Thomas Altmann wrote:if you decided to buy a new pair of bongos, they should be considerably better, way up above average quality
Thomas Altmann wrote:P-S.: You wrote that you are somewhere in Europe - where? I mean, if you happen to live near my town Hamburg, you could come for a visit and bring your drums.
Beatnik07 wrote:I played other bongos besides mine which is a LP Gen3, and I didn't quite get either the sound this guy gets (if that's what you are referring to in your post):
I'd say, besides the skin type (Remo Fiberskyn seems snappier than natural skins), a sufficiently high tensioning force is a big contributor to this snappy sharp cracking sound. Especially on the macho.
Beatnik07 wrote:In my case, the problem is ... I probably don't have my bongos tuned high enough, as I am wary of the ominous cracking sounds one gets when increasing the tensioning force past a certain level, and I somewhat worry about damaging the wooden shell or the skin or the tensioning hardware ...
So these days I pursue my practice unfettered by probably less than optimally tuned and sounding bongos.
After practice, when I listen to some records or videos, I feel demotivated that I don't sound the same.
And the main question here is whether I ever will
The alternative, to lubricate the underside of the skin at the bearing edge with grease or manteca de corojo, solves that problem but several times has caused my skins to rip at the bearing edge.
Do you have or have you heard of any experience with wax lubricated skins that would support either using it or not?
jorge wrote:so I put the Remo Tucked Skyndeep on the macho side and left the natural Matador skin on the hembra. This is the Remo "skin" I used: https://remo.com/products/product/tucke ... 5-S4-SD003
jorge wrote:Otherwise, I would strongly recommend trying to find the tucked version. Even if it costs significantly more, it will probably last much longer and cost less in the long run.
jorge wrote:I also bought the untucked version before I bought the tucked version. It fits more easily but looks like it will not bear the stress of repeatedly tuning the macho up to a high pitch. That is what the tucked version is made for. So if you are satisfied with a moderately high pitch macho and don't plan to detune all the time, the untucked version would probably work fine. Otherwise, I would strongly recommend trying to find the tucked version. Even if it costs significantly more, it will probably last much longer and cost less in the long run.
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