Vic Firth SGAR Matt Garstka

Matt is one of my favourite drummers so I was excited when he announced these sticks. The motive behind these sticks made me more excited to buy them; "Designed by Matt Garstka to achieve a balance of weight and speed".

I've been enjoying them. I've been using them for a few months now and their quote about weight and speed is definitely true. The weight feels perfect, they're light but not too light so you still feel powerful when hitting a rimshot or crash.

I suppose the only negative I'd have is that I love the texture of the wood on Promark sticks. I was never a fan of the texture on Vic Firth sticks. So the main reason I bought these is because they are Matt's signature stick and the description of the weight/speed sounded perfect which it is.

These are great sticks but I will probably move back to Promark whenever these get worn out.