by limberic » Tue Apr 24, 2001 12:42 am
I think it all depends on how much you have to spend: Get the best you can afford. If you are strapped for cash, ask yourself if you need 2 congas to begin. Maybe you read my "Beginning Conga Player - I love my LP Matador!" post earlier this month. I am not sorry about the choice I made. If I could have afforded more expensive congas, I would have bought them - but the Matador with an 11 3/4 " head only cost $260 at Guitar Center. And that's about all I could afford. << Over a year after the original post, I still love my Matador - And now I have the technical competence to add a tumba>>. I've been working on the Tumbao pattern - and it sounds great! (when I get it right), though that heel - toe rocking thing is something my hands don't like to do - it ain't intuitive, yet.
A number of more experienced congueros warned me about the 10/11" quinto/requinto combination that most companies sell to beginners but I think that it leads them down the wrong path. Just my $0.02 worth.
Best Regards,
Eric
Edited By limberic on May 08 2002 at 08:37
Eric