Mambiza solid shell congas for sale

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Mambiza solid shell congas for sale

Postby taikonoatama » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:27 pm

Hi,

I'm selling my Mambiza solid-shell congas. Plan to put them on craigslist here in the San Franisco Bay Area (Berkeley), but I'll give you guys a shot first. These are great drums - trust me. Someone is going to be very happy with these. Not really wanting to do the pack and ship hassle unless I really have to, so if you live in the area that'd be best. If they don't sell locally I might consider it.

James

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Set of two Mambiza Congas - $800 (with cases)

Shells:
Solid, one-piece wood (likely African or South American - species unknown).

Diameters:
Segundo/Conga: 10 3/4"
Tumba: 11 3/4"

Height:
30"

Skins:
Excellent new cowskin heads, medium to medium-thick.

Hardware:
Great condition. Chrome in good shape. Six large 3/8" (9/16" nut) lugs on each.

Weight: Not sure, but suprisingly light, especially considering the wood is quite thick.

Cases:
Humes and Berg fiber cases

Mambiza was (is?) run by Reinhard Simon in San Francisco. He gets the one piece shells from Africa or South America and has (I think) someone else make the hardware and he puts everything together. I'm not sure how active his drum business is these days, but his website is no longer up and I know he travels overseas a fair bit, so not sure if it's even possible to buy these anymore.

These sound fantastic. Really, really nice sound, especially for folkloric music - earthy and warm non-ringy open tones, crisp slaps, meaty muffs, nice bass.

More pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/taikonoatam ... oAndTumba#

Let me know if you have any questions.

James

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mambiza-website-logo.jpg
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Re: Mambiza solid shell congas for sale

Postby Jaisen Torres » Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:50 pm

james what up , my name is j , i was wondering if you still got these ?
hey by the way are you the james that came to my house in harlem when visiting new york ?
anyway im interested in a set of mambizas, let me know ... thanks.
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Re: Mambiza solid shell congas for sale

Postby vinnieL » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:24 pm

Beautiful drums good luck with the sale I'm sure they will find a good home soon.
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Re: Mambiza solid shell congas for sale

Postby Jaisen Torres » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:41 am

taikonoatama wrote:Hi,

I'm selling my Mambiza solid-shell congas. Plan to put them on craigslist here in the San Franisco Bay Area (Berkeley), but I'll give you guys a shot first. These are great drums - trust me. Someone is going to be very happy with these. Not really wanting to do the pack and ship hassle unless I really have to, so if you live in the area that'd be best. If they don't sell locally I might consider it.

James

-----------------------------------------------------


Set of two Mambiza Congas - $800 (with cases)

Shells:
Solid, one-piece wood (likely African or South American - species unknown).

Diahmeters:
Segundo/Conga: 10 3/4"
Tumba: 11 3/4"

Height:
30"

Skins:
Excellent new cowskin heads, medium to medium-thick.

Hardware:
Great condition. Chrome in good shape. Six large 3/8" (9/16" nut) lugs on each.

Weight: Not sure, but suprisingly light, especially considering the wood is quite thick.

Cases:
Humes and Berg fiber cases

Mambiza was (is?) run by Reinhard Simon in San Francisco. He gets the one piece shells from Africa or South America and has (I think) someone else make the hardware and he puts everything together. I'm not sure how active his drum business is these days, but his website is no longer up and I know he travels overseas a fair bit, so not sure if it's even possible to buy these anymore.

These sound fantastic. Really, really nice sound, especially for folkloric music - earthy and warm non-ringy open tones, crisp slaps, meaty muffs, nice bass.

More pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/taikonoatam ... oAndTumba#

Let me know if you have any questions.

James

mambiza-x2.jpg


mambiza-website-logo.jpg



james whats up you still got this set ?
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