Congas "EL Goma" Argentina

[Omelenko1]

Hand made congas from Argentina, "El Goma". They look very impressive, I wonder if they sound as good as they look. Marcelo what's the deal, they are from your homeland. The shipping charge will probably be the killer. They look like juicy mamas, very well made.

[docarroyo]

They look really good, I Iike in the second photo the small plant just starting to grow reminds me of my youth

[vinnieL]

they look very nice indeed

[vinnieL]

http://tamboreselgoma.com.ar/inicio.html

[roberthelpus]

Lookout! Now Argentina has weapons of mass destruction.
http://tamboreselgoma.com.ar/tamboriles.html

[ABAKUA]

Sup bro, hey they be from the same maker it looks like from your thread here: http://mycongaplace.com/forum/eng/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=8567

Loving the traditional Cuban style ones with the bands.

Check my reply there..

Them bitches need to go on a diet! hahahahaha huuuuge! I quite like the first ones though.
I dont know anything about them though unfortunately, Im not too in touch with things from Arg. While born there, I cant say Im too clued up about things in general from Arg. I have more ties to the general Carribean than Arg. My folks left with me as an infant in the midst of the political military dictatorship of the mid 70's, eventually residing in Sydney since '78.
Back to these drums though, they certainly look the part, skins look great, beefy hardware too. Not too crazy about the bottom ones, but the first, very nice!
The ones at the bottom on the stands would be a bitch to play seated, can them lugs be any longer?

I cant imagine freight being too bad though brother, its only about 8 hour flight to Miami from central Arg, so it couldn't be that much. Freight for Matts Requinto to me was only about $150 and arrived from across the world in about a week.

[ABAKUA]

I Iike in the second photo the small plant just starting to grow reminds me of my youth

[roberthelpus]

Lookout! Now Argentina has weapons of mass destruction.
http://tamboreselgoma.com.ar/tamboriles.html

Apparently those drums are used in Paraguayan and Argentinian Candombe. Anybody here know anything about them?

[ABAKUA]

Saludos, Candombe is neither Paraguayan nor Argentine.

Candombe drumming is uniquely Afro Uruguayan. Im often invited to participate in the 'llamadas' held by the Uruguayan community here, usually up to 50-80 drummers plus dancers & other characters.

Here's a pic from the recent International day of Candombe llamadas parade held in Sydney.

[RitmoBoricua]

Saludos, Candombe is neither Paraguayan nor Argentine.

Candombe drumming is uniquely Afro Uruguayan. Im often invited to participate in the 'llamadas' held by the Uruguayan community here, usually up to 50-80 drummers plus dancers & other characters.

Here's a pic from the recent International day of Candombe llamadas parade held in Sydney.

That's super kool, lots of drummer playing on the street. Martin Coen(LP Founder) has a some perfomances of a Candombe group on his youtube channel.

[roberthelpus]

Wow they're carrying those big drums on shoulder straps. Rather healthy looking gentlemen, and it doesn't even look like it phases them.

[RitmoBoricua]

They are using a stick in one hand to play the drums,
reminds of drummers in some places in Africa, that use
the same technique with one stick in hand.

[ABAKUA]

Candombe is heavily influenced from the Bantu people line of drumming hence the stick & hand approach.
These drums are far lighter than congas, hence able to be carried with a strap for block after block in the llamada parades.
A former student and good friend of mine gave me a 'Chico' from his set of 3, its made of Brazilian Pine, very light.

[rhythmrhyme]

Candombe is heavily influenced from the Bantu people line of drumming hence the stick & hand approach.
These drums are far lighter than congas, hence able to be carried with a strap for block after block in the llamada parades.
A former student and good friend of mine gave me a 'Chico' from his set of 3, its made of Brazilian Pine, very light.

Is there any overlap between the Candombe rhythms and the Bantu cycle rhythms from Cuba like Palo or Makuta?? Bembe is often played with sticks - any thoughts on this link? Bembe is a lost treasure from my perspective, it doesn't seem to get much attention. But hey, I do live on a rock in the north pacific

[roberthelpus]

Candombe is heavily influenced from the Bantu people line of drumming hence the stick & hand approach.
These drums are far lighter than congas, hence able to be carried with a strap for block after block in the llamada parades.
A former student and good friend of mine gave me a 'Chico' from his set of 3, its made of Brazilian Pine, very light.

Light pine OK. I can say from experience that an aluminum surdo or a vistalite snare will get pretty dang heavy after and hour and a half in the 90 degree weather.