YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!. Just used these for the first time. Perfect feel and sound bridges lighter less durable rods/brushes with standard drumsticks. I always hated how the lighter thinner rods splinter off like dry spaghetti. Lightning rods are a designed better than other rods IMO because of the rounder tips. Also, because of the thicker diameter of the individual rods, I was able to get through four sets with little indication of splinter damage so often seen with other rods. However, I did switch to standard sticks more in the 3rd and 4th sets when the volume crept up to more bar/club levels. Plus because we played outdoors on an oceanfront restaurant bar (no drum mics) I didn't give these the full throttle experience yet, however, it appears that they would do the trick.