by fed » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:26 pm
I haven't played any of those high end drums. I doubt I'll ever get any. Way too much money IMHO. Freddy's uncle is a conga player in Mambo Kings and he is playing LP performer series, seems good enough for him. I have to say though that wood does seem to make a difference, at least to my ear. I bought these weird old Meinl congas, still kicking myself, worst $300 I ever spent, but as weird as they are they got this heavy solid wood and the tones are so clear and nice on them, to my ears anyway. I hate these drums, but they sound kind of good actualy, go figure. Definetly better then my Aspires, mule or no mule. Mule skins are cool though, very good feel to them.
Hope this helps.