×15.984″CANOPUS玉田豊夢モデル（右手用）⌀.598″×16.024″Craftsman306⌀.598″×16.024″Craftsman306X⌀.598″×16.024″Regal Tip205R-BN⌀.579″×15.984″

Reference: CANOPUS MST The Ventures メルテイラーモデル

More drummers on CANOPUS's roster

Other drummers on the same maker's artist pages.

佐野康夫刄田綴色堀越彰LOTUS POSITION / OBSESSION / INSTINCT 河村 “カースケ” 智康the bond 海老沢一博玉田豊夢斉藤和義 / いきものがかり / 小谷美紗子 / レキシ / C.C.King etc アヒトイナザワVOLA & THE ORIENTAL MACHINE クハラカズユキうつみようこ&YOKOLOCO BAND / M.J.Q / qyb / The Birthday

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