jorge wrote:I find the SOS cherry 11" is plenty loud for tres dos in a rumba. Mark tell me if I am wrong at the rumba tomorrow. I used to play in a rumba group with a 12" cherry tres golpe and a 13" cherry tumba. They were always loud enough for rumba and kept up with my 12" oak tres golpe. The cherry drums have a beautiful warm tone, nicer than the oak. I have not played full on salsa over amplified instruments with either the oak or cherry SOS drums and can't comment on their presence in the live mix, although I would hesitate to play salsa without decent mics on the congas.
Jay told me back when he first started making cherry drums that he chose cherry because the coefficient of expansion due to humidity was the lowest of any of the wood options, and the drums were less likely to crack with Northeast seasonal changes in humidity in apartments. In my small experience, neither of my cherry drums have cracked through about 18 winter/summer cycles, but my ash drum and 2 of my 4 oak drums (both with Watco oil finish and no polyurethane) have all cracked in multiple places. Once the oak or ash drums crack due to expansion/contraction related to humidity, and they are fixed with good glue, they tend to never crack again. Oak definitely withstands dents (from drumsticks at rumbas) better than cherry.
Cadenza wrote:Hey Markito - it's funny you should mention Jay's "econoline" drums, me mentioned them to me on the phone last week. He explained that for a few years he made "econoline" drums with carved staves, rather than the more labor intense steamed and bent process. He mentioned that another maker had annoyed him by using this manufacturing process so he made a bunch that way out of spite and knocked down the price to show what they are really worth... great guy to chat with, really funny and entertaining stories
jorge wrote:I find the SOS cherry 11" is plenty loud for tres dos in a rumba. Mark tell me if I am wrong at the rumba tomorrow. In fact, here is a direct comparison of 3 SOS drums at the Brecht Forum rumba last week, ash quinto and tumbadora and cherry tres dos. They sound pretty well balanced for volume, the tres dos is definitely not too soft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C_J0HNvZC8&feature=player_embedded
I used to play in a rumba group with a 12" cherry tres golpe and a 13" cherry tumba. They were always loud enough for rumba and kept up with my 12" oak tres golpe. The cherry drums have a beautiful warm tone, nicer than the oak. I have not played full on salsa over amplified instruments with either the oak or cherry SOS drums and can't comment on their presence in the live mix, although I would hesitate to play salsa without decent mics on the congas.
Jay told me back when he first started making cherry drums that he chose cherry because the coefficient of expansion due to humidity was the lowest of any of the wood options, and the drums were less likely to crack with Northeast seasonal changes in humidity in apartments. In my small experience, neither of my cherry drums have cracked through about 18 winter/summer cycles, but my ash drum and 2 of my 4 oak drums (both with Watco oil finish and no polyurethane) have all cracked in multiple places. Once the oak or ash drums crack due to expansion/contraction related to humidity, and they are fixed with good glue, they tend to never crack again. Oak definitely withstands dents (from drumsticks at rumbas) better than cherry.
FidelsEyeglasses wrote:Okay Jorge, I'm taking my 9' inch Mahogany "Junior" T. to the rumba tomorrow.. bring your Cherry and we'll meet at high noon jejeje~
onile wrote:Blah! Hahahaha!
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