International Player's Design Christian Meyer Live Tour Drumsticks. The gradual taper finishes with a nicely sized acorn style tip for full drum and cymbal sounds. The Live Tour Model is a very strong and durable Hickory stick without a lot of weight. Hickory. Working in collaboration with some of the world's largest drumming icons, Vater has created the "Player's Design" and "International Player's Design" Series'. These custom models are derived from each artist's unique and individual style. Under the direction of the artists themselves, through careful and extensive design and production planning, the end results are the models that you see here.