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What drumsticks does Miles Kottak use?

Bad Suns

The drumsticks Miles Kottak plays

VaterVH1AW⌀.591″×16.732″Official roster

Miles Kottak plays the Vater VH1AW (⌀.591″×16.732″, hickory). The roster entry gives the band as Bad Suns.

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Drawn to scale, with the figures each maker publishes.

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Vater Official roster

Vater VH1AW 1A 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	.591″ (15.0 mm)
Length	16.732″ (425 mm)
Wood / material	Hickory
Tip shape	Acorn
Tip material	Wood
Taper	—
Weight	≈55g 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.

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Band	Bad Suns
Listed by	Vater

Sticks similar to this one 6

Ranked by how close each one is to the Vater VH1AW 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.

Innovative PercussionIP-L1A⌀.591″×16.732″VaterVHN1AW⌀.591″×16.732″ZildjianZASDG⌀.598″×16.732″WincentW-5BXL⌀.591″×16.535″WincentW-5BXLP⌀.591″×16.535″VaterVHMMWP⌀.579″×16.732″

Reference: Vater VH1AW 1A Wood

Other drummers who play the same stick 12

Drummers the makers list as playing the same model as Miles Kottak.

Abdulla MuijrersMotor Militia Alvino BennettDave Mason / Robin Trower Andrew HemmerlingHigh Valley Andrew MarshallBillie Eilish Antonie BroekIndependent Bobby RondinelliAxel Rudi Pell / Independent Brad MoxeyIndependent Chris HesseHoobastank Chris InfusinoThe Vim Dicta Chris RobynBlack Map Chuck TreeceIndependent Coran HenleyTroy Cartwright / Independent

More drummers on Vater's roster

Other drummers on the same maker's artist pages.

Miles McPhersonIndependent Miles MorrisBad Suns Miles PascallBonzai Misael Blanco Mitch HullGongzilla Mitch MoultonBucky Covington Molly RoseRyan Upchurch / Independent Mona TavakoliJason Mraz / Raining Jane / Rock & Roll Camp For Girls

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