Model

Promark Hot Rods

Bundled dowels between a stick and a brush

Hot Rods are a bundle of thin dowels bound with an adjustable band, giving perhaps a third of a stick's volume with a broader, softer attack. They created the category and the name is now used generically.

Category

  • Drumsticks & Mallets

    Hickory, maple, and oak sticks by model number; wire and nylon brushes; and the yarn, cord, and felt mallets that concert percussion is played with.

Made by

  • Promark

    Herb Brochstein founded Promark in Houston and was first to bring Japanese white oak sticks to American drummers. Now part of D'Addario, the company is known for the FireGrain heat-treated hickory process and the Rebound and Forward balance families.

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