Hi Ernesto.
I see we agree on how to take care of "vintage American collectables". My GBs are in good and original conditional, and they are going to stay the way they are, with the scratches and dents. They will probably sound better when I change the original skins. But the original skin on my Palisades Patato 9" is so good that I dont dare to change it.
Any day now a Palisades mahogany 71 bongo will arrive by post. It seems to be in near mint condition, with new skins.
Since we are talking vintage American, I also have an old GB bata. Sounds the way you would expect, and then some.
One very nice thing about these old drums: The whole collection of drums I have mentioned in this post have cost me about the same you would have to pay for one new top quality conga, and some even cost more.
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