[tamazildjian]

If you like playing rimshots your going to break sticks pretty fast. The way you play the hihat might be it. If you play on the edge of the hat then it'll wear sticks faster but don't stop doing that if that's the sound you want. If they are maple sticks then you'll go though them pretty quick. I don't recommend oak sticks because I've heard it can cause nerve damage overtime since it doesn't absorb as much as hickory. Hickory will probably be the best wood for sticks if you ask me.