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What drumsticks does Bryan Garbe use?

Oak and Ash

The drumsticks Bryan Garbe plays

VaterVHFAW⌀.579″×15.984″Official roster

Bryan Garbe plays the Vater VHFAW (⌀.579″×15.984″, hickory). The roster entry gives the band as Oak and Ash.

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Drawn to scale, with the figures each maker publishes.

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Vater Official roster

Vater VHFAW Fusion™ Acorn

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	.579″ (14.7 mm)
Length	15.984″ (406 mm)
Wood / material	Hickory
Tip shape	Acorn
Tip material	Nylon
Taper	—
Weight	≈50g 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

Only what the makers publish, plus links the drummer runs themselves.

Band	Oak and Ash
Genre	Educator
Listed by	Vater

Sticks similar to this one 6

Ranked by how close each one is to the Vater VHFAW 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.

MeinlSB143⌀.579″×15.984″PromarkR5ABAG⌀.579″×15.984″PromarkR5ABFG⌀.579″×15.984″PromarkRBH580AW⌀.579″×15.984″WincentW-55F⌀.579″×15.984″WincentW-55FBT⌀.579″×15.984″

Reference: Vater VHFAW Fusion™ Acorn

Other drummers who play the same stick 12

Drummers the makers list as playing the same model as Bryan Garbe.

Anderson QuinteroIndependent Butch NortonLucinda Williams / eels / Studio Sessions Choi Ki WoongLee Seung Hwan Curt BisqueraIndependent / Sarah McLachlan / Sir Elton John Demarkis VinsonIndependent Ethan KinnunenIndependent Jon BergerIndependent / The Ocean City Pops / Roy Orbison Buddy Holly Hologram Kieran LeonardCeltic Woman / Independent Lior IzhakiIndependent Mario CalireWallflowers / Independent Randolf JimenezIndependent Rui RodriguesIndependent

More drummers on Vater's roster

Other drummers on the same maker's artist pages.

Buckets N Boards Bud GaughSublime Buddy GibbonsIndependent BusacSmouldering In Forgotten C. MohlerIndependent / Teacher Cactus MoserWynonna & The Big Noise Caitlin KalafusAllison Ponthier Caleb CliftonEyes Set to Kill

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