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What drumsticks does Adam Carson use?

AFI

The drumsticks Adam Carson plays

VaterVHP5BW⌀.610″×16.496″Official roster

Adam Carson plays the Vater VHP5BW (⌀.610″×16.496″, hickory). The roster entry gives the band as AFI.

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Drawn to scale, with the figures each maker publishes.

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Vater VHP5BW Power 5B Wood

Listed as their stick on Vater's official roster

The drumstick silhouette is drawn to scale — length and diameter exactly as published — and the dotted lines mark every 100 mm from the butt end on the left.

Figures as published by the maker; inch values are converted back from mm.
Diameter	.610″ (15.5 mm)
Length	16.496″ (419 mm)
Wood / material	Hickory
Tip shape	Barrel
Tip material	Wood
Taper	—
Weight	≈58g est.

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Where this comes from

Listed on Vater's official artist page (retrieved 2026-08-25)Source page ↗

All of it is what the maker's own site says. Endorsements and stick choices change, so this is not a guarantee that the drummer plays this model today.

Profile

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Band	AFI
Genre	Rock, Pop
Listed by	Vater

Sticks similar to this one 6

Ranked by how close each one is to the Vater VHP5BW in diameter, length, wood, tip and taper — the same calculation this site's “find sticks like this” uses. It does not mean the drummer plays any of them.

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Reference: Vater VHP5BW Power 5B Wood

Other drummers who play the same stick 12

Drummers the makers list as playing the same model as Adam Carson.

Aaron MontgomeryIndependent Alex RomanFame on Fire.Andy PeakeLee Roy Parnell / Session Artist Atom WillardAlkaline Trio Binzer BrennanLittle Matador / Independent Brian YagulliAshton Shepherd Casey KernohanCydeways Charles AllicieYour Favourite Enemies Chuck TreeceIndependent David NesterENMY Deen CastronovoJourney Eric PritchardMegan Moroney

More drummers on Vater's roster

Other drummers on the same maker's artist pages.

Adam FaulknerGirl Band Adam GomezThe Dickies Adam HagermanNick Schnebelen Band Adam MarcelloAmerican Idol / Katy Perry Adam SilvermanLauren Alaina Adelmo GaunaRonald Borjas Band Adrian TramontanoTwiddle / Kung Fu / Mihali / The Breakfast / RAQ Ahmed RabieIndependent

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