Vic Firth AH7A American Heritage

The drumsticks 7A are perfect for low-volume situations. It's a drumstick 5A slightly reduced but with great balance. Perfect when the speed and touch are the top priority. Yeah the drumsticks 5A are too heavy for you, perhaps these are yours drumsticks.

The wood
Rock Maple (arce) is a very used wood when needed thickness no extra weight. It is somewhat less dense than the Hickory (American walnut), about 10% and about 20% on the Japanese oak. Provides great articulation both in heads as in the cymbals. Perfect for orchestral or jazzy uses that want drumstick thick without added weight.

About Vic Firth
Vic Firth is an American company in Boston and has been manufacturing drumsticks and all kinds of brushes, rods, etc since 1963.
Some of his drumsticks are the more demanded in Tam Tam Percussion and in its wide catalogue you will surely find the drumstick that best fits your way of playing.Artists of all musical styles use the drumsticks vic Firth for his tours and recordings.