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What drumsticks does Kevin Smart use?

Jake Miller

The drumsticks Kevin Smart plays

VaterVH5AW⌀.571″×15.984″Official roster

Kevin Smart plays the Vater VH5AW (⌀.571″×15.984″, hickory). The roster entry gives the band as Jake Miller.

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Drawn to scale, with the figures each maker publishes.

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Vater Official roster

Vater VH5AW Los Angeles 5A 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	.571″ (14.5 mm)
Length	15.984″ (406 mm)
Wood / material	Hickory
Tip shape	Teardrop
Tip material	Wood
Taper	—
Weight	≈49g 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	Jake Miller
Genre	Rock, Pop
Listed by	Vater

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Reference: Vater VH5AW Los Angeles 5A Wood

Other drummers who play the same stick 12

Drummers the makers list as playing the same model as Kevin Smart.

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More drummers on Vater's roster

Other drummers on the same maker's artist pages.

Kieran LeonardCeltic Woman / Independent Kim Langkjr JensenIlldisposed Kirill "The Dude" KatchanovSlot Kirt RustEddy Mitchell Kismat ShresthaAlbatross KJ SawkaPendulum / Destroid / Illenium Klaus MenzerIndependent Kofi BakerMusic of Cream

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