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Ahead M1CX

SDC M1CX Marching

⌀.697(17.7mm)×17.008(432mm)

The Ahead M1CX is a aluminum drumstick for marching percussion, listed by Ahead as the SDC M1CX Marching. It is .697″ (17.7 mm) in diameter and 17.008″ (432 mm) long. It has a short taper.

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. The outline follows the maker's taper class and tip shape.
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Ahead M1CX SDC M1CX Marching — full specs

Figures as published by the maker. Sticks specified in inches are held in millimetres here, so the inch column is converted back from mm to three decimals; “—” means the maker publishes no value.
Diameter.697″ (17.7 mm)
Length17.008″ (432 mm)
Wood / materialAluminum (aerospace grade aluminum tubing)
Tip shape
Tip materialNylon
TaperShort
Finish
Weight88g official
CategoryMarching
Series
Signature model
Genre tagsMarching
Model number (SKU)M1CX
BrandAhead

About the wood, the tip and the maker

MarchingUse

For marching bands. Built thick, long and heavy for outdoor volume, which usually makes them far too much stick for a drum set.

MarchingGenre

Tags models presented for marching. Thick, long and heavy is the norm, since they have to carry outdoors.

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