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leedy2 wrote:

Mr. Conga wrote:cuco, sooo hector rocha dosnt cut his on shells, and shapes them on the lathe?

they all come from the same source?

tambores barranquilla is the only independent compan that really does their own drums in colombia??

3A, J.C.R SHELLS smell and look the same!?

i wonder how many this oth companys like j.c.r buy, in bulk...to get whole sale price on the shells...

cause colombians make it a fuzz to get the drum directly from them, they try to over charge, with the dollar , peso difference, + shipping...they try to charge more then at the sores here...is better to buy them from a secure source, here, where the drum is allready here from colombia...

They make it a mess, drama, to buy it directly..they r loosing lots of clients

Mr Conga
Yes that is correct there are 3 major company's in Colombia that makes the shells Tambores Baranquilla , Colombian Percussion and Tambores de Bogota .They make shells only then there is another guy that makes bells and all the metal work for all the company's. When they get bells they stamp there name via being 3A ,1A, Piernas ,Colombian Percussion or Tambores Barranquilla. Then there is one other guy that make only maracas for all of them this why most of the rims look the same and mainly every thing looks the same. shell are change a bit due to models they make. Do you remember the old JCR bongos take a look at these photos all 3 bongos made by Colombian Percussion solid shells with hardware JCR,3A and there own. Know take a look at Colombian Percussion and Piernas model rims and Lugs kind of look alike don't they ?

b0ng0 wrote:Well its not as good as a 3A solid shell bongo, but I found a percussion store about 1 1\2 hrs from my me that sells colombian percussion. They sell & carry most of HR el piernas products including bongos from $200-220... very soon I'll be heading down to pick up a bongo', not only are they cheaper than the dandys, they're hand made & not mass produced...

leedy2 wrote: Then he started buying Rhythm Tech bongos and changing hardware on them and stamping JCR and Juan Figueroa another piece of crap. Then Isaac got a relative to make shells were that stand's ? I know I would not buy any of his new stuff.