Conga recommendation?

[JIMBOND27]

Hi everyone! I am getting ready to purchase a conga set and I was wondering if anyone can recommend a type that would help me get this sound (outside of practicing!)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fopc4exF4D0

I see that the brand is LP, just wondering if there is a certain type I should get though...

Thanks!

[Mike]

What you see in the video is a fine, now appr. 30-year-old LP fiberglass set with good skins,
played by Eddie "Bongo" Brown, mixed in the 1970s´ sound, so it might be a bit delusive to
think you can get precisely THAT sound out of a set of congas you just buy...
LP´s present-day models offer a wide variety, and if you search on this forum you will find
many alternatives that are very fine too.

[JohnnyConga]

Sorry Mike but that isn't Eddie "bongo" Brown from Philly...and Im sure of it...he was a light skinned brother and didnt have a beard..u can see his photo holding bongos with the MFSB records....the congas are "wood look" fiberblass LP's... I had the same set...back in 72..."JC" Johnny Conga

[Mike]

Hi JC, oops, I was wrong there, but I was not too sure about the name anyway, just saw it at the youtube video.

Fiberglass congas with wood look - wow, that was a typically 1970s thing I reckon

[JohnnyConga]

Sorry Mike after further research it seems that u are right about that photo.I stand corrected..I had him confused with Larry Washington from MSFB ...here is a photo of him holding his bongos with MFSB orch..70's...

yea i bought those "wood look" fiberglass off 42nd st NYCity at a record store, in 1972 for 268 bucks for the both of them..sweet!...."JC" Johnny Conga

[vinnieL]

Might be tough getting that old school sound but there are any number of congas that with good skins sound great. Depending on how much you want to spend: LP Classics,Pearl Elite,Matadors,Meinl,LP Galaxy wood congas,Toca traditionals. It will ultimately come down to preferences in looks,price and sound. And if you decide on a brand and model the used market is also great if gotten good deals on congas that were not cracked maybe not the prettiest but definitely playable right away.