Delaporte congas

[joaozinho]

HI
does anybody knows the delaporte congas?Are they good?And a what level?


Thanks so much

[gilbert]

i know they were really famous in France
price range 700 to 1000 per drum

you can compare them to the california series of gon bops or the giovanni's of LP

[joaozinho]

Thanks Gilbert!
I'm goig to check out...

[KING CONGA]

joaozinho check out the attached forum link for some great images and information on Delaporte Congas.

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4136&p=42605&hilit=delaporte+congas#p42605

[PRDRconguero]

Nice looking tubs!

[tumbadora47]

I own a pair of michel delaporte conga.Very good sounding drums,with very solid hardware.
I replaced the heads.On the conga there,s a skin from Skin on Skin,and it sounds great.
But I still can,t find a good replacement head for the tumbadora.
I,ve tried a few heads,but all them have a distorted sound when you play loud.
The original head was very thick.So I,m still looking for a good congahead for the tumbadora.

[pcastag]

is that a pot leaf on the drums?

Those look like quarter sawn oak, nice tubs!
PC

[tumbadora47]

Yes it,s a pot leaf.I,m from Holland which is famous for its pot.
It,s just a sticker I put on the drums.It,s not standard on the delaporte drums

[akdom]

Hi there
Delaporte is a Frencg conga maker. He stopped production a few years ago and his main craftsman bought the company from him.

The production should start again soon according to the new owner I talked to on the phone about two months ago.

The quality of these drums is very very good. I am impressed that this brand made it to the US.... There are still some distributed here in Europe.

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