cowbell - JCR

[caballoballo]

Vaya Raymond,

Yes,I had the same thought,for me 3 are too many Bongos in the house. The 3A Bongó sound is good,now,been a solid piece,somebody who is a wood worker craftman told me that the stave one behave better during temperature changes than the solid type.Need to do some research on that.



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[neftali.rosado]

Caballoballo,

Thanks for the info I have seen the bongo before on mercado libre the south american E-Bay thanks for the info on the Campana. Raymond / Caballoballo any suggestions for salsa clubs in the Ponce/Fajardo area Im getting ready for a trip back home and i want to see as many bands as I can.

Attached is a the sight for Mercado Libre the E-Bay for South America.


http://mercadolibre.com/

Gracias,

Neftali Rosado

[Isaac]

Making a Bongo Bell at JCR - video clip - Apr. 20

Dear friends,
Caly Rivera (Mr. JCR) was just featured on
NY1, a local cable news channel.
It was shot this past saturday afternoon
at his workshop. They shot 1.5 hrs!
but will only run this little clip.

Caly demonstrates making a bell
and mounting a bongo head.

My hands are shown playing a conga
with a new mule skin.

~ ISAAC ~
funkytradition@yahoo.com

Here's the link:

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/Living/home.jsp

[maelopr]

Hey, todo bien? Neftalí, I was checking out the mercado libre page from Columbia, and I came across these interesting bongos...

bongos-mercado libre

...is it me, or do these bongos look kinda familiar...

Cuidense!

[neftali.rosado]

Maelopr,

The drums you attached resemble the Pearl Elite series keep looking through the mercado libre you can find some pretty good maracas & cajons I have even seen @ one time some HR El Piernas Bongo & the 3A that Caballoballo mentioned I think if I remeber correctly the 3A Bongo were like a till green..


Neftali

[Raymond]

Neftali,

Don't know of what is going on in the Ponce, south, Fajardo, east, areas in regards to club. However, these are the places to check out if you want to see "salsa bands" live.

Wednesday nights- El Criollo - Guaynabo - (Is in Martinez Nadal before you get to Guaynabo ). On Wednesday, they have salsa nights. They have some house bands like Guarachando, and Son de Madre (see below) and ocassionally, they have a good bandk, i.e., Sonora, Willie Rosario, etc, on special nights like Fridays or holidays.

Thursday nights - Shots, Isla Verde (End of Ave at the Denny's Shopping Center) - Here the "house band" is Son de Madre that is an "all-star band" that plays covers...Sammy Velez, Tonito Vazquez, Ricky Rodriguez, Angel Garcia, etc, etc, play here...Always packed.

Friday nights - Pool Place (Calle Recinto Sur - Old San Juan - Next to Dona Fela Parking) - This place has normally a very good band playing (Example: Last night Tommy Olivencia, Sonora, Gilberto, Ralphy Leavit, etc, etc, play here...One different band all the time).

Jackelops - This place is located at the entrance of the back of the airport in San Juan, entrance of Muniz Air Base area, in the area of the Burger King. This place is "managed" by the former DJ of the Habana Club. This is after hour just like Habana. Fridays and Saturdays. They don't promote themselves that much but they have a good band once in a while.

Nino's Cafe - Bayamon - They have bands once in a while.

Palo 11 - Matadero area in the Roosevelt Ave in Hato Rey. They used to have bands on Fridays but all of the sudden has quiet down. (Don't know if it is that they do not advertise...Caboballo works at this place as a DJ).

The best thing to know what is going on is to listen to Z-93, the salsa radio station, 93.7 in the dial, to see what is going on. Some "festivals" at the end of the month in Ponce due to the "justas universitarias."

I hope this helps!

Saludos

[neftali.rosado]

Raymond,

Thanks for the response I appreciate it, let me know if your doing any public gigs in July I would like to check it out.

Neftali Rosado

[franc]

guys,
i just received my ''Medium pitch JCR bongo cowbell. great bell .i love it. this will be my third JCR cowbell. i have the low, high and with this one the medium pitch. i received it this morning and already put it out to the elements. will break it in nice, yes!!! this bell that i received is the one that Caly was working on the vise in the NY1 News first video clip and the first one he played in that same video clip. i know this cause Isaac told me in the last e-mail we chat concerning my bell order. well, my best to all rumberos!! mucho happy for my bell, eso es asi!!! ache, franc

[alabubba]

After reading this thread and others, I recently got a low-pitched JCR bell from Isaac. I could not be more pleased.



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