bomba barrels - Looking for bomba drums

[ozrivera]

Fellow congueros, percussionist
for the last couple of weeks ive been trying to find a good source that sells bomba drums, the shorther drums with the
14" and 15" heads or close to. if any of you know of anyone or anywhere that has them please let me know.
its been almost impossible to find someone
there is a world of information and help here on this site thanks to all of you. i feel right at home.

oz

[ralph]

As far as companies that produce these drums...i don't know...
Junior Tirado in NY used to make them...

JCR Percussion i believe makes barriles, forum member Isaac is a rep...he'll confirm...

and Matthew Congas in PA may probably make them...


P.S. Jorge i'm still working on getting the photos up...Ralph



Edited By ralph on 1149796692

[OLSONGO]

Oz a boriqua friend just had a couple of those dominican congas cut to the respective head sizes. They look good. And those Dominican congas aren't expensive and the wood is not bad the craftsmanship is the only thing, but you can put a bit of care , and they can be nice Bomba drums.

Saludos OLSONGO

[ozrivera]

fellas thanks for the info

olsongo are you talking about cutting carribean rhythyms jungle congas. i would still be stuck trying to find hardware for them. i have seen some people playing nice bomba drums
before but dont know if they have been custom made or just bought some where. either way if anyone comes across someone or some place that sells them let me know

thanks

oz

[Salvarican]

Hello, i make Bomba drums and im located in Los Angeles. Im actually in the process of making 3 of them. Jorge Ginorio wanted one and another member was looking for one. Im not sure if Jorge is still interested but the ones im making right now are the size of my brown one. Let me know if you are interested and ill give you more info.

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[akdom]

Great job Salvaricain


I make Gwokas, that are bombas drums with roots "hardware".

I tink this might help you:

http://www.congaplace.com/cgi-bin....=4&t=82



Just comment and tell me what you think


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[ozrivera]

that is a very good how to, akdom. i actually have all the tools that i need to actually build one. ive looked around for a place that has barrels but, i wanted to ask if anyone here knew of vendor that they themselves have dealt with or anyone that knew, that they may want to recommend.
iam seriously thinking of just making my own bomba drum.

thanks
oz

[akdom]

Hi again

Try a wine seller.... They sometimes have some.

Good luck