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What drumsticks does Nick Smith use?

Independent

The drumsticks Nick Smith plays

VaterVH55AA⌀.571″×16.496″Official roster

Nick Smith plays the Vater VH55AA (⌀.571″×16.496″, hickory). The roster entry gives the band as Independent.

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Vater Official roster

Vater VH55AA 55AA

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	16.496″ (419 mm)
Wood / material	Hickory
Tip shape	Acorn
Tip material	Nylon
Taper	—
Weight	≈51g est.

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Where this comes from

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

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Band	Independent
Genre	Rock, Pop
Listed by	Vater

Sticks similar to this one 6

Ranked by how close each one is to the Vater VH55AA 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.

Los Cabos5A intense⌀.575″×16.496″Los Cabos5A intense⌀.575″×16.496″MeinlSB103⌀.567″×16.496″MeinlSB108⌀.575″×16.496″PromarkRBH565LAW⌀.567″×16.496″PromarkTXCHW-FG-AGC⌀.567″×16.496″

Reference: Vater VH55AA 55AA

Other drummers who play the same stick 12

Drummers the makers list as playing the same model as Nick Smith.

Benedikt BrynleifssonSession Artist Chesley AllenMeghan Trainor James PriceNothing But Thieves Joel ClarkeIndependent John Fred YoungBlack Stone Cherry Justin HolderIndependent / Fame Studios Session Drummer Ken MooneyThe Mary Wallopers Marc TerryIndependent Marco CorreaIndependent / Clinician / MCDRUMS Marshall RichardsonNashville Miles PascallBonzai Oskar ThormarssonIndependent

More drummers on Vater's roster

Other drummers on the same maker's artist pages.

Nick UrsichVolumes Nicky BombaIndependent Nicky CaulfieldIndependent Nicolas GosselinIndependent / Educator Nicole NiewinskiApartment Drummer Nigel KennyBitch Falcon Nik HughesBUSH Nikki GlaspieThe Nth Power

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