Page 1 of 1
Posted:
Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:43 pmby bongosnotbombs
Posted:
Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:59 pmby OLSONGO
I don't know ..... the rainbow look can make many heads turn , but just don't drop soap 
Paz
Olsongo
Posted:
Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:31 pmby randyc
Not quite my thing, but I'm sure the sound will more than make up for any reservations anyone may have about the appearance.
Cheers, Randy.
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:39 amby Gallichio
Love the drums. The color? I don't know. ???
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:58 amby bongosnotbombs
I agree, it's not for everybody. Personally I think they are pretty well done.
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:10 amby OLSONGO
Personally the design team went a bit far....overboard. Traditional band look with all of those colors ? Keep it simple natural wood color or some nice stain would of had been fine. What they need to worry about is better hardware and heads. The 3 screws on the plates is better than 2, thats a plus.
Paz
Olsongo
Edited By OLSONGO on 1203037914
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:25 amby No.2-1820
Looking at the contrast of the bands and metal work against the white section makes me think an all white set would be striking. Add trad rims and a small lottery win and I could be tempted ! But they still sit 2nd to my beloved old mismatched set of Valje's and Smithy's !!
Barrie
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:14 amby morty
yeah i have to say traditional rims would look better on these. there seems to be a trend to make congas in different colors and patterns so they can be turned when facing the audience to reflect what you want them to see.
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:44 pmby Omelenko
A few years back Matthew Smith, per request from Giovanni, made him some congas with all these colors.
Big fish always eats little fish. Matt should have pattented this design and now big fish is running with it and mass producing little fish's original concept.
La Vida Te Da Sorpresas !
Dario
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:44 pmby No.2-1820
Wouldn't that make it Giovanni's concept ? I'm guessing Gio loves his rainbo Matt's and wanted a set he could actually play in public without breaching his LP contract.
Barrie
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:33 pmby Omelenko
Gio by association and legalities can not play anything but LP in public. In the recording studio is a different story. I know he has Matthews, Skin on Skin, Junior Tirado and Timbas Ismael. He fell in love with Mongo's Vergara bongos in an occasion he was over my house.
Saludos,
Dario
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:03 pmby zumbi
just looks like one more market move by lp who has to come out with a new looking old product every two minutes.
and i can bet: people will buy them especially if they see giovanni playing them!
Posted:
Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:38 pmby OLSONGO
IMHO They are ugly... as ugly as this ones. ref. pic.
Aesthetically too confusing , in beauty the simpler the better.
Paz Olsongo
Attachment:
http://mycongaplace.com/forum/eng/uploa ... richie.jpg
