The Ahead M2CX is a aluminum drumstick for marching percussion, listed by Ahead as the SDC M2CX Marching. It is .697″ (17.7 mm) in diameter and 17.008″ (432 mm) long. It has a long 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.
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)
Length
17.008″ (432 mm)
Wood / material
Aluminum (aerospace grade aluminum tubing)
Tip shape
—
Tip material
Nylon
Taper
Long
Finish
—
Weight
88g official
Category
Marching
Series
—
Signature model
—
Genre tags
Marching
Model number (SKU)
M2CX
Brand
Ahead
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.