THIS is why you don't let a guitarist play your drums.

Last night I was having a bad night. Guitarist came over to cheer me up. I ended up laying down for a little bit. I hear them start playing music and they surely move to my drums. I could hear them slamming the {censored} out of them, and I'm tired of bitching. Anyways, I heard them abruptly stop, then go outside. I go to play my drums and, as I'm hitting the drum, my stick is bouncing like crazy. I took a look down, and THIS is what I see:

HOW THE {censored} do you do that!? When I asked him, he says, "I was hitting it with the tip." I said, "If you were hitting it with the tip, it would've split... AT THE TIP" . Anyways, those sticks were heavier than the sticks I plan on using to help build my hand muscles. Looks like I'll be playing the much lighter sticks now.

Dun worry dude.

Sticks come and go.

He just happened to be the one holding the sticks when the wood finally gave in from the wear and tear.

At least he didn't poke through a drum head or crack a cymbal for you.

Im not a guitarist, but one of my sticks has ended up like that.

Guys, the sticks are MAYBE two weeks old. There is no wear and tear yet.

It could have been a faulty stick. It's just a stick dude. I was waiting for a busted head picture, or a cracked cymbal. Be grateful it's a less than $10.00 fix. {censored} happens. Tell them to stay off your kit- period, if it pisses you off that much.

Break one of his guitar strings.

If you play any sort of rock music, you shouldn't get your panties in a wad over a broken stick. When I am regularly gigging with the rock band, a stick is only good for about 2 shows before I {censored} something up.

Perfect!

But that's kinda "intentional" isn't it?

Ahh, who cares. Break it.

I think you guys are missing the sarcasm in my post. However, I STILL have to wonder HOW THE {censored} YOU DO THAT!

pee in his shoes.

Strings are $4, sticks are $7. Just give him a swift kick in the ass.

Ahh, marching ban, brings back good memories.

Then blame it on the cat!

Oh.

Yes I did.

You need to practice more.

Hit real hard with no chops.

Sometimes a good rim shot will bust a stick. It just happens, I've busted a dozen or so since I started playing, mostly on die cast hoops. Every rock drummer will bust them now and then.

I busted my first stick in months last night , I was just grooving on my hats and there it was , a broken stick....thought about throwing it into the crowd , but that would have been odd as we were playing a tiny cafe with very few people.

Friend once went through 3 sticks in 15 minutes. Then he got pissed and threw one across the room which punctured his basement door. He's a drummer.

cheap sticks tend to do that.

most of my sticks will fray and snap at the point where they hit the rim before they split like this, but it has happened more than a few times.

Im not a guitarist, but one of my sticks has ended up like that.

You obviously have an aptitude for the guitar, you should take it up!

The drummer with the first group I was ever in used to play using a pair of Buddy Rich's drumsticks (his dad, also a drummer, had nicked them during a backstage chat). One eventually split in two, which he wasn't too pleased about. At least it was him and not one of us who knackered them, though (we'd have been picking splinters from our arses for weeks).

Sticks Break.

I never break sticks, but when my band's vocalist played on my kit once and broke two sticks in a row, I wasn't bothered too much. I just tell him to bring his own from now on. It's not THAT big a deal.

You said you were tired of bitching. Have you asked them to not use your stuff? Do they ignore you? If so, I would find myself some new bandmates.

I don't know about you, but I have a pretty penny invested in my equipment. I don't need some 800 lb. gorilla motherf**ker disrespecting my wishes and tearing up my {censored}.

I've had so many breaks like that. It's really all up to the wood grain, and poor technique. Now a days I check the tip for likely break aways. Been quite a while since I've snapped a shoulder.

Get a hand drum for him to play on (slap happy drums, you listening?).

That way he'll break his fingers.