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Posted:
Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:08 amby Whopbamboom
Saw this stuff-- anyone know anything about their drums?
http://www.grandcentralmusic.com/mall/hotdrums/drums.htm
Posted:
Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:45 amby Tonio
mmm, mmmm recycled rum barrel wood!! wrought iron. the tuning lugs (congas) are thick, but are they strong?
somehow I think they got the skin description reversed,
olderr skins for macho & quint/conga, and younger skin for tumba, hembra ??? Backwards no?
Pictures are awful.
T
Posted:
Thu Aug 16, 2007 2:34 amby Derbeno
They list a couple of dealers in the San Diego area, I will try to check these out and report back
Posted:
Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:07 amby Whopbamboom
That would be great! I'm personally curious about the tambora.
Posted:
Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:20 amby pcastag
That company is old and defunct, apparently got wiped out by a hurricane many years back. I had some of their bata, sounded pretty good, I've played on a couple of similar congas made by artisans in the DR, good sounding, but a bit rustic. They were blowing out all their stuff on music123.com a while back, selling a full set (3drums) of the artisan series ( painted with local scenes) for like 180.00! There a guy on e-bay right now trying to sell the same 3 for 499.00! Capitalism at its best!
PC
Posted:
Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:17 pmby Thebreeze
It's true that they are recycled drum barrels, they are very heavy, and the wrought iron hardware seems to have been made in a hurry, not much detail to quality. I had a Conga and Tumba some years ago, and the Conga did not give me the sound I was hoping for. Not much pop, or slap. However the Tumba was quite the opposite. It had a very boomy deep resonating sound. It would have been great in a Rumba drum circle. Hope this helps a little.