So, ready to grab your perfect pair of drumsticks ?

Step through the door, push aside the hickory shavings: welcome to the ProOrca workshop . Here, the sawdust smells of lavender, the metronome races, and each stick is crafted for a single mission: to make your drums vibrate, whether acoustic or electronic .

Because at the end of the day, it's not you who's playing too fast; it's others who can't keep up (yes, we're repeating ourselves!).

1. Why should I care about my chopsticks? My arms do everything, right?

Choosing the right pair of drumsticks means investing in...

Your progress – the flow that melts the ice

Imagine your sixteenth notes fitting together like Lego; no more micro-shifts or notes that drag.

With a pair tailored to your body shape (diameter, tip, collar, balance point exactly where it's needed), every movement bounces "just right."

The result: the fills you hated yesterday now sound like a breath of Rosanna at sunset, velvety and clear. You gain agility without forcing it, your grooves breathe – and the audience even ends up clapping along.

Your health – the pain-free game

Gone are the days of finishing reps with burning forearms and squeaky wrists. ProOrca premium hickory absorbs shock, its fibers are calibrated to absorb vibrations and return energy to the skin instead of your tendons, and the raw finish + XGrip locks in the grip without clenching.

Less tension = more endurance

You do three one-hour sets as if you were doing yoga between two songs.

Bonus: you delay (or even avoid) the famous drummer's tendonitis – the one that turns a blast-beat into a grimace session.

Your sound – clear, powerful, nuanced

One poorly designed tip, and your cymbals whistle instead of singing. With our selection of tips and our configurator , the shuffle remains delicate like a velvet whisper while the rimshot explodes cleanly, without smudges.

The dense wood ensures a warm tone; the weight-length balance keeps volume under control; the long, medium or short neck adapts to your playing, while providing rebound, balance or power.

The result: In the studio and on stage, the engineer finds your groove "plug-and-play," your attacks stand out in the mix, and your ride tells the full story—not just the song.

Your pleasure – the smile backstage and front-row

Playing is first and foremost about having fun; otherwise, you might as well count the bolts on your rack or limit drumming to long rudiment sessions. A stick you can't feel is the assurance of staying focused on the groove, not on the fear that it might give out (or that your wrists might give up). You play patterns together, you let inspiration take the wheel, and the groove of the bass-drum duo wins over the audience, who are simply happy.

Because a session without a smile is like a solo without an audience: useless, sad and clearly not in the Ratatatatatattttttt spirit!

2. 5A, 7A, 5B… shall we play battleship?

Are you stuck in front of the drumsticks aisle like a kid in front of a wall of candy?

Don't panic: in three minutes flat, we'll give you the keys to decoding these mysterious number-letter combinations... and choosing the pair that hits the mark, no more, no less.

The number – “the smaller the bigger”

Yes, the drums love paradoxes!

• 7A < 5A < 2B : 7A plays ballerina, 2B comes rushing in like a bulldozer.

• Home translation: finesse → high number; club → low number.

The Letter – Sound DNA

When we talk about the letter A on the sticks (7A, 5A…), we trace the groove machine back to the 1900s . At the time, Ludwig & Cie had invented an ultra-simple code:

So "Orchestra" is just the historical name given to the lightest and most versatile model , designed for playing in the pit without muffling the violins.

The manufacturers thought the letter O printed on the handle wasn't very sexy... so they kept the first vowel of the next word in the alphabet: A - and that's how the "A series" was born.

In short, you will have understood:

• 5A < 5B

Are you following? No? Let's summarize...

🎯 ProTips ProOrca

• 🤔 Hesitant? Take the 5A : it forgives everything except boredom.

• 🧒 Junior drummer? Start on 7A : lightness + control = turbo progress.

• 🚀 Want to send it? Jump on 5B : perfect balance for hitting without breaking.

• 🌲 Certified lumberjack? The 2B is your battle axe—cut the sound, not the groove.

3. What wood should you choose for your drumsticks?

There are all kinds of drumsticks: maple, oak, hickory...

But their strength varies greatly. Some people like to break their chopsticks regularly—that's their choice.

Not ours: we only offer hickory drumsticks top quality. Strong, durable, reliable.

4. What is the ideal weight for a pair?

At ProOrca , sawdust flies, scales flash and paradox reigns!

To ensure good balance and optimal strength for all types of sticks, from the tiny Jazz A to the enormous 2B, we use different densities (or, more simply, raw bars of the same size but different weights, which reflects the density of the wood). Indeed, the bars we use and that we receive from the sawmills we have selected can weigh, with identical dimensions, 90g as well as 150g. As soon as they arrive, we weigh them and classify them, one by one!

And, here again, we are not at a paradox near: the thin sticks (Jazz, Extra Thin etc.) are turned from heavy bars (around 140 or 150g raw, therefore) whereas the large 5B or 2B sticks come from light bars (around 100g or 110g raw).

Surprising but ultimately logical:

• A 2B carved from a heavy barbell would weigh the same as a dumbbell. Good luck holding a set without getting titanium forearms.
• A Jazz A carved from a light bar? Fragile as a matchstick—three ride patterns and crack , the twig.

In short: the thinner the model, the denser the initial wood must be ; the more massive the stick, the lighter you start to avoid turning your groove into a muscle session.

5. Key points to look at before ordering

Bottom line: Choose the right reference, and your patterns will be fluid and precise. Ready, set, and drumsticks? Ratatatatattt!