You can be sure that the quality of my handmade mallets and beaters surpass their manufactured counterparts. I built my first pair of drum mallets 40 years ago and have learned much since. Even the guy who invented superball mallets once admitted that he doesn't put as much effort into building them as I do. Gongists throughout the US use my friction mallets.

If you're curious about the photo above, that's me drumming alongside the 12-foot likeness I call "Rick-on-a-Stick," who presides over the Eastern Mass Rhythm Festival, which celebrated its 19th year in 2023.