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by **bongosnotbombs** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:59 pm

New York has Junior Tirado and Jay Bereck of Skin on Skin. Of course Cuba has it's
great makers as well like Vergara, Requena and Sonoc. There's also Matt Smith, wherever
he is, I guess he was originally from New York too. Puerto Rico, and Columbia have their great
drum makers too.

But this thread is dedicated to California. We have been lucky to have several top drum makers here in this state;
Sol, Valje, Gon Bops, King Congas, Resolution Drums the new DW Gon Bops, Fat Congas, Timbas well it's a long list isn't it? I'm a Californian
and I'm very lucky and proud to have several Californian drums.

So post them if you got them, let's see your Hecho en Califas (Made in California) drums.

by **bongosnotbombs** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:01 pm

Hecho en Califas!

by **deadhead** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:37 pm

You have a beautiful collection BnB!

by **taikonoatama** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:09 pm

Not mine anymore, but Hecho en California:

: Gon Bops

by **deadhead** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:32 pm

Thats a really nice picture, great view behind those beauties!

by **yambu321** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:53 pm

THOSE VALJE BONGO'S ARE MAKING ME FEEL ANXIOUS, I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE, I'M A PRETTY PATIENT MAN. BUT, AT THIS MOMENT, I MUST JUST ORDER A SET! $$$$$ :mrgreen:

CHARLIE.

by **Psych1** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:02 pm

Mine - oak from 72, mahogany from 74.

by **ABAKUA** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:10 pm

Loving them Mahogany ones.

by **bongosnotbombs** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:22 pm

Psych1 wrote:Mine - oak from 72, mahogany from 74.

Those tear drop rims are my favorite Gon Bops style. Very under rated.

by **ABAKUA** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:23 pm

Not mine, but very cool.

by **KING CONGA** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:39 pm

And let's not forget ISLAS by Mario Punchard, located in Gardena, Cali.

by **KING CONGA** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:41 pm

Peter Musser "PM" Percussion in Petaluma, California.

by **taikonoatama** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:15 pm

Del Cielo Congas. No longer in production and I've never actually seen one in person, but certainly beautifully-made drums.

: Del Cielo Congas

: Del Cielo hardware; dcp_drum0001a-375.jpg (24.04 KiB) Viewed 5830 times

by **taikonoatama** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:23 pm

I posted a picture of my King Conga super tumba on another thread recently, so sorry for the repost but it deserves to be in this thread. King Congas were made in Fremont, California, near San Francisco, from the late 1960s to early-mid 1970s. Some of the best fiberglass drums ever made.

: King Conga super tumba

James

by **ABAKUA** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:26 pm

King Congas are back my friend! I posted up some info in that other thread.

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