Out of round is out of bounds? - I dont see what the big deal is...

[blango]

:laugh: :laugh:

so, we should love the one we are with, i guess?

even if she is egg shaped

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Bwa, ha, ha!!!

Hey, Charangaman, that's too funny!!! Did you compose it? I could use it, you know!

[CongaTick]

Charanga,

Almost peed myself laughing so hard!!!!

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CongaTick,

Same here!!! Charangaman's post sounded so serious for a while. It almost caused my eyes to well up! And then the killer punchline!!!

Hey, buddy, perhaps we ought to have our prostates checked immediately!!! Ha, ha, ha!!!



Edited By mjtuazon on 1186688809

[pavloconga]

Hi guys,
On the subject of egg shaped drums - here's a drum of mine that's a just a little 'out of round' from Zimbabwe, Southern Africa. This drum has a thick skin, with a wonderful deep and resonant sound. It's carved out of a single piece of wood. No ringing overtones on this one!
ciao
Pavlo

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[congalero]

i have only one gon bop that is a bit out of round - ever so slight. it is a 11.5 mahogany. there are so many drums that have gone sideways, no pun intended, from mostly temperature changes. on the east coast and in the middle of parts of the u s it seem the worst of all. i am not sure what people can do the protect their drums from extreme changes in weather. we may need a whole section on this. i do know that i am careful when buying from these areas. it is not just the slight out of round issue, but also the reaction of the wood in other ways.



Edited By congalero on 1186725477

[bongo]

.... and took everything I owned.

Now, I am much older and wiser, . .

so I am looking for a girl with really, big tits.

Funny story there.

Us congaleros keep looking, and end up going through a lot of drums, a lot of money gone.

And then we get older and wiser

and buy Volcanos!



As far as out of round drums go, I agree and have seen/heard excellent sounding drums/quintos that are out of round. Maybe it does add to the dryness of the sound. To me though it does decrease value of a drum.

As far as the alma goes, I can hear a slight metallic ring in my Skin on Skin tumba. It is very slight and most would not notice, but it is there. I tried muffling it by jamming rubber between the alma and shell and even wrapped sections with tape. This reduced the ring, but I ended up taking that stuff out and let it be natural, I actually like the sound.



Edited By bongo on 1186762514