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Postby debbie » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:10 am

does anyone have these drums? or know anything about them? i'd never heard of them until the other day when i 'bumped' into them on ebay. they look like a cross between bongos and congas. i was wondering what the sound was like as they look quite handy for travelling around.
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Re: congitas

Postby congamyk » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:15 pm

Do you have a web link so we could see them?

I've heard of Junior congas, mini-congas and other phenomenon :lol:
But i haven't heard of congitas until now.
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Re: congitas

Postby burke » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:32 pm

Couldn't find them on ebay - but a quick google turned up various types of them - just a new name for those mini conga garbage buckets.

You weren't interested in buying them were you?

Wouldn't recommend it - so many other options (especially used)
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Re: congitas

Postby burke » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:33 pm

ps. for traveling - everyone seems to recomend the pearl travel conga - want one or two myself someday.
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Re: congitas

Postby burke » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:38 pm

Ahhh found them in ebay (UK) - seems tio be a 'Euro' name
These them?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... ory=112674
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Re: congitas

Postby Mike » Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:23 am

Yes, you see those "congita" , conguitas etc. all of the time at ebay, I call them bonsai drums always :lol:
I donĀ“t like them at all, their sound is not neither fish nor flesh, in other words:
either you want to play (a "real") conga, or you wnat to play bongos (technique is different!).
In my personal opinion these instruments just fill a marketing gap.

Just my point of view, though, others might feel different about them.

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Re: congitas

Postby debbie » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:31 pm

thanks for the replies guys, i'd kind of thought they might be more of a gimmick than a 'proper' instrument. i was just interested to know if they sounded any good but now we know!
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Re: congitas

Postby vinnieL » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:12 pm

There is a conguita that was used in the past in La Plena it can be seen at about 17:00 in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQfgbAmozQ
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Re: congitas

Postby Anonimo » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:33 pm

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small conga drum refered as congitas because the are small not full size
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Re: congitas

Postby Jerry Bembe » Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:26 am

How do these Gon Bops rate Faustino? I cannot help but notice that this picture is from your attic percussion hideout. I have not been impressed by any other "mini conga" but perhaps ole' Gon Bops are different.

By the way I was able to work things out with those Bombas. I guess South American Conga is not equal to Bauer. I appreciate these huge tubs to work with anyways can't find much in these sizes in the USA. (15" & 16") :shock: PHAT! These tubs could swallow those congitas whole! :roll:

Perhaps you could rate these minis like you did for bongos if there is enough information.

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