RitmoBoricua wrote:Let me add something to a good point Raymond brought-up. The "students/ beginners/odd sizes" are usually 10", 11" and 12". But I have seen LP (quinto) congas with size 11". I read somewhere, I think Remo website, that now they make their fyberskins for those odd sizes.
REMO® Introduces Student Conga & Bongo Heads
Smaller sizes with pro level quality creates more choices for all players
January 16, 2003
REMO® drumheads have provided the top drummers in all genres the tools they’ve needed to sound their best. In fact, even with FIBERSKYN® 3 and NUSKYN™ as the artist-acknowledged most widely recorded World Percussion synthetic heads, the commitment to making drumheads for players of all abilities has never been stronger. So for Winter NAMM, the drumhead leader is introducing its first line of student level Conga and Bongo drumheads.
The new series targets smaller conga sizes (10” Quinto, 11” Conga and 12” Tumba) and traditional embra and macho Bongo sizes. The heads take advantage of the same FIBERSKYN® 3 and NUSKYN™ materials used in profession models. Instead of using a VINTAGE WRAP™ or tucked fastening system, the Student Series relies on the same open channel system that has established REMO® WEATHERKING™ drumset heads as the benchmark since 1957.
The NUSKYN™ and FIBERSKYN® 3 Conga heads are made in a Type 4 construction and shape that features a high collar with an angled crown and a Crimplock aluminum flesh hoop. The result are heads with increased strength, higher tensioning capabilities and a better hoop-to-counterhoop marriage and can be properly fitted on LP’s Aspire line, Meinl, Pearl and Toca drums. Players wanting VINTAGE WRAP™ NUSKYN™ heads on their pro line drums are able to move up to the Type 7 Conga heads.
The new Bongo heads in both films are made with a Type 6 shape and come with medium height collars and aluminum flesh hoops. Players wanting VINTAGE WRAP™ NUSKYN™ heads on their pro line drums can move up to the Type 9 NUSKYN™ head, where the film is wrapped around a steel ring just like a traditional skin head.
The Student Series marks the first time any manufacturer has made the commitment to provide quality student-level World Percussion drumheads. That includes for REMO® developing specific heads for players of different abilities. Said Santana’s Karl Perazzo “I really appreciate having a company that wants to make a player a better player." On his choice of REMO® heads Karl adds “the FIBERSKYN® 3 Conga and Bongo heads are absolutely the break through that all percussionists need. You get volume, you get tone and you really get overtones on the slaps.”
Because players prefer to choose their own sound, there are as many artists endorsing FIBERSKYN® 3 heads as there are NUSKYN™ supporters.
Raul Rekow (Santana’s Conguero since 1976) adds "With FIBERSKYN® 3 I have finally found my sound! I love the action of the FIBERSKYN® 3 Conga heads. The duration of the note lasts longer than any other drumhead. The overtones I’ve learned to love. If I don’t play the REMO FIBERSKYN® 3 I miss the brightness. I need the loudest skin I can find on the market and Remo FIBERSKYN® 3 is it!" Other FIBERSKYN® 3 supporters include Bobby Allende (Mark Anthony) and Marc Quinones, who adds “On the road Remo Fiberskyns hold up in any kind of weather and in the studio. Since the introduction of Fiberskyn, that’s all I use. Just listen to anything I’ve played on (DLG, Marc Anthony, Steve Khan, Allman Brothers, Christina Aquilera) and you’ll hear only Remo Fiberskyn.”
Some prefer to use NUSKYN™ and FIBERSKYN® 3 such as Poncho Sanchez and Danny Reyes on his LP drums.
Others prefer only the warmth and texture of NUSKYN™ like Luis Conte (on his Meinl drums), Kevin Ricard (on his LP drums) and Michito Sanchez (on his Toca drums).
REMO® makes drumheads for World Percussion instruments in many different weights and sizes, including VINTAGE WRAP™ NUSKYN™ Djembe heads. In addition to the new World Percussion drumheads launched at NAMM, REMO® introduced SMOOTH WHITE™ POWERSTROKE™ 3 bass heads, TENDURA™ marching snare heads, and its beefiest drumset snare head ever, the EMPEROR X™.