Question about Drumsticks? Drummers please answer?

Question:What's the difference between nylon tip drumsticks and wooden tip drumsticks?
Which one is better?

btw i am a beginner drummer who wants to learn the drums via online lessons and i don't really want to record any songs or join a band

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: What's the difference between nylon tip drumsticks and wooden tip drumsticks?
Which one is better?

btw i am a beginner drummer who wants to learn the drums via online lessons and i don't really want to record any songs or join a band

Nylon is a hard plastic so you will get a more crisp "ping" when you ride on the cymbal. It also might help in rudimentary lessons like practicing rolls where you have to be precise. However, sometimes they slip off even though they are glued on strongly! I prefer the natural wooden tips because, as an unbroken extension of the stick itself, the stick is more dynamically responsive. The stick needs to "bend" ever so slightly and the plastic tip hinders that subtle flexibility.

For a beginner, there's really no difference. A nylon tip has tip covered with nylon or is just a piece of nylon on the actual tip. There really is not a world of difference that you need to worry about.

Nylon tips are for more clearity when playing cymbals.....
You can hear it more on Ride cymbals too when playing complicated Jazz pattern on it.
For example...using them on your Hi-hat cymbals as well as your Ride cymbals too....

Some drummers ( like me) prefer nylon tips and some don't. It no big deal really. There is no set rule to using them really.
It's just a personal choice with all drummers alike.

I used them because I do a lot of Hi-hat and Ride cymbals work so I want to hear that bright "ping" noise when playing them. Also, I only use Oak drumsticks instead of Hickory drumsticks. I've tried Hickory drumsticks in the past and snapped them real fast . Hickory is lighter, wood than Oak sticks do. Oak is heavier, stronger, longer lasting than Oak. A pair of Oak sticks will last about 6 months, even the heaviest drumming abuse. I'm a hard-hitter drummer so I needed strong sticks and found Oak to be the answer to the problem. Pro-Mark Japanese Oak sticks are about $8 a pair. That is worth it to me in terms of quality and durability. I only use 2B Pro-Mark Oak sticks for drum kit work and also use Vic Firth Marching Corp Sticks too for practicing on drum pads with.

www.pro-mark.com
www.vicfirth.com

Good luck

my best advice, go down to your music store and pick up a pair of both, because the only way to truly tell which one you think is better is to give each a test run, all drummers have way different preferences and its hard to take advice on what is better. so try them both and let your own personal preference choose. also try a wide range of sizes of stix, if your a beginning drummer, it takes just a little bit to find out what fits you the best.
_keep on rockin