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now look at these drums
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Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:48 pmby Thomas Altmann
I just saw these strange Slingerland congas - bokú style - at Ebay. I know that quite a few people on this board might be interested to see them:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Vintage-1960s-Sl ... 4600d20cbeGreetings, Thomas
Re: now look at these drums
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Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:17 pmby pcastag
Hey Thomass, those are fairly prevalent here in teh states, ludwig also made a bunch just like them.
PC
Re: now look at these drums
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:37 amby Thomas Altmann
Hi Paolo,
sorry - I wasn't aware of that.
Thomas
Re: now look at these drums
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:00 amby JohnnyConga
They also have been using those type of drums in Brasil for some years now..with plastic heads..I think, and I could be wrong they call it a Timbau drum in Brasil...but it sounds more like a Djimbe rather than a conga drum..here is a demonstration of it
http://youtu.be/zJeFYSvi_Sc
Re: now look at these drums
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:45 amby Thomas Altmann
Oh, I have played one of these in a Brazilian batería once (I think it's written "timbal" and pronounced "timbau"), and will never do it again; I hurt my finger joints badly.
The German company Trixon was offering this type of conga in the sixties, too. I didn't know they were that common. And I never saw a Slingerland conga like these. To me they looked like a curiosity.
Thomas
Re: now look at these drums
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:17 pmby Chupacabra
Can anyone explain the difference, if any, between boku and ashiko?
Re: now look at these drums
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:36 pmby JohnnyConga
THIS is actually a tour that is going around the country... I have no idea who built these giant congas but here they are!...
imagine having to take these on the road for a gig hahahahahaha...
Re: now look at these drums
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:11 pmby KING CONGA
JohnnyConga wrote:THIS is actually a tour that is going around the country... I have no idea who built these giant congas but here they are!...
imagine having to take these on the road for a gig hahahahahaha...
GIANT CONGAS!....jpg
Greetings Johnny, this is awesome.
What is the name of the exhibition?
Re: now look at these drums
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Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:25 pmby docarroyo
The guys look familiar, the one without the beard looks like Freddie Gumps the bassist, does anyone know them and about the exhibit.