My Junior Tirado Congas

[docarroyo]

Hey guys some of you saw the posting below for the trade of a Junior drum well it was I who received it. Paul Karges is a great guy to deal with as many of you here on the forum are. I mated her with another Junior I had and a Gon Bops requinto . I mounted a new mule and let it dry well before tuning 3 days with a light coat of manteca. I have a cold and feel like crap but just had to see what she and her friends sounded like, I may still have the cold but feel much better. They sound superb, that L and H skin kicked it into overdrive. Its Saturday night and rainy here in New Jersey, I'm sick and can't go out to play but I feel GOOOOOD baby. Check them out

[PaulKargez]

Wow Izzy!!! Niiiice job! She has gone to a great home. Hey, that Gon Bops looks familiar ; just like mine except mine has no bands.
Superb, it's great dealing with you.
Peace!

[bongosnotbombs]

Those mismatched drums make a great set. The bands on the GB go with the
Juniors. You are a lucky guy!

[KING CONGA]

Those tambores look killer!! Congratulations on your new acquisition. No doubt that those three drums make a great combination, you my friend poses a great piece of history, good job

P.S.
Dig those lug protectors, why dont you have them on your Bop also?

[docarroyo]

I ran out of tubing just got back and will be putting some on the GB requinto also. Thanks for the compliments. Most of the rumbas I have been to in the world always have a mixture of drums, different wood, makers, etc.. I think it adds to the flavor of the mix. For stage work I have matched LP classics, they look good have great projection and resonance which is needed in an amplified setting. But check out the videos of rumbas in Cuba, Puerto Rico and NYC, everyone has a different drum. For guys who claim to be traditionalist they should also be playing mix matched drums especially at rumbas.

[KING CONGA]

docarroyo is that a Skin On Skin to the right or do my eyes deceive me? c'mon now no teasers

[bongosnotbombs]

I ran out of tubing just got back and will be putting some on the GB requinto also. Thanks for the compliments. Most of the rumbas I have been to in the world always have a mixture of drums, different wood, makers, etc.. I think it adds to the flavor of the mix. For stage work I have matched LP classics, they look good have great projection and resonance which is needed in an amplified setting. But check out the videos of rumbas in Cuba, Puerto Rico and NYC, everyone has a different drum. For guys who claim to be traditionalist they should also be playing mix matched drums especially at rumbas.

I totally agree. My mismatched rumba set. Not Juniors, but they get the job done.

[docarroyo]

Hey BnB I bet that quinto SMOKES, sweet drums if they sound half as good as they look you should be set. King, its a Matt Smith, I lived a few streets away from where Jay and his brother had the first shop on Smith street in Brooklyn and passed up on his drums several times and at only $200.00 or so a pop. At the time I owned two Vergara congas one was stolen at a rumba on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn it was painted black, the other I left in my house in Puerto Rico and it was destroyed by comehen or termites and my uncle threw it away. He didn't even save the hardware. In hind site I should have purchased the drums from Jay even in the beginning they were incredible drums but I was leaving to join the Navy and never went back to live in NY oh well ce la vie.