pcastag wrote:The gon bops are stayin home bro!
rhythmrhyme wrote:pcastag wrote:Yeah, I'm not so overly sold on Almas but I hear ya! I've seen drums with almas go out of round, and plenty of drums without them retain their shape very nicely. Good crafstsmanship and care takes cae of most problems with warpage. I had jay put an alma in an egg shaped gon bops, didn't go out of round near as bad as it was, but it did end up with some separation. My sonocs were perfectly in round when I got them with no alma either.
A buddy of mine has a set of Maple Mopers, conga/tumba, and I REALLY like them! The projection is unreal. The maple had some serious overtones with the thinner heads they came with and they were almost too loud (if that's possible) so I put some thicker mule on them. Killed of most of the overtones and man - do they slap! Tones are still very ample and pure.
I'm wondering, has ANYONE every reported a moperc splitting on this board? or going out of round? I've never seen one. They are built like tanks. The staves are perfectly cut and line up beautifully straight through the joint to the inside of the drum, and they're quite thick. It was my impression that they're built in such a manner that an alma may not be needed. When the prefab is done this accurately the assembly must be a breeze, they would lock together like puzzle pieces.
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