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Never buy sticks from anyone who won't let you open the sealed wrapper to test them.Never buy them sight unseen or you'll be wasting your money. Testing a stick for tone/pitch is just as important as testing for straightness.Some players prefer high pitched sticks, while others prefer medium or low pitched ones. Choose the sticks that make your drums and cymbals sound the best to you.You'll be able to hear the difference in the timbre of the drums and cymbals, depending on the pitch of your sticks.Try these on a drum and cymbal, similar to what you actually play. When you're done, you should have some low, medium, and high pitched pairs.Once you have gone through all of the sticks, go back to each separate tone pile and find the closest matching pair.Make separate piles of sticks that have high, middle, and low tones.Test all sticks using the same hand and the same ear.Tap the stick lightly with your forefinger and memorize the pitch (each stick has a definite pitch).Hold each stick lightly between your thumb and middle finger, and bring it up close to your ear.For this, you'll need a relatively quiet location. Once you have a dozen or two straight sticks, the next step is to match them in pairs that have the same tone/pitch.

When applying this test, be sure to use the same hand to test each stick. If the stick is straight, it will bounce up and come back down in a straight line.If the stick is warped – even slightly – it will bounce up and veer off to the right or left as it comes back down - Providing you are using the proper technique to make the initial stroke.Just hold the stick but don't control it. Let the stick bounce back up from the down-stroke and back down again.The second test (and most accurate) test for straightness is to hold the stick loosely between your thumb and forefinger and execute one down-stroke only.Although many drummers roll sticks on glass display counters, they are not the best because they are not normally perfectly flat. The first test for straightness is to roll them along a smooth surface – a formica type counter top is best because they are usually uniformly flat.Although straightness is always the first test that should be done, many drummers fail to realize that testing for tone/pitch is just as important.