Player's Design Stewart Copeland Standard Drumsticks. Stewart's stick features a rounded oval style bead that provides crisp, clear, articulate tones on cymbals and full-body tones from drums combined with superb balance and rebound, making this a great feeling stick. 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.