Yeserday I visited a senior member of this forum.
He only lives 40 minutes away from me, almost neighbours
One of those guys with a lot of quality conga's
With me I brought 2 conga's of which I tought it would be nice for him to play.
We had some coffee, talked and played a little together.
Man those delaports are really nice brother, congratulations !
It was good to meet in person and also to play together.
Lets play some more in the future !
But, the main reason was to check out the 2 Reiche conga's he had for sale.
The 27.5 and 29.5 cm conga's made from African mahogany.
This mahogany is more dense than the Philippine mahogany (luan) the gon bops 3000 series are made of.
Not as dry as Gon Bops but these tubs have a unique true caracter.
The workmanship on these Reiches is great and the skins are top quality.
So, I bought them
Yeah, I am quite happy with them.
The last picture show the horizontal grooves in the staves on the inside of the conga.
Of cource mister Reiche does this on purpose but I wonder how this influences the sound ?