Re: life cycle of skins
I have replaced one conga head in some 25 years of playing, and that was partially due to overtuning and partially due to sheer age. The drums themselves have held up well, but the three I've kept at church needed only tuning or detuning when the humidity or temperature went far from the usual; same for the bongos.
The trick is to do it as needed when needed and keep the temps and humidity as consistent as possible, as sean does...
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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"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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