Re: Lp Giovanni Galaxcy conga
Originally Posted by
PsyAbi
I got a set of 4 Fiberglass Galaxys a few years ago just to do studio work - they have never been outside. I use the conga & tumba now and then but the quinto & requinto have very little time on time on them and are just gathering dust. They sound great. The tops are lined with kevlar - 2 times stronger than steel. I haven't needed a bulletproof conga yet but you never know.
In one of the Latin Percussion catalogs circa 1987, Martin Cohen is quoted in an interview about the sturdiness of LP drums; the story was told of a bus explosion in one of the more politically violent Latin America countries (I think it was Colombia). Supposedly the blast destroyed the bus, but seen in a picture of the wreckage was a set of three LP congas, looking relatively unscathed...
of course, man, when you're hammerin' out the beat on the congas, you need some serious strength under your hands!
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
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