Fantastic thorough and informative video. Thanks for sharing this. I love the Mahogany shell. Ahh you rushed the ending, i wanted to see so much more vision of you applying the drumhead and how etc. Where was this drum made? What's your opinion of the current Californian Bop congas being made in Thailand?
That's the beauty of the new synthetic conga heads. Yeah,lol,not for the purists,but the synthetic heads don't put the same tension on the conga shells or hardware.Also they are much easier on your hands.For a working conguero synthetic skins can be very useful.
Yes, as you have noted, there can be good reasons to consider synthetic heads. And we don't have to commit entirely to using just one or the other if it suits you, and if our budget allows it.
For your drums,being vintage, I think the natural skin is best! I work a lot at east coast waterfront venues and would be afraid to take drums like that in the bars,clubs,and near the saltwater oceanfront!!!😂😂😂
Great job! I have three Gon Bop Vintage Congas and can't get a skin anymore for my Quinto. Gon Bop says die "Köpfe" müssen umgebaut werden. Now I am surching for a Workshop in Hamburg. Can you help me?
Hi, I am not located in Germany to help you with that but there are several videos on You Tube that show how to use a dry flat skin to form onto your congas. The first thing you need to do is to take the existing conga head off the conga, and then soak it in water until it is soft and you can remove the metal ring that is inside the fold of the skin ( the "flesh hoop" ). You will need that ring to form a new skin onto the conga. The vintage 'flesh hoops' are not the same size as the newer hoops. I hope this helps. Have a look for more videos on this, and best wishes to you for installing your new conga head.
@@percussiondrumset8046 Thank you for your're fast answer. You helped me a lot! I found also already good Videos here. Now I wait for the right new skin, a good Knowhow from this firm. The old skin ist already of ... I'll try my best to do it by myselfe... maybe with a friend together.
It would be wonderful if you could get rid of the ugly music. On a more positive note let me share an anecdote. In 1959 my conga teacher, Carlos Mejia, took me to visit Mariano Bobadilla´s original "factory." It was just a garage, where I think he also repaired cars, behind his house near downtown LA. In order to pull the wet skin down in order to lower the hardware he had a small platform that the drum sat on and as the platform would rise the drum would be lifted and the skin pulled down. (Of course the hardware was attached to something so that it would not move-- only the drum itself.) He mentioned to me that he was/had been a trumpet player and also that Mongo Santamaria had visited his factory. Of course whenever I change skins I have to tighten them with a wrench.
The love put in to restoring Congo 🪘 is so cool 😎 I love Gon Bops sounds great thanks 🙏 for inspiring me to restore My vintage Congoes
Perfect thickness of skin for that kind of drum. Any thicker would choke the sound and also stress the drum. Nice work Brian!
Nice vintage find!
thanks a lot. i'm about restore the same conga set.
Fantastic thorough and informative video. Thanks for sharing this. I love the Mahogany shell. Ahh you rushed the ending, i wanted to see so much more vision of you applying the drumhead and how etc. Where was this drum made? What's your opinion of the current Californian Bop congas being made in Thailand?
Wow!! This looks fantastic!
I have three Vintage Congas, bought in the 80ies. I need a new skin for the Quinto. Can I use Buffalo skin?
That's the beauty of the new synthetic conga heads. Yeah,lol,not for the purists,but the synthetic heads don't put the same tension on the conga shells or hardware.Also they are much easier on your hands.For a working conguero synthetic skins can be very useful.
Yes, as you have noted, there can be good reasons to consider synthetic heads. And we don't have to commit entirely to using just one or the other if it suits you, and if our budget allows it.
For your drums,being vintage, I think the natural skin is best! I work a lot at east coast waterfront venues and would be afraid to take drums like that in the bars,clubs,and near the saltwater oceanfront!!!😂😂😂
Great job!
I have three Gon Bop Vintage Congas and can't get a skin anymore for my Quinto. Gon Bop says die "Köpfe" müssen umgebaut werden. Now I am surching for a Workshop in Hamburg. Can you help me?
Hi, I am not located in Germany to help you with that but there are several videos on You Tube that show how to use a dry flat skin to form onto your congas. The first thing you need to do is to take the existing conga head off the conga, and then soak it in water until it is soft and you can remove the metal ring that is inside the fold of the skin ( the "flesh hoop" ). You will need that ring to form a new skin onto the conga. The vintage 'flesh hoops' are not the same size as the newer hoops. I hope this helps. Have a look for more videos on this, and best wishes to you for installing your new conga head.
@@percussiondrumset8046
Thank you for your're fast answer. You helped me a lot!
I found also already good Videos here. Now I wait for the right new skin, a good Knowhow from this firm.
The old skin ist already of ...
I'll try my best to do it by myselfe... maybe with a friend together.
Where did you source the head?
Wadding Polish! Is Best for shining the metal.
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It would be wonderful if you could get rid of the ugly music. On a more positive note let me share an anecdote. In 1959 my conga teacher, Carlos Mejia, took me to visit Mariano Bobadilla´s original "factory." It was just a garage, where I think he also repaired cars, behind his house near downtown LA. In order to pull the wet skin down in order to lower the hardware he had a small platform that the drum sat on and as the platform would rise the drum would be lifted and the skin pulled down. (Of course the hardware was attached to something so that it would not move-- only the drum itself.) He mentioned to me that he was/had been a trumpet player and also that Mongo Santamaria had visited his factory. Of course whenever I change skins I have to tighten them with a wrench.