Campos Percusion Madrit - European hand made fiberglas conga

[Victorius]

Hey Everyone!
I was looking for an info about campos percussion and here it is what I found.

http://www.percusioncampos.com/

Recieved an E-mail with prices:
" hello the price of congas: superquinto 330€, quinto 360€, conga 390€, tumba 420€,
set of quinto and conga in one piece wood 910€, bongo 210€ , cajon flamenco from 90 to 210€. this price directly from the maker, we dont sell to the shops.All the instruments hand made."
Below I atteched photo of one piece wood pair of congas.



Photos found on the web (after long searching)

[umannyt]

Victorius,

Interesting congas! The congas in the 1st picture look like each one is carved from a single piece of wood and not made from staves.

Thanks for sharing,

[Victorius]

IT IS made from solid piece of wood

[KING CONGA]

Reading the description on the construction of the drum reveals that the shell is constructed with some type of resin fiber, so they are more in the line of fiberglass. Nice looking drums, I wonder if anyone here has or has ever played a set?

[Victorius]

the first picture is with solid wood drums, but next photos show black fiberglass congas - everything is in email I recived

[Omelenko1]

The legendary Tata Guines used to play Campos percussion from Madrid. I know a have a photo of him playing them. Will have to search for it.

Dario

[seisporocho1]

I love the whole wood set. I emailed Pedro at Campos Percusion and he says they're made of an african wood called dimbu. According to him, they have "volumen espectacular". I really love that look and I didn't find them too expensive.
He said he's willing to sell the set for 850 Euros.

They're maracas look really nice too. Made out of cowhide. They cost 65 Euros for the set. I did find that a bit high...

Anyway, I don't think I can afford any more drums at this time so I'll just keep an eye on them for now.

If anybody has used them or heard them, please drop a comment!

ache

[Victorius]

I'm curious how this campos sounds when compare to LP Patato with changed head... Campos is 150 euro cheaper than Patato in europe (with new skin), but patatos have their characteristic sound Nothing but buy both and compare!