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fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:18 am
by korman
Hi all,
I need a set for bad / humid / cod weather. Ideally, I'd like to find a fiberglass full size (not travel or compact congas) set that comes with synthetic skin (preferably fiberskyn, not the nuskyn) right out of the box, but is there any such model? The fiberglass congas in music shops (Meinl, some LP and Sonor models) usually come with natural heads.
Thanks,
K
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:38 pm
by RitmoBoricua
Pearl Bobby Allende congas are fiberglass and come with
fiberskyn out of the box.
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:59 am
by Kaban
Plus the Bobby Allende drums are light and look good. What about Remo Congas, there sharp too.
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:39 am
by RitmoBoricua
Kaban wrote:What about Remo Congas, there sharp too.
I do not think Remo congas are fiberglass congas.I believe they use
some kind of wood material called "ACOUSTICON".
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:47 am
by korman
Thanks for suggestions so far! I did not know about Bobby Allende series, they look good, and seem to sound good from what I can find on youtube.
I just have to see if I can get some, Pearl percussion is not so common around here.
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:25 pm
by PowerSemantic
Sometimes on the used market you can find the discontinued Toca "Premier" series in blue or red to black fade with fyberskin heads. These drums are 30" tall. The Allendes' are 28"
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:28 pm
by PowerSemantic
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:20 am
by Kaban
Hey,
Guitar Center just got in some
used Bobby Allende Congas! Here is the link, they (quinto, conga, tumba) are at the bottom of the page. Those are rearly ever for sale used anywhere. Jump on them, if you don't like, you can always send back.
http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedgear/i ... 0&dir=desc
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:24 am
by Kaban
Nice......
Re: fiberglass & synthetic skin congas

Posted:
Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:02 pm
by roberthelpus
The Remo congas that I tried were awful. The relationships between the different tones seemed off. Meanwhile there's a gazillion of those MDF djembes out in this big old wide world.