Unsupported Browser
The web browser that you are currently using is no longer supported, and as such features of this website may not work as expected. We advise you to update to a currently supported browser (such as Chrome, Edge, or Firefox) to improve your security, speed, and overall experience.
We currently have this product in stock and available for dispatch.
Stock Location
| UK Distribution Hub: | 6 |
"Get it" shows the next available date that we will be able to deliver this item to you on, depending on the delivery option you select, and the stock availability of anything else that you add to your shopping basket.
3-year warranty & 30-day money-back guarantee included
If you decide your order isn't suitable for any reason you can return it - just let us know within 50 days of receiving it. Please keep hold of all the original packaging until you're sure you want to keep the order.
Eligibility for Money Back Guarantee
Important: For hygiene and software licensing reasons, some items are only eligible for our Money Back Guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging with all software still "unregistered." Details of exclusions are shown within the product descriptions. Products include:
- Monitors and Headphones
- Earplugs and Ear Protection
- Reeds and mouthpieces for woodwind and brass instruments
- Mouth and Lip-Care Products
- CDs, DVDs and Software
We can collect your return for a small fee, or you can send it back to us yourself. The collection fee can be found in the returns information on each product's page on Gear4music.
In the unlikely event that any item in this order is faulty, damaged or incorrect on receipt, notify us within 14 days and we'll arrange a free collection.
When returning an order please ensure products are appropriately packaged and protected, to prevent them from getting damaged.
This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 50 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
Key Features
Drumsticks with diversity. Designed for drummers with diverse playing demands. The Meinl Stick & Brush Hybrid 8A Drumsticks are a pair of versatile sticks that offer the performance required across a range of styles and genres. Made from American hickory wood, they provide rock-hard durability, while their acorn/barrel hybrid tips produce dark and smooth articulation on cymbals. Their additional length and long taper give these sticks a quick response with greater rebound for fast chops and deep grooves. Designed for drummers that demand more.
Product Ref: 173277
Drumstick choice is a personal thing. Yet, even once you've found the ideal size, weight, material and tip shape for your playing style, the unpredictability of wood itself often leads to inconsistencies which can make supposedly 'identical' sticks feel wildly different. With this in mind, Meinl took their production line back to the drawing board.
Before sticks are milled into their final form, they're cut into identically-sized square dowels. Meinl inserted an extra step into their process at this point, measuring the weight and density of the raw dowel pieces, sorting them, and allocating each individual piece of wood to the stick model it was born to become. Because of this, the weight and density range of each stick size is dramatically reduced, so you know that when you pick up a pair of Hybrid 8As, they'll feel - and sound - exactly like every other pair you've owned.
Plan for the tone you want. With such a huge range of drums, heads, and cymbals on the market, the shape of your drumstick's wooden tip isn't something many of us consider when we're trying to find that dream tone. But, as anyone who's had to borrow an unfamiliar pair of sticks will tell you - it can make a huge difference.
Luckily, Meinl has done the research for us, and come up with a range of tip options specifically tailored to achieve certain tonal characteristics. The 'Hybrid' tip takes the shape of a traditional, acorn-tip, and shortens it to the length of a barrel tip. The effect is striking - a darker, warmer tone with a smooth attack that enhances the mid frequencies of cymbals and drums alike. If that's the sound you're after, why not start at the source - the drumsticks in your hands.
