New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

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Re: New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

Postby burke » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:17 pm

Update:

The answer to what grit to use when sanding your mule skin is: the roughest you can find!

I got 50 grit from my local hardware store and used an electric sander. I don't think it took very much down.

But as I mentioned the amount of swelling that occurred [and corresponding shrinking] when it was really soaked was incredible. This time I didn't soak it as long which made it a bit stiffer and harder to work.

So I tried and succeeded in putting the already cut-down, slightly sanded, skin back on last night. This time will let it dry for a few days or a week before trying to really tension it. I also put shea butter on the bearing edge. I took a picture of the thread/spiderweb method I spoke about above in case anyone is interested ...works great for me.
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Re: New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

Postby Mike » Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:52 pm

Well done, Burke, that is a fine-looking skin now.
The string method you describe as spiderweb really works
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Re: New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

Postby burke » Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:15 pm

Thanks Mike!
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Re: New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

Postby rhythmrhyme » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:07 am

Burke, how did that mule skin settle onto the gonbop?

I've heard others mentioned that the mule may be too rigid for the older bops - how does she play?
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Re: New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

Postby burke » Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:45 pm

It sounded great ...until one of the tension rods snapped :(

So new ones on order and the original thinner cow goes back on. I may try thinner mule someday, but for now I've tortured the poor thing enough I think.
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Re: New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

Postby Mike » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:04 pm

Oh dear, these are not good news.
But after all there must be a reason why Gon Bops
are usually equipped with cow skins...
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Re: New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

Postby rhythmrhyme » Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:14 pm

that sucks... I was hoping you would tell me that the mule brightened the tone of the bop and all is good...

You're probably lucky a tension rod broke and the drum didn't crack or go out of round -- it's an easy fix. I put a set of mule skins onto a friends maple mopercs (which are build like tanks) and recalled how much tension we needed to put on the heads to bring them up. lots of 'snap crackle and pop' sounds as the head moved over the bearing edge, and I really had to pull on the wrench.
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Re: New Manito mule on old gon bops quinto

Postby Mike » Mon Feb 09, 2015 6:47 pm

Yep, mule is one tough beast.
And if the shell cannot take the stress
it is more than likely that it will eventually
go out of round.
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