The Vater VSMBW is a maple drumstick for the drum kit, listed by Vater as the Sugar Maple Blazer™ Wood. It is .610″ (15.5 mm) in diameter and 16.260″ (413 mm) long. It has a wood acorn tip. Vater lists 7 drummers playing it.
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
.610″ (15.5 mm)
Length
16.260″ (413 mm)
Wood / material
Maple
Tip shape
Acorn
Tip material
Wood
Taper
—
Finish
Regular Lacquer
Weight
≈48g est.
Category
Drum set
Series
Sugar Maple
Signature model
—
Model number (SKU)
VSMBW
Brand
Vater
Drummers who play this stick 7
Drummers the maker itself lists as playing this model. Each name links to their entry in the drummer directory.
The lightest of the big three woods. A thick maple stick still feels light, which suits fast, intricate playing and quiet gigs. The trade-off is that it wears out sooner.
AcornTip shape
A near-round nose on a fuller body. You keep the clear articulation of a ball tip but gain some width and volume in the sound.
VaterBrand
A family-run maker in Holbrook, Massachusetts. It traces back to a Boston drum shop and launched as its own brand in 1991. Notable for how deep the model range runs.
Drum setUse
Standard drum set sticks. This is the site's default filter, and every familiar model number like 5A or 7A lives here.