Big Ol' Mama Gon Bops Refurbished

[Omelenko1]

Here is a photo of an early 70's huge Gon Bops tumba that I refurbished. It was painted black with superficial scratches and it had a couple of splits at the bottom. Repaired the splits with TiteBond 3 glue, the one that Matthew recommends, and sanded it down and applied 3 coats of varnish. Hope you enjoy.

Dario

[Jerry Bembe]

Is this the 13 1/4" or 14 1/4" Mahagony Gon Bops? Looks very nice.

[Omelenko1]

Playing surface is 13 1/4". Phillipine mahogany.
Thanks

[Psych1]

I've got a similar tumba, late 60's, with a top to bottom crack I've been looking at for a long time. I just know if I titebond and rope it it will crack somewhere else. "One of these days" I'm going to try a shim.

You did a great refurb job with yours. To my ears, no others sound better.