by Raymond » Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:17 pm
Ramzes,
Some tuning and/or heads will give you better slaps than others. (At least in my experiencee)...
Natural heads sitting for two years might have gone "deaf." (That is the term used in Spanish here in Puerto Rico when heads that have lost their quality or brightness for playing and sound "muffled". It happens when you leave them tuned for too long and/or use/weather, etc, etc).
If you feel the problem is the heads, get some new one(s). Be aware that normally natural heads need a "break in" until they reach their "peak sound." Therefore, they might not sound great at the beginning but better than a "deaf" head. The break in is achieved after the has been when played, tuned, untuned, played, etc, for some period...well, you will notice it...but it takes playing and using the conga/bongo, etc, etc.
There are several threads on this forum dealing with slaps. I think there is a recent one...
Saludos!