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  1. Thread: lessons

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    Re: lessons

    Hey SV,
    I'm from the west coast so I can't help you in that department but would some videos help until you do find a teacher? Michael Spiro is from my neck of the woods and he has many great video...
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    I'd keep em and Bongobill is right you can always get extra hoops.
    By the way S.V. do you play your drums on carpet? Carpet will really make congas ringy. Click on my page and you can see on one of...
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    Well, you will need the flesh whoop inside the skin so I guess the answer is yes. Although I always save the old skin say from a tumba and if I come across a conga that needs a skin I’ll “recycle”...
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    I totally agree..... although I think sometimes water buffalo (Hand Picks) get a bad rap. They say their ringy and they can be but I have came across some that were very good, warm with gun shot...
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    They come with a very high quality water buffalo skin, the drums are made in Thailand and they don’t have cows there only water buffalo.
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    Cow sounds great on all of them if you can fork out the cash, $50 for the quinto, $60 conga and $70 for the tumba although you have to mount it your self. There are great videos on youtube on how to...
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    FF, they put some pretty good hand picks on Gio's, you'll get 20 years out of them with no problem and as far as ever having to replace a head, it's not the end of the world. That will give you the...
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    Remos don't give, I have seen Lp Matador caved in from Remos but then again thats was from someone overtuning. It will be Ok as long as you don't over tune it and i think your Salsa models are more...
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    Not sure but you will get more than 6 months, I have had congas that were not detuned for 20 years and the only problem was there was no thread left on the tunning lug so someone added washers. I...
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    Re: life cycle of skins

    I live in a place where it’s always damp for the most part (near the coast) so I have my skins adjusted for the climate here but occasionally we get a few nice days and when that happens I’ll make it...
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    Re: XinSen drums?

    Very nice looking drums, I wonder what type of hide do they have on them? The hardware is identical to a brand called "Aruba Percussion" which I no longer see on Ebay, you could get 4 conga drums, a...
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    Re: XinSen drums?

    USA USA USA? Wait....What mass produced drums are made in the USA?
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    Re: Before and After Thread

    In one of the pictures is says (sanded and planed) but it looks so smooth like you have your own lathe machine, great stuff! Your slide show looks like a professional "How To video" I take it that...
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    Re: Before and After Thread

    Thanks for the pics info Bongobill, you are a true craftsman, your Djembe is amazing. As for the pine how does it sound? I wonder what American oak would sound like? I can’t wait to see you own brand...
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    Re: Before and After Thread

    Bravo Bongobill! :clap: Thats amazing, it looks professionally built! Two things: give us a break down of how you built is and #2 how did you post your pics?
    L4C
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    Re: Conga skins (in search of)

    Ritmo/ Mathew Smith is your best bet if you can shell out the cash but I heard of a trick, I never tried it.... You rotate the head slowly over a few months time, 1:00 position for a month, 2:00...
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    Re: Conga skins (in search of)

    Hey SOS, I used to be able to post picture on this site but not anymore, I'm not sure why (does anyone else know?) so I use Imageshack and I copy and paste it here.
    L4C
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    Re: Conga skins (in search of)

    L&H mules and cow...Good Stuff!:ok:
    Here's some mule on the Mat's and Cow on the Classic.... Hey Skinonskin, I take it that you have some SOS's.
    L4C



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    Re: Conga skins (in search of)

    What exactly are you looking for...cow, mule, prefitted?
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    Re: Removing Finish From Congas

    Hello Vibes, It's a releaf that their done, it felt good when I did the finel touch (installing the Matador badges) I paid $20 with shipping for a pack of 6 shell protectors at California Percussion....
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    Re: Removing Finish From Congas

    Thanks SportEd, If your drums are clean why bother. It's a lot of work, I ended up buying a $100 Random orbital sander for this project, did'nt expect that! but the original clear coat just wouldn't...
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    Re: Removing Finish From Congas

    Thanks Willie55, I'm not sure which is faster paint remover or random orbital sander which ended up working realy good!
    l4c
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    Re: Removing Finish From Congas

    Finished!:dancing: Rubbed up, shined up, cleaned up, Done! 26 stainless bolt heads polished, added brand new shell protectors. Its like a new life for 20 year old drums!
    L4C
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    Re: Lp Giovanni Galaxcy conga

    PsyAbi, I envy you, the fiberglass Galaxy's are some of the best drums I ever played. A Latin jazz band stored their gear and fiberglass Galaxy's where I used to work. I used to sneak in their...
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    Re: Lp Giovanni Galaxcy conga

    Lp Galaxy's are some great congas, the fiberglass galaxy's are pretty sweet too but you don't see them as often, maybe because they cost a little more but I noticed when someone buys a set of Mathew...
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