looking at getting the Santana Aspire FiberglassCg

[deepsessions]

what are the differences between these and the wood ones? a guy has them locally (well 40 miles away) and I am trying to get as much info as possible before playing them....I've played the Aspire woods and they sound super hollow and flat is there a difference with these being fiberglass?

I am mainly going to be using these to record 4 and 8 bar loops for dance music (mainly latin jazz tinged stuff) so they need to record decently

I've played the performers and they sounded okay but the Santana's I can pickup for $225 for the pair (10" and 11")

[Thomas]

Hi!
Wood provides a more warmer sound, while fiberglass provides a more louder and brighter sound IMHO, good for live-gigs.
I personally use wood for the studio.
Haven't played both Aspires yet (or can't remeber how they sounded :p )
It depends on, what kind of sound you prefer, in the studio you can modify the sound to your liking, so the best way is to try.
Tom

[deepsessions]

ya I've heard the fiberglass ones are louder as well....I wonder if it would be worth the time investing in some good heads? if someone here plays fiberglass congas do the heads make much of a difference? or should I just save that money and try to get a used pair of classics or Matadors....which I'm sure would be around $400-600

thanks

[Thomas]

Heads do always make a difference.
I personally play classics and I like them. If I were in your situation, then I would save the money for matadors or classics and would order some mule heads from Issac.
But thats only my sound preference, some people play fiberglass congas with synthetic heads, and are happy with it, it depends fully on you.
In another threat we discussed about those tumbadoras http://www.samash.com/catalog....ntItems
they cost 399€, don't know if they are something for you, I haven't played them yet.
Tom



Edited By Thomas on 1153942276