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Nice find! Certainly a collectors item!

My Echo Tones, now they belong to Cangalero in San Francisco.

Dario

Certainely a unique conga. Really ahead of heir time. so many congas out there that spark interest but we can't have them all unfortunately. Omelenko has truly been blessed to have had so many beautiful congas in his collection.

It also has to do with being 57 years of age. I started getting congas in my early 20's. Vennie, you're a young buck still, when you get to 57 you would have had a hell of a lot of them.

Saludos,

Dario

Yeah you are right but unfortunately some of these babies are getting older and more rare to find now. But yes I'm sure by 57 i will have had quite a few congas inder my belt. Oye espero que tode este bien hermano I haven't talked to you in a bit--- Bendicion

Candi with Echo tone congas and bongos. Now an Echo Tone bongo' is really rare. Daria el huevo izquierdo por uno!

Dario

LMAO Dario estas del carajo i almost had coffee coming out of my nose reading that!

That one on eBay had the sale ended early. He must have gotten a good cash offer. I have 2 that I will be selling, pretty good condition. The 12.5 has a new steerhide head and the 11 inch has a Bill Confer head that I got from Matthew Smith. The colors are close but, I wouldn't call them a matched set. Any advice on what to ask? Buck

buckoh wrote:Any advice on what to ask?

One million dollars....






Seriously though, hard to put a sale value on them without seeing them. Is there any chance you could post up some photos for us to see?

post up a pic buckoh !!

T

Here ya' go, Tonio. I pulled the head off the tumba to check something. The chrome is decent for the age, I replaced all of the sideplate screws and acorn nuts with stainless. I cleaned up the shell with Penetrol but, there are lots of small scratches. As the pics show, there are some gelcoat voids that look like original defects since the color goes all of the way through. I decided not to fix them due to; gelcoat has very little strength and, the repairs would show and I'd have to paint the whole drum. the quinto has none of the gelcoat voids, just lots of small scratches. There is one spot that looks like someone tried to touch up. It has a Bill Confer head and sounds awesome! The bottom ring is deteriorating underneath. Both shells are sound and sound great. Thanks for the interest. Buckoh