My most rare set of congas are my 1974 Timbas Ismael, made by Ismael Ramos in Bayamon, PR. I'm the second owner, the original owner, Roberto, had them custom made with a Topical scene on the wood. According to Roberto, Ismael took 6 months to make them. I had them professional restored by the best and had the crowns rechromed. The rest of the hardware is all stainless steel. Just put 2 new cals heads on them, this set would last another 40 yrs., as they are like new.
My other rare set, 3 Skin on Skin cherry wood 1992. What's really rare about this set is that the quinto 11" and the conga 12" both have 6 lugs. Jay only makes quintos and congas with 5 lugs, these 2 have 6 lugs. The 13" tumba has 6 lugs and that's the only drum that takes 6 lugs from Jay.