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Michael Yip
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My experience has been that mallet selection has a lot to do with personal preference as well as repertoire.
I like the IP soloists which have a good balance between their weight and composition. They are very good general application mallets. I like their field mallets a great deal also.
Malletech Steven's I am not a huge fan of because of the rawness of their shafts and their low weight. I, however, have a friend who loves them because of both attributes as he says he sweats a lot when he plays and he likes low weight for higher mobility and because he is a hard hitter.
Yamaha recently released their Keiko Abe line, which I think are very cool. They have rattan shafts which I don't typically endorse, but they are pretty good for two mallet playing (I use Steven's 4-mallet grip, not cross) as they have great weight and produce a strong fundamental. They are clearly designed, however, for the cross grip user, as the butts are harshly rounded and thus uncomfortable for the rest of us. These mallets definitely feel like they were made for Abe, too, just because of the feel they give. . .
I've not sed Balter's in years, nor've I used Firths. So my picks, based on my limited experience and tastes would be IP soloists for general applications, Yamaha Abe's for two mallets requiring strong attacks and some power (or Japanese style compositions), and IP Fields for. . . outdoor performance.
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