Re: My used CP Bongos!
Hey, DrumRookie, don't worry about the CP bongos. It's, frankly, a matter of names. When LP (in the Martin Cohen days) introduced the CP (Cosmic Percussion) line in the late 1980s, it was a way of offering a lower-priced line of hand drums for those who, pardon the pun, "aspired" to play bongos and congas -- and, in addition, even drumkits -- without spending the big bucks for LPs.
Four of my five congas are CPs (a black fiberglass pair I bought in 1988 and a red-finished wooden pair I bought in 2002), and they still play and sound great.
You'll notice I put "aspired" in quotes because by the mid-to-late 1990s, LP felt "Aspire" was a better brand name for an entry-level line of hand percussion equipment. I have also played Aspire bongos and congas through the years, and they sound every bit as good as the CPs and even some LPs I've played.
Play 'em loud and play 'em proud, bro'!
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
"There's a lot to be said for Time Honored tradition and value." --In memory of Frank "fiacovaz" Iacovazzi
"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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