Mule skin, the standard to rule against

[caballoballo]

Hi everybody,happy new year to all. Just got back from my tour of duty in Afghanistan and back to play with the Band. Before I left I mounted a Mule skin on the Macho on the very old El Piernas Bongó,dry it naturaly and a little treatment of Manteca de corojo(palm tree oil ) to get it ready. Wow,used for a gig on the 16 of December,that mule skin is really something else,the sound,and the slaps are better than on the Fyberskin I mean better. The only thing I found is that it is kind of hard on the hands but that could be the time I was without playing which took off the condition of my hands. Now rehearsal is the rule for the band,we have an audition at a Club next week and a gig on the 26.

[Isaac]

re: HARD ON THE HANDS
The break in time for mule is normally about 3 months of playing. It's very hard on the hands
until then, but well worth the wait for that higher energy sound. It's great in thicker weights also for bongo hembras. The Hembra on a bongo will take even longer to break in, because the tension is lower. That translates into a very long life and improvement with age.
Mule is also great for quintos, congas and tumbadoras.
A good mule conga skin can last 10 - 20 years with proper care and once broken
in are nice and soft on the hands, yet with a big old school sound.

ISAAC
Percus
funkytradition@yahoo.com

[caballoballo]

Isaac,I agreed with you. Still have the medium thick you send me. Don't know if to install it on the Moperc Macho. Overall and besides still sometime left on the breaking process,the sound is what I was looking for. Everywhere I play fellow Bongoceros are asking where did I got the Bongó and the skins because of the old school sound projected.