The All-In-One Mallet Bag! (Marimba One Mallet Bag Full Review)

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#MARIMBAONEWEEK EPISODE 4 - MALLET BAG
Massive thank you to Ron Samuels and Marimba One for sending me a whole bunch of Marimba One mallets and gear!
The Marimba One Mallet Bag is one of the few products Marimba One makes that isn't either a mallet or an instrument. It lives on the side of my marimba so that I can do quick mallet changes without getting a table! Great for use as a stick holder or a backpack that can hold your daily essentials as well as some mallets.
A good first generation product but I think a few small improvements could make it even better.
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[@MarimbaOne]

Thank you Adam for your thoughtful and honest feedback! We will be taking this all into consideration :)

[@AdamTanPercussion]

+Marimba One No worries guys, I still use the bag a lot so it has a lot of potential :)

[@bree3673]

Marimba One I definitely want to buy this bag for our marching band competitions, I love you guys work and dedication to making your instruments great , my high school is poor and I would love to have stuff like this there , at our last competition our marimba got water damage and we have to buy a new one hopefully we can fundraiser enough to get a new one or even better one from you guys !!

[@bree3673]

Adam Tan giveaway ? Going on tour anytime soon ? Wanna come to my band competition

[@DBLCreations]

Nice to see an honest review, even if it was sponsored! I really really like this. Great work!

[@parmidataheri8932]

Thanks for giving such an unbiased and honest review!

[@melodyc9935]

Thanks so much! This is now my fave channel! ❤️your videos!

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Melody Chiu Thank you so much, that means a lot to me!

[@adamdurden8422]

Just found your channel and can I just say that I just love watching your videos and getting honest reviews keep up the good work 😄

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Adam Durden Thanks for watching Adam! Glad I'm able to help in some way :)

[@taylormurphy228]

I use the Vic Firth Concert keyboard bag. same sort of idea but cheaper and MUCH higher quality in all aspects. Holds all of my mallets nicely with tons of room for music, method books and folders. Also has a bunch of extra pockets for gear. LOVE the bag and I love your videos! Getting me pumped about marimba again!

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Ah yes I have a Vic Firth bag similar to that one! Really nice materials and I'm slightly jealous you have the one that hangs on the instrument ;) Thank you for watching, I'm glad you're pumped about this instrument that we all love!

[@jessevivante7182]

Loving seeing you do this as a honest review, also you should review some Kuniko Kato Playwood 6011's

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Jesse Vivante Thanks man! Haha lend me yours first ;)

[@micahpetry5786]

Another great review! I'd love to see one for the VF Pesante Series and the VF Ensemble Series mallets.

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Thanks for watching Micah! I have to be honest, I didn't even realise VF had a series called 'Pesante' until just then hahaha... I'll see if I can get a hold of them!

[@marcosaguilar5622]

for drumline and marching band at my school I used my instructor's innovative mallet bags and they were comftrable. I don't know which he used but they were simple and grew on me for competitions and the like.

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Indeed, sometimes simple is the best :)

[@wendellraulerson6547]

Thank you so much man!!

[@joeysmith04622]

I don’t use stick bags like a back pack that are the size of one I just use a actual backpack because I have mainly drum set, and marching percussion sticks not very many mallets in it but I have this bag so whenever I need to carry a bunch of mallets I either use this or the galaxy grip bag

[@bmarano11]

You should review the innovative percussion Jim casella series😀😀

[@teqskull7479]

your channel really helps me with my personal playing. i am in 7'th grade and i'm in my second year playing percussion and i always have the marimba/bell kit part and i would really apreeciate it if you made a video for what people in middle/high school band should use for concert music with transitions from fast to slow parts. thanks in advance

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Teq Skull Thank you for watching man! I'm not quite sure what you mean by transition from fast to slow, could you explain ahaha

[@teqskull7479]

take flight of the condor for example at one point the tempo slows down and like i want to know what mallets would be good and cheap for fast tempo songs and slow tempo songs

[@dylancozzens1964]

So Adam...what mallet bag would you reccomend? something similar sized but maybe higher quality for your money if that makes sense? I absolutely love your videos they are so helpful👍

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Tadakatsu 1717 Thanks for watching! I think if you must get a rectangular bag then the Vic Firth keyboard bag has all the features of this one but way better built. 😄 But if you're on a budget then the Humes and Berg Galaxy Grip Bag is my favourite bag still!

[@lctstudios0101]

Hi Adam, I'm a new subscriber and I was wondering if you can do a review of the Smith Mallets Concert Series? Haven't seen many reviews of them since they are a smaller company. Thanks a lot! PS: I'm digging the channel, dude!

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Hey man! I'd never heard of Smith Mallets until your comment, so thanks for letting me know about them :) And thank you for watching!

[@denisehyeong]

Thanks for the shout out . ..

[@AdamTanPercussion]

+denisehyeong You know it :)

[@chanskinner]

Are you going to upload the recital after the fact? I'd love to watch but that's 5 in the morning where I live.

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Chandler Skinner Yes of course! I'll have an edited version up after :)

[@AlemayehuFrancois19283]

Hi. I'm looking around for some good quality mallet bags and I'm not quite sure what to buy. I recently looked up and found the Vic Firth Concert Keyboard mallet bag and was wondering if you could do a review on it.

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Definitely my favourite bag is the Galaxy Grip Bag still for most kinds of mallets because it's cheap and well built, the Vic Firth keyboard bag is okay but not really my first pick because it is a folding type bag ahaha...

[@AlemayehuFrancois19283]

Okay thanks for the input. Do you know any good quality mallet bags which can be held like a backpack like the marimba one bag but are in good quality and are durable and can hold expensive mallets?

[@AnthonyChmielewski_]

How do the hooks (that allow you to put it on the marimba) differ from other stick bags that have that?

[@AdamTanPercussion]

HaiGuy The hooks have thicker cord than the ones on my old stick bag and there's five of them which makes it a bit more stable on the marimba I guess, not much difference other than that 😄

[@carsonstephens2508]

I have a feeling that the bigger sized pockets are meant to make it easier to “deposit” mallets when switching from 4 mallet to 2 mallet quickly

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Yes I think so, but I still think it’s not convenient enough for that hahaha

[@cosmoreed3461]

Pulls out wave wraps LOL

[@peytoneldringhoff3421]

the humes and berg galaxy and the vic firth carbon fibers

[@AdamTanPercussion]

peyton eldringhoff Galaxy bag is a beast!

[@bmarano11]

Or the vf van sices

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Brennan Marano Van Sice review is 100% coming since they're my favourite mallet series to date, and I've had a few people ask for Casellas... I have to find some somewhere hahaha

[@TheMario0529]

My professor just sold me the wave wrap and the bag for 400$ 😬

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Mario Munoz WHOA that is a lot of money! Hope you got a full set of wave wraps for that price 😨

[@angelo24111]

Innovative Percussion Soloist Series

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Thank you for suggesting!

[@loganpierce3163]

Why do you insist on grabbing the heads of your mallets before playing on your 15,000 dollar marimba, no hate, just really confused.

[@AdamTanPercussion]

This is an interesting point! I would ask you first, how is grabbing your mallets by their heads as opposed to their shafts any different to using them to strike the instrument? I believe any damage or wear you get on mallets would come mostly from hitting the instrument - and I would personally rather not worry about heads of mallets when I know they are going to be worn anyway from playing. That being said, I understand it's important to protect more expensive fragile mallets if you're planning to use them more sparingly for 'special use', but I don't own many fragile mallets anyway. I'm also interested as to why you quote the price of my marimba - I would still grab my mallets the same way regardless of whether I was playing on mine or on a $2500 yamaha lol

[@loganpierce3163]

Adam Tan it's about the oil on your hands getting on your expensive rosewood bars, not to mention pre mature wear on the yarn mallets

[@AdamTanPercussion]

Maybe, but I feel like the degree of damage done to both the marimba and bars in both of those instances is really minimal over a long period of time, or even non existent as newer marimbas have better finishes on the wood to prevent from something as common as a fingerprint doing massive amounts of damage. I also know people with way more expensive marimbas than me who don't do anything that you've said haha. But totally understandable and a very sensible approach for someone who wants to be ultra careful!

[@loganpierce3163]

Adam Tan I agree it's being picky, I was just always yelled at for grabbing the heads, never really knew if it was bad or not.