1969 junior tirado set.

[Jaisen Torres]

this is a 1969 junior tirado set, they sound unreal , the original owner got them from casa latina music.
talk about being around the block huh...
11 ... 12 1/2 ...13 1/2

[Omelenko1]

Estan CRIMINAL!!!!!!!!

Dario

[KING CONGA]

That is no doubt one sweet set of drums, a treasure indeed

[Psych1]

Beautiful!

[docarroyo]

Very nice, you are very lucky to own an early matched set, They are Historic in my Humble opinion.

[Anonimo]

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[ABAKUA]

Badass.

[Bongobilly]

Leedy 2: Any stories you can tell us about Junior. I didn't know he made drums out of wine barrels. I remember buying my conga at a store on 42 st near 7th i believe. They had a lot of them quinto, conga, tumbas.I also saw one or two of them that had separated from the stave.Did you ever go to his shop?

[Omelenko1]

My 1969 Junior Tirado set refurbished by Matthew Smith, before and after photos.

Dario

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[Omelenko1]

These are photos of a visit I made to Junior in 2003 at his apartment and workshop on Havemeyer St. in Brooklyn. On that ocassion his girlfiend had made "asopao and mofongo" and I was invited to stay and eat. I ran to the corner grocery store and bought (2) 6 packs of Henekein for the feast. Here are some photos of that day.
The 1st is an 11 3/4" he had for sale.
2nd is the inventory he had on hand that day, he was comissioned to make a few "bomba" drums.
3rd was an 11" quinto he had for sale. It sounded incredible. You can see Junior's legs and white socks.
4th is the one I wanted but he would not sell. It had been made for a Colombian drug lord and three of the innner staves could be removed to smuggle cocaine inside the conga. Had made it in the 70's.

Dario

[Omelenko1]

Here is an early quinto Junior had made for Ray Barretto, very rare beacuse it was 11" but had 6 lugs. It was a custom order from Ray. I bought it from Junior and sold it to Robert Felcher in San Diego. He offered back to me, but I passed on it for now.

Dario

[Bongobilly]

Amazing history of Junior conga drum's as witness on this forum. When i look in side of my Junior's congas the glue line's are so straight! My My Gon Bop's look like a kid's school project. Messy glue line's but the sound is great! Just gotta have almas made for them.

[Anonimo]

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[BRONXNATIVE]

I ALSO HAD A SET OF JUNIORS FROM CASA LATINA [116 ST. AND LEX] WHICH GOT STOLEN BACK IN 1973-HERE IS A SET OF JUNIORS I WAS ABLE TO GET MY HANDS ON, MADE IN 2003--11' QUINTO [MULE] 113/4 SEGUNDO [COW]-AMAZING SOUND-

[pcastag]

Beauts. Just missed a pair just like that on e-bay, beautiful tubs, gotta love em.
PC