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by **CongaKing** » Thu May 11, 2006 4:52 am

Hello all ... wanted to share a pic of the begining stages (and some others) of the Gon Bops California Series ... notice the staves on top and some congas waiting for the next step of the process that is seeming to be about 4 months from time of order to time of delivery.

More pics to come as they make progress on my Gon Bops CA's!

Ciao,

Michael

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by **bongoron** » Thu May 11, 2006 6:25 pm

Very interesting! I'll bet you're getting anxious. Did you say you took the tour? Looks like a fascinating process.

God bless!

-Ron

by **CongaKing** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:32 am

More pics of the congas in the making

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by **BATZONG** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:38 am

Wow... thats... COOL!

realy interesting!

:O

by **CongaKing** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:42 am

Hola Conguero's -- almost there! Here are the latest pics of my congas in the making ... hardware is getting fitted then the heads then my hands!

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by **CongaKing** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:44 am

pics of the bongos

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by **onile** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:45 am

Alafia CongaKing!
I hope that you are well and in an abundance of wonderful blessings!

I totally forgot to post the pics of all three of my Gon Bops, since I now have the three. I actually received the SuperTumba replacement last month, May! Whew! They sound absolutely incredible Papa!
As always, I changed the head on it and wow! Que Sonido!
Also, I make sure my dog is nearby to keep them safe! Ha! Ha!

Suave!
Onile!

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by **onile** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:47 am

here is another shot of the SuperTumba....
along with some of the DVDs I study with.... :p

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by **onile** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:48 am

Ooops! That was the new skin I mounted on it, here is another shot of the drum itself....

Oh! BTW! Make sure to check the tiny little nails that come with them at the bottom. They hold the bottom ring on, a couple of them came loose when I was playing them, I just cut some other picture nails and used them instead.

Suave!
Onile!

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by **onile** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:59 am

here is one of all three together

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by **onile** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:09 pm

BTW Abure CongaKing!

Prepare yourself for sleepless nights, you won't want to stop playing them, they sound great!

Suave!
Onile!

by **CongaKing** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:08 pm

Hola Onile,

Que bonita your congas! Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you have your set ... how long did it take - 11 months?!

I've purchased a suply of no-doze for the sleepless nights of playing :-)

I'll post the final product pics as soon as I get them!

Ciao 4 now,

CongaKing!

by **OLSONGO** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:05 pm

Onile bro! nice very nice, Gon bops in the 21 st century.
What are the measurements. ? did they keep with the tradiction with the odd sizes.
Also I wonder if i can get the new logo to put on my old gon bop,
the old ones are hard to come buy.

Gozalas!!! OLSONGO

by **onile** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:15 pm

Alafia Abure Olsongo!
¡Espero que todo este bien contigo papa!

As for the sizes, so far the largest that they have is 13 1/4", 12 1/4", and inward from there.
I'll tell you though, even if I hadn't changed the heads on them out of habit, the ones they came with sounded great all the same. They are sturdy and built for sound. I lean more towards the lower end of the sound spectrum, the bottom "bajo" in my tumbas, so that's why I got two Supertumbas and on Tumba. I tuned the Tumba up to a conga tone, and babe I get a mean slap out of it.

These are great drums! I'm not sure about the logo though, comunicate con ellos pa'vel si acaso te dan algunas!

customerservice@gonbops.com

Adelante Papa!

Onile!

by **OLSONGO** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:55 pm

Onile aqui pasandola suave.
I am the same way I go low, in the future I am looking at getting the 12 1/4 " and the 11 1/4 I alredy have the vintage 13 1/4 and 10 1/4 , y cojiendo mucho polvo a requinto 9 3/4" which I am getting rid off.

cojela suave papa, OLSONGO

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