Hi

I like one about 7.5 inches long with a bump about halfway. Your fingers tend to slide off the long thin ones if you're going fast!!!

Sorry Ted but you did ask....

I also have a couple of modified tippers. One has felt over the ends to give a more dampened sound. A friend of mine achieved the same effect by cutting the tips of the fingers off a pair of ladies leather gloves, stuffing the a bit, and supergluing them onto a bit of dowel.

I have another with lead in either end which gives a very precise sound.

My hubby made me a great brush. The books recommend that you get two nylon jazz type drumsticks and stick them together, I haven't found any nylon brushes yet, so I went to an art store, and bought two of the biggest brushes I could find and cut them approx 1.5cm behind the metal of the brush. Then he drilled a hole in one, put a screw in the other one and superglued the screw into the hole. It gives a great sound but the friction makes you arm get tired very quickly.

A small tipper is handy if you're playing very fast, you don't have to work your wrist so hard.

Slainte

Alison