Gon Bops experts, please - need info on "old" Gon Bops congas

[bdrbongo]

Those are beautiful drums, I would love to hear a sound clip of them. I own both mahogany and oak Gon Bops and like the sound of both. I tend to play the oak set out more because they are in better shape but I use my mahogany 13" ex large tumba with them because of the low end I can get. I love my Gon Bops and despite what I've read here and elsewhere I will probably never get rid of them

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[bdrbongo]

Here's the mohogany set, which I refinished( they needed it). My first set, bought for $250 from a music store that didn't know what the were.

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[BATZONG]

Congrats, brdbongo! Cool drums, realy!

250$ for those is a steal, you lucky bastard! :angry:

Enjoy' em and thanks for sharing the pictures!

:;):

[Doctorumba]

For you Gon Bops lovers, I have a super tumba in mahogany 13" playing surface.I use it as a bajo (bass tumba).Is the International model with the Cuban hardware.Since I have my Juniors and Skin on Skin sets I'm willing to trade this 35 yrs. old suoer tumba for an interesting conga or bongo.Please no Toca, Pearl, Matador or Meinl.Will consider 28" pair of old fiberglass LP's, even if I have to give something in return.This is the biggest tumba that Gon Bops made and is very rare to find these days.Open for suggestions.The only thing,I'll not ship this conga on account the belly is just too big.You'll have to come to sunny Miami (Little Havana) to pick it up and while here we can dip in my pool and play some guaguanco.The Cuban coffee is on me.Take a look. Dario

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[ghost face]

these gon bops just got refurbished in & out , all new hardware, skins, bands, rubber bottoms, armas, all the work done at jcr percussion in the bronx by my good freind cali rivera, im selling these you can see all the info on craigslist in sf bay area & new york city, thanks...



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[OLSONGO]

Ghost face that hardware sure looks different, or is the photo, That looks rectangular up, gon bops is more square.
Thanx Olsongo