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Vic Firth Scott Johnson (SSJ)
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9/25/2009
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Description:
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A medium taper and full round tip enhance the colors that are possible on Kevlar® heads.
L = 17", Dia. = .705"
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Vic Firth Scott Johnson
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Posts: 6
Registered: May 2003
Location: Augusta, GA
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aaronizzle
Registered: May 2003
Location: Augusta, GA
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Review Date: 3/3/2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $10.61
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Great light feel. Easy to diddle with and easy to play singles with.
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None as of yet
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This stick has a great feel to it. I tryed this stick for a solo i played a couple weeks ago. I switched over because of the light feel, but excellent response to what i wanted.
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Virginia State University
The Marching Trojan Explosion
Orange Thunder... OT! U KNOW!
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Review Date: 8/9/2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $8.00
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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rebound
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great feel, nice rebound, great projection.
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yoyojack
Registered: March 2008
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Review Date: 11/7/2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $7.25
| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Full sound, good low end control, durable shot area
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Paint job gives horrible grip, less-than-stellar rebound
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This is one beefy stick. It has a relatively short taper and produces a really full sound. It is really easy to control at low dynamic levels, and will last through many rim-shots. The trade off with the short taper is the fact that it gets pretty bad rebound compared to longer-tapered sticks. Vic Firth also decided to cover the stick in like 50 layers of thick paint, so the grip is really bad, and I'm a man who likes to leave the grip area untaped.
It is a decent stick, but I would recommend some other implements, such as the Ralph Hardimon, over it.
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bac97sd
Registered: February 2008
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Review Date: 1/12/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $7.50
| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Great sound quality produced from a drum, excellent control at lower dynamic levels
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not as much rebound as I would have hopedfor low stuff, but it makes you work on your chops more
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I just bought these, and they are very nice. They feel wonderful, and fill up your hands without being too heavy. I recommend these for anyone with big hands, because they are very large. The only slight drawback is that they don't have much ebound on low stick-heights, but this can help you work on chops, so it is not necessarily a bad thing. These are defenitely worth your money.
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Nick4925
Registered: December 2008
Location: Flagstaff Arizona
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Review Date: 7/19/2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $6.99
| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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rebound, chops builder
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ugly paint
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switching from the hardimons the scojo stick had a better sound and also help build my chops. Highly Recommended!!!!!!!!!!!
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mezerskezer
Registered: March 2010
Location: ok
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Review Date: 7/19/2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $8.00
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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meaty, durable.
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paint
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out of the few sticks i've tried, these are my favorite.
they feel great, they produce a lot of volume
the short taper encourages chop building
i reccomend using a file or a knife and removing the paint at the grip area, because the sticks are slippery if your hands sweat
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mb9393
Registered: March 2010
Location: ohio
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Review Date: 10/9/2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $7.99
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Nice feel, great rebound, gives full sound
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A little slippery, may feel strange at first
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I bought my first pair of these at semifinals in Pasadena from the VF tent, and I haven't been able to stop using them since. I'm a tenor player, but whenever I work with the snares on my line, I bring a pair of these because I just can't use Hardimons anymore. The short taper gives it a little bit more weight toward the bead, which give great rebound and produces a nice, full sound. Simply put, they feel great, they're fairly durable, and they sound great. I'd recommend them to any snare line.
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Cameron Munoz
Registered: August 2010
Location: United States
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Review Date: 12/15/2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $12.00
| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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good rebound
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not the most durable stick ive ever used.
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Over all, these sticks have nice rebound and good dynamics, the only thing i can say negative is when i used them in a parade they brok half-way through the parade(about an hour of playing, not including warm ups).
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kozmic
Registered: September 2010
Location: Canada
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Review Date: 2/25/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $8.00
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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terrific sound
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rebound not ideal(for me).
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I used Hardimons for a very long time, so the switch took a little getting used to. The one thing that I LOVE about this stick is the sound...a loud,focused crack. They're not as fast as some other sticks I've used, and dont rebound quite as easily. Great chop builder though. I actually prefer this stick to Hardimons now.
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SkyhawkDrummer
Registered: November 2007
Location: SoCal
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Review Date: 6/20/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Feel, Projection, Price, Weight
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none
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These sticks are NICE!! They are very beefy and ofcourse they produce a really full, lush sound at even the lowest dynamics. THey are also great chop builders(especially for open rolls) Recommended w/ a *10*
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Freshman:Bass 3(Marching Band)
Bass 2(Winter Drumline)[Bass Cap.]
Sophomore:Bass 2(Marching Band)[Bass Cap.]
Snare (Winter Drumline) [Snare Cap.]
Incognito '09: Snare Drum(Winter Drumline)
Incognito '09: Snare Drum(Drum Corps)
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littlesnareboy
Registered: March 2007
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Review Date: 11/11/2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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"Downstroke" stick, druable, amazing sound
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paint. . .that's about it
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In my FS-2 review I said if you wanted a heavier stick to try some VF stick. THIS IS THE STICK I MEANT. Absolutely amazing. My writer writes a lot of crazy accent parts and these sticks want to play downstrokes. I've had trouble with sticks not wanting to stay down (I know I'm a lot of the problem) but these sticks really fixed that for me. The sound is just beautiful, gets you that nice pop instead of a longer undefined tone.
PAINT!!!! Vic Firth hates us for some reason. They're probably sitting in their office laughing at the kids with overly sweaty hands (like me) but that's about all I can find wrong with this stick.
Paint ruined the perfect score 
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Chris Wolf
SLD 05 Plates Music of Styx
SLD 06 Plates Music of the Moody Blues
SLD 07 Snare (finally) A Latin Exchange
Carolina Gold 07 Snare Deja Vu
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bcaviness
Registered: April 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Review Date: 6/7/2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $7.25
| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Feel, taper, bead, sound, weight...
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Cons:
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Color
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I absolutely love my SSJ's. They're excellent sticks, a bit lighter that the Hardimons. Of course another great quality stick out of VicFirth! My line this year is switching over to Scott Johnson's as opposed to the Hardimons and I couldn't be happier. The only downfall is I don't like how the color contrasts with the white tape that we put on them, but that's not really a problem, that's just me being picky. 10/10, easily!
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Fresh cup of coffee that reads:
Do what you love. Love what you do.
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Jeff
Registered: July 2009
Location: Mesquite, Texas
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Review Date: 9/25/2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Nice balance, quick response, great feel, good sound
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Cons:
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deteriorates quickly once wet.
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I liked this stick well enough to march with it and not only practice with it but take them to the field. A standard tape job did not affect their performace or balance point at all and worked very well. All around a very good medium density stick.
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06 Frontier
88-91 Hawkeye Band
89 Emerald Knights
88 DCI All Stars
86-88 Rivercity Railmen
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