Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:07 pmGuest wrote:.... Vaya mi gente.. Mr. Toni thank you for your input.i feel that mixing animal skins and synthetic heads on a bongo is not really the thing to do on a professional level..first of all, traditionally, there is basically 4 or 5 different animal heads you can put or conga or bongo drums.. there are calf, buffalo,
cowhide and mule. the companies that have a monopoly on the synthetic heads are Reo and Evens each and everyone of these head i mention both animal and synthetic have their own unique sounds and tone. for an example, mule heads sounds different then calf, Reo fiberskyns sounds different then Evans. you see what i am talking about, it doesn't make sense to put a Remo synthetic head on the bongo macho and put a mule skin on the hembra if you want a uniform sound.
synthetic heads with animal head doesn't give you uniformly a consistent and precise sound. i think it is best to stay with heads that are comparable in sounds such as, mule heads with macho and hembra. calf heads with macho and hembra,and Remo fiber skyns both on the macho and hembra.. look at your bongo like a mathematical equation, what you do to one side you do to the other...
Michaelangelo, I understand your points. YMMV
But remember I do have a mixed head set(fiber macho. buffalo-hembra) Lp-Vaje and Lp Gen II's w/ original buffalo. So I am set!!
One thing I can't agree on is your statement:
>>look at your bongo like a mathematical equation, what you do to one side you do to the other...<<
Actually I should have said fiberglass and buffalo not mule. I mount heads myself, so sometimes I forget which is which. I also have some cowhide for congas, and calf for bongos too.
I need to check out the Meinl's, I used to have the floatune quinto, which I liked very much. Allthough it was rather heavy, the tone was outstanding. I had a miss match with about 4 different mfg's so I needed to get rid of some to scale down. At one time a had Skin on skin(full set), LP(2 sets), Gons Bops 9 3/4q,10 3/4 q,1 11/2 tumba , Meinl q, Toca q, segun.
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