by Omelenko1 » Sat Aug 18, 2012 2:50 pm
That's not the case with these, the staves are thick, about an inch. I've been lucky, this is the fourth set of Ismael congas that have come my way, these are probably the best of all. I have also had about 5 bongos from the man. Ismael are extremely rare pieces to come along, they are part of PRican history. Ismael Jr. was putting together a museum on the island to honor his dad, I don't know how far along that has gone. In the current world of gold plated hardware, confort curved crowns, rubber wood(complete turn offs for me) when something like this comes along I can't help myself. I for one, like the traditional Cuban Vergara look like these have. Anything along this line, Junior, SOS,Matthew, Ismael and PanCon Queso I consider a quality instrument and Caribbean craftsmanhip at its best.
Dario