Drumsticks that are not made from wood is not a new idea. Those of us who have been around for a while have seen the idea come and go with varied amounts of success. One of the problems was that when we tried those sticks, the results have felt and sounded “weird.” I’m not a scientist, I’m a musician, and I care about the sound and the feel of my sticks, and everything that those two words entail. Because of that, I was eager to talk to someone at Techra Sticks. Techra Sticks is not a new company, in fact it’s quite the contrary. Techra, and their 60 employees, have been around for a long-time as a subcontractor making carbon fiber parts for sports cars and airplanes. But they always wanted to develop a new carbon fiber that would be perfect for carbon fiber drumsticks.  I was lucky enough to […]

November 2023 Issue