How many Congas do you own? - Your # of Congas in playing condition

[onile]

Okay, let's see......
These are some of the members of my family....

[onile]

Okay, now for the rest of my family.....

[onile]

Ooops!
I almost forgot.....
I have four LP Patato model congas and....

I think that makes 25 all together!

Now, I've got to go off and learn how to play them.....

[KING CONGA]

Okay, let's see......
These are some of the members of my family....

Hermano why did you have to go there? Now you got me all drulling
Bet you wish you could play them all at the same time huu.
Chulada de Tamores mi hermano, you are no doubt blessed.

[onile]

Alafia Hermano King Conga!
Espero que todo este bien contigo Papa!

Aw man! It's great to have choices, but when you begin to "prefer" which ones you play most it gets difficult!

La bendicion mi hermano!

Onile!

[seisporocho1]

Onile,
Wow....what a power house of a collection! You have some serious drums.
Which ones would you say are your favorite?

6x8

[ABAKUA]

Im going to guess and say he loves the Matthew Smith Ritmo's the best!

Bro the Isla's look sooooo much better withthe LP trad hardware. Prob alot stronger also now.

Is that Elegua I see in the background?

[onile]

Alafia Abures Mi!

Abure Abakua!
You are absolutely right, the Matthew Smith "Ritmos" are my favorites, followed by the Islas of course, and yes Abakua, those are my guerreros in the background.

The modified LP Traditional crowns on the Islas, IMHO, look far better and definitely are stronger.

Odagbo!

Onile!

[Roka]

But ISLA page says quinto is 10.25'' and tumba 13''. Did you re-make LP hardware ?

[seisporocho1]

How did I know you'd say that Onile!

Matthew seems to be leading the pack for sure!!! I hope to one day buy me a set.

Thanks for sharing those pics.

[onile]

But ISLA page says quinto is 10.25'' and tumba 13''. Did you re-make LP hardware ?

Alafia Abure Roka!
The small drum isn't the quinto that you mentioned, it's the 11.75", and yes I wound up having the crowns "modified" to fit the size of the drums. It was a worthy investment in the already well made drums.

Alafia Abure Seisporocho1
If you were to purchase a Matthew Smith drum, you would most certainly not regret it. The wait alone is excruciating though, but also well worth the arrival of it. I was like a new father awaiting the arrival of his children's birth when they arrived, I was out there trying to help the FedEx driver to unload them. I was worried he'd drop one of them, but not the case. They arrived in pristine condition and I played them that whole day.

Suave!
Onile!

[Bongobilly]

1 Juinor conga 1 Juinor tumba 1 Gon Bop's oak quinto all early 80's drum's.

[Firebrand]

I have 9 Congas.

3 LP Patato Fiberglass Congas (Quinto, and 2 Congas)
3 LP Classic Wood Congas (Quinto, Conga, Tumba)
3 Pearl Travel Congas (Quinto, Conga, Tumba)

Currently, I'm using a hybrid setup of my Patato Quinto and the 3 Pearl Travel Congas as my 3 other Congas. That way, I get 4 congas...but not so much to carry to gigs.

[willie55]

just got today and Lp Galaxy quinto
1 lp galaxy conga
3 Timbas, quinto, conga, tumba
1 gon bop quinto
1 no name conga
all in playing condition

[el-pulpo59]

hello,is a part of my collection.



2 of my four gon bops.



2 of my five junior tirado.



face of my brown glitter "patato" conga (changed it for two wood salsa models whith my friend rodolfo pacheco ten years ago,he still has got the other ones also received from patato himself)



my gold glitter custom "patato" collection (received from patato himself)




my matador "raul rekow" set.(almost sold to one of my students)



one of my gonbops "gongas" set

got some more(meinl,sonor,baak) but they are at school. bye