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CONGA MAKEOVERS

Postby SalseroBoricua71 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:09 pm

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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby SalseroBoricua71 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:10 pm

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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby SalseroBoricua71 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:16 pm

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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby SalseroBoricua71 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:29 pm

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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby Omelenko » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:36 pm

Steven,

My hat goes off to you. The Puerto Rican Vincent Van Gogh of the "jicamo". You did an incredible job with my Giovannys, incredible job with Jay's SOS.
Las dejastes "criminal".

Saludos,

Dario :D
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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby SalseroBoricua71 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:40 pm

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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby Sakuntu » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:29 am

I love the way the gios turned out. the traditional rims just puts the iceing on the cake for me. i love the look and feel of traditional rims myself. I'm currently working on an old matador quinto and I'd like mine to turn out like yours if possible...I'm just thinking of keeping them the blonde wood color though.
So tell me...
1) How did you sand them down (what grit did you finally use and did you hand sand or use a orbital sander...)
2) What stain did you use and how many coats?
3) What varnish? -thats some nice gloss shine on those bad boys... :D
4) Did you buff them for that smooth furniture finish?
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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby SalseroBoricua71 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:22 am

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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby Gallichio » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:29 pm

SalseroBoricua71
Great Job! The Tubs look great!
All the Best!
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Re: Conga makeovers

Postby SalseroBoricua71 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:31 pm

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Re: CONGA MAKEOVERS

Postby Sakuntu » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:56 pm

Thanks for the detail. Good stuff!
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Re: CONGA MAKEOVERS

Postby onile » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:50 pm

Vaya SalseroBoricua71!
Como esta familia?
Espero que todo este bien contigo!

Chacho! Esas tumbadoras estan "goddeme!" :D :D

I know you must feel like a proud papa as you should, they are proof of your hard, tedious and patient work. GREAT JOB!

I kept stepping back and admiring the beauty in each of the drums I refinished as I got further and further into the task. Then finally, "Bamm" they were done and I was playing them once again. Se que deben de sonar tremendos con los cueros de Isaac!

Suave Papa!

Onile!
Que Nsambi les acutare pa' siempre!
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Re: CONGA MAKEOVERS

Postby SalseroBoricua71 » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:13 am

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Re: CONGA MAKEOVERS

Postby Mike » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:27 am

Wow, incredible job, SalseroBoricua, my deepest congrats to you too!

Just one question: Which traditional rim did you mount on the GIovannis?
As far as I know, they come with this "extended" comfort curve diameter,
so I´d like to know which LP or other rims you took.

Enjoy playing those beauties!

Best regards
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Re: CONGA MAKEOVERS

Postby ralph » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:28 pm

salseroboricua....

thanks for sharing the photos...I myself and working on putting some life back into an old gon bop that has seen its share of rumbas and has the battle scars to prove it....it originally belonged to a brother named Kwe Yao out of NYC....my friend Danny Diaz inherited his drum when he passed, and it has seen better days...apparently Cali had retrofitted a rim, and possibly an alma...(for some reason I am under the impression that Gon Bops did not make there drums with almas at the time) in any case, there are a couple of cracks at the bottom of the drum that seem to have been repaired as good as can be, but before the cracks where still really obvious...i have sanded them down along with the rest of the drum and will be sanding some more this week. Also the metal bands were brown and rusty, that too I sanded down as best I could...anyway i figured I would post my progress so far......I am thinking of painting a dark brown, and finishing off with a marine varnish...I want a real glossy finish...I will be getting new lugs...and if the skins doesn't work possibly a new skin...

Hey does any one know a good source of quality lugs that are easy to get as the lp lugs but maybe a little cheaper?
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