by tigre77 » Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:13 am
Two of my extended co-workers are woodworking geeks with all the tools and they make coffee table furniture and $hit like that which is where the original link on this post came from. I'm a lazy mofo by nature so delving too deep into the wood thing is not my forte. I posted it as a loosed based reference just so those interested can say "oh, my X brand drum is X dense and I like the sound. I wonder about X wood and how it would sound..." Regarding claves I have only played two kinds, an LP brand clave that I had to throw harder and grip tighter to get the crack out of it properly (not ideal but it works) and a run of the mill La Habana vieja claves I bought in the late nineties from a street vendor in Cuba which I still own. The latter crack with authority with the slightest effort even though they are so light in weight. But Robert your question will be better answered elsewhere in forums where the woodworking fabricators of S.O.S, Ritmo, Isla, Gon Bop hang out and trade ideas about wood shop I think.