21 Essential Items for Drummers Stick Bag

Learn what you should be carrying to gigs in your stick bag

Here we are looking at 21 essential items for drummers stick bag so you know exactly what you should be taking to a gig. Nothing is worse than being caught out without the right kit to ensure that you’re able to do a great job.

Just imagine it, you’ve rehearsed your parts, turned up early feeling pumped, ready to do a great performance. But as you set your drums up you realise a washer has fallen from one of your snare drum tuning rods and you can’t get the drum in tune. You don’t have any spares so now you’ll spend the whole gig worrying about a crappy sounding snare drum.

Or maybe you break your stick in the first song and you don’t have any spares.

Or maybe your drums are resonating like mad in the concert venue and the sound man is pleading for you to do something about it but you don’t have anything to dampen the drum.

It is very frustrating when you don’t have the right gear but without having to spend too much money or carry too much heavy equipment we can be sure that you won’t get caught short.

Here are 21 essential items for drummers stick bag

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Let’s watch the video to learn all the different parts of the drum kit. Click below to watch it and scroll down for links to buy the items mentioned in the video.

1. 1. 1. Vic Firth 5A American Drum Sticks
      2. Vic Firth Wire Brushes
      3. Vic Firth Dowell Sticks (Hotrods)
      4. Vic Firth Mallets
      5. Drum Key
      6. Moongel Damper Pads and Gaffa Tape
      7. Pearl Snare Wire
      8. Eearplugs
      9. Manuscript Paper
      10. Pen
      11. Metronome
      12. Pocket Torch
      13. Pearl Multitool
      14. Pearl Hi-Hat Clutch
      15. Nutrition
      16. Phone Charger
      17. Cymbal Felts
      18. Cymbal Sleeves
      19. Washers
      20. Pearl Wing Nuts
      21. Strap On Practice Pad

Extras

Here are some extras that won’t fit in your stick bag but are worth carrying with your main equipment.

Spare Pearl Snare Drum
Spare Remo Snare Head
Spare Pearl Bass Drum

Hopefully these 21 essential items for drummers stick bag have been useful to you and if you make an effort to invest a little time and money now you will be so thankful when something breaks on a gig and you are able to fix it before anyone even notices it has happened.

If you’re new to drumming you might also like to check out these articles to help you set up and maintain a drum kit properly.

Parts of a drum kit
How to set up a hi-hat
How to set up a snare drum
How to tune drum
How to attach a bass drum pedal

Now you’ve watched the video to learn the 21 essential items for drummers stick bag you’re ready to start acting like a pro drummer.

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This is where drum lessons are so crucial in the early stages because they give you that path of progression as well as teaching you the correct techniques so you don’t learn any bad habits which stunt your progress later down the line.

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