My King Conga Project...

[emveeone]

Thank you, guys.. I’m really happy with the way they came out. I’m waiting for the new skins to dry a little more and them I’ll crank them up and have some fun..

[maSSivdrums]

Aloha emveeone,

Great job on your resto project! Mahalo for the info you shared on our last chat. As I told you of my own project, here are pic's of the final product.
The tub is a 10 1/2 inch head and the tub was painted in Brilliant Black, a Dodge Charger factory color, and the pinstripes are in beige. At first I mounted a medium Steerhide and noticed slight overtones, but cracking slaps! I then mounted a thick Steerhide which was a P.I.T.A. to mount! The results were to my liking, Ol' Skool dry tones with more of a "knocking" slap! With the thick head the fiberglass drum sounded like a wood tub.
I noticed the original heads on the tub was thick and bleached. I'm much happier with the thick head and will leave it on.

Keep on Poundin'... Aloha, maSSivdrums

[congabluedog]

Hi maSSivdrums....your drum looks great! I was wondering if you had some pics of the restore in process that you could post? Was the drum originally black pinstripe? I have a post about my 2 kings that I just purchased. They are black with a yellow pinstripe. Was wondering if the Dodge Charger black was the original color? Any chance you might want to trade something for that beautiful quinto? Jacqui

[maSSivdrums]

Aloha Jacqui,

Mahalo for the compliments. The brilliant black color is not like the original color. The new color has blue and silver flakes in it. I don't have any photos available of the restore from my painter. When I got the drum 2 years ago on eBay it arrived with many dings and dents which was expected for a drum this old. What was not disclosed to me by the seller was that a side plate and lugs were missing and the tub had a 4 inch crack in the side of the belly of the tub. The original color was black with a oyster/green tint to it.
At this time I am not interested in letting it go. It was my dream to own a pinstripe set since I seen Papa Dee Allen of WAR playing one in the 70's. If for some reason I do let it go I will keep you in mind.
You are fortunate to own a 11.5 and a 12.5 set. I discovered your set about a month ago on CL and the seller had the set listed in a post of his selling his studio equiptment. I contacted him and made an offer for it, but he wanted 5 bills for the set, which I considered a fair price. But it would have costed me another 3 bills to ship it to Hawaii, which I painfully had to pass on. I hope to one day be as fortunate as you and complete my set.

Keep on Poundin'... Aloha, maSSivdrums

[congabluedog]

Thanks maSSivdrums...I def. understand you wanting to hold onto your drum. I also love the pin stripe. I saw it in a picture here on congaplace. Some woman was playing or sitting by one and I thought it was a really cool drum. I kept my eyes open for a set ever since and I jumped on this one when I saw it on CL. I would love to go to Hawaii some day too. In addition to conga drums I am also obsessed with giant waves. I have about every Big wave surfing video out there and really really want to go to the North Shore in winter. Take care and good luck finding a set. Jacqui