Sorry if I should disturb the general consent here, but here are my 2 cents:
I used goat skin on my macho for at least 2 years or longer. Played them in public at an average of perhaps once a month, meanwhile practicing and giving lessons with it once a week minimum, and I always tuned it up and down. I had a spare drum head with me all the time, wondering why the goat head never broke. Yes, it was super thin, and on a 7-inch macho it didn't deliver my favorite sound (which is why I replaced it). The macho is generally tuned so high that it has no chance to ring. I wouldn't recommend such a thin skin for the hembra, no matter what kind of animal it had covered before.
The skin that I have on my macho now is - goat! Only a bit thicker. Great penetrating sound, fast attack. Ideal for a bongó macho. At least for my taste.
As to calf skin ... early LP bongos (around 1980) were regularly equipped with kip hide. Isn't that the same as calf skin? The early LP bongos were bulky and heavy, but the sound was just fine.
kip hide. Isn't that the same as calf skin?
mpags wrote:As a newbie, I am just soaking in the knowledge right now and having a lot of fun. IN some ways, I´m sure that my previous musical background is helpful, at least to understand rhythms. The coordination is a little slower and my left hand doesn´t have the same power and dexterity as my right (right hand dominant). But, overall I am very pleased at the progress.
mpags wrote:What are some of the FB resources you mention Thomas?
The coordination is a little slower and my left hand doesn´t have the same power and dexterity as my right (right hand dominant)
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