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Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:30 am**

Guys, don't kid yourselfs, the best conga made on planet earth today is a Ritmo conga from Matthew, I have played all the top manufactures of today, but nothing comes close in sound projection,beauty,durability,craftsmanship in the finer details. This young cat has perfected the art of conga making,hands down. I know he has a waiting list and some of us get a bit impatient, but when those boxes finally arrive and you open them you say COÑOOOO,COJONES !!!!!!.
I just picked up a vintage pair of oak he made in 1996 11 3/4 and 13 and the sound projection from them is beyond anything I have ever own.
Enclosed is a set of mahogany he recently finished for a studio percussionist. Hey, I don't get commissions from Matt, but excellence has to be recognized. My 2 cents.
Dario

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Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:19 am**

This is the vintage oak (stained) set that I picked up from Matt 11 3/4 and 13,nothing sounds better !
Dario

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Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:27 am**

They look Gorgeous!

Are they cut or bent staves?

Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:55 pm**

COÑÑÑO!!!

Tremendo tambores! Even Georgie gives em a thumbs up!

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Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:04 pm**

ABAKUA,

Eres el "caballo" de la timba !
Abrazos, Dario (tocayo)

Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:30 pm**

What is Matt Smith's drum order wait time lately? Ballpark prices?

Considering buying a set in 2008.

Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:27 pm**

Matt is $750 a drum usually, and his wait time is at least 9 months, but I have 2 friends waiting for over a year...

I'm not saying it isn't worth wait though...

Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:30 am**

Dario,
Interesting simily of using Vincent Van Gogh's name to Matthews congas. Not that I am correcting the spelling or the use of Van Gogh, but wasn't Van Gogh characterized as a abstract artist?
At any rate I respect your choice of congas. How would you compare Matthews to SOS. I have heard by others that they are almost identical being that Matthew was a student of Jay's. I have had a SOS oak set a while back and did enjoy them.
Have you ever played Moperc congas? I would appreciate your thoughts.

T

Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:46 am**

If you look closely at the grain on those congas it kind of looks like art,

Van Gogh was an Post-Impressionist painter,

the grain pattern of that big tumba on the right kind of reminds me of this Van Gogh painting, is that what your getting at Omolenko?

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Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:02 am**

Omelenko wrote:This is the vintage oak (stained) set that I picked up from Matt 11 3/4 and 13,nothing sounds better !
Dario

Dario,

Sent you a Pm.

Posted: **Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:45 pm**

Nice Tubs indeed.

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