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Posted:
Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:01 pmby captainquinto
Hey Windhorse ... nice pic's. That angle and with the chair behind it make it hard to guage sizes, though. ???
Howsbout some dimensions and materials info?
BTW: been listening to a band that frequents your area called Motet. Percussionist is quite the conguero!
The sax player, Dominic, was in a band here called Short Bus.
Peace,
CQ
Posted:
Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:27 pmby onile
Hey! I rode the short bus to school! :p 
Yo! Brother Windhorse, did you hand make that?
Wazzz Up CQ?
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Posted:
Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:47 pmby captainquinto
Hey! I rode the short bus to school!
Full face helmet, too?? :laugh:
Peace!
CQ
Posted:
Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:50 pmby onile
Naw! they didn't give us any of those!
Posted:
Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:51 pmby windhorse
Hey guys,, The cajon is made by a friend of mine that plays in our group. Name's Marshall. The head's about 10" square, and the base is 5 1/2" square. The length is 11" pyramidic.
Aye Cap'n, I know the Motet! Really love what they do when Jans is in the group! He's the great singer.
Scott, the conguero is a stand-offish sort who's hard to get to know, but quite good.
Dave
Posted:
Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:08 pmby captainquinto
Aye Cap'n
:laugh:
Thanks for the info, bro!
Now I don't have to make ya' walk tha' plank! ARRR! :p
Peace,
CQ
Posted:
Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:30 pmby GuruPimpi
Nice quinto Windhorse!!!
I got very eager to start new topic with how did youngsters that i work with, made some cajons, but it doesn't post, it even doesn't tell me if anything is wrong, it just brings me back to main menu...
I'll try to send pic here... Maybe it works here...
Cajons are getting bigger and bigger in this forum, manufacturers and in the world
Primozz
ps: Natasa, my collegue, me and Barbara
Posted:
Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:36 pmby GuruPimpi
Geeez, can anyone help me, why always the post includes an attachment doesn't work - it just brings me back to congaboard?
Abakua you proprably know this, save me !
Primozz
Posted:
Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:49 pmby windhorse
Hi Primozz, you don't attach images in the forum,,, you imbed them.
Step 1 hit reply
Step 2 select the image button - it's between [Code] and [Flash]
Step 3 select the URL for the image.
Of course you need the image stored in your website for this to work.
Dave
Posted:
Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:46 pmby Firebrand
what i'd really like to know is how do they perform vis a vis a real conga. I tried some wooden congas and bongos on one of my trips to old San Juan in Puerto Rico. They were made by an artisan. The had a good 90% imitation sound of an open tone bongo and conga, but, as I suspected, you couldn't bend the tone of the drum with pressure, nor perform variations of the open slap/open crack very well (I could get a semi-ok closed slap).
If you're a professional conguero...why would you sacrifice the superior sound of skin (real or synthetic) for a wooden imitation?
What do others have to say on this?
Posted:
Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:56 amby windhorse
Thanks Abakua,, I forgot about the browsable function!
That's the way to do it if you don't have webspace.
Firebrand,, as for the differences in the conga and cajon,, I know what you mean.. However, I play the boxes because my friends do (not because I prefer their sound), and when in Colorado, you play like a Coloradoan.. But, they play them because great Rumberos in several of our favorite DVDs play them, and many great teachers we've collectively run across will play box Rumbas.
I've grown to appreciate it quite a bit now. We play a great deal of box/conga Rumba now, where everyone plays multiple drums for more variation of the overall sound. We're presently in the simplification stage where less is better, though.
No question, if you just hit one tone on a box, no matter how well made, then one note on a conga, you're going to chose the conga every time.
I bet it sounds fantastic.