by Berimbau » Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:20 pm
In addition to the Matador line, it seems that a lot of the commercial conga drums (as opposed to custom drums) are coming out of Thailand these days. I recently saw some impressive photos of the LP facillity in Thailand on Martin Cohen's web page. I have been out of touch with him for over a decade, and am not even sure what his official position in the firm is these days, so this disqualifies me as an LP insider. What I wonder is, are the bulk of commercial tumbadoras coming from this same factory? A lot of "different" drum brands seem to be made in Thailand (where doubtless labor is cheaper), many of the drum shells seem standardized (perhaps with different grades of wood used), and of course, the ubiquitous curse of crappy hardware. Although many of these drum shells are quite nice for the low price, I don't like comfort curve! Any other opinions?
Percussively Yours,
Berimbau
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