Best sounding wood
Posted:
Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:26 amby Bongobilly
What is the best sounding wood for bongo's ?
Re: Best sounding wood
Posted:
Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:40 pmby Mike
I think that there is no such thing as "best sounding wood"!
Construction yes, but soundwise, most of the sound is produced by
the hands of the player and the skin rather than the shell.
Re: Best sounding wood
Posted:
Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:50 pmby pcastag
Best I've heard is walnut.
Re: Best sounding wood
Posted:
Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:51 pmby Mike
Re: Best sounding wood
Posted:
Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:28 pmby Mike
RitmoBoricua wrote:Bongobilly wrote:What is the best sounding wood for bongo's ?
Very subjective.
Yes, Sir, that is what I thought too.
Re: Best sounding wood
Posted:
Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:54 pmby Psych1
Agree, very subjective and no "best". Unlike congas, it is very hard to hear the difference with bongos. But, there are differences in projection depending on body shape, head size, and maybe small differences between the softer woods and the harder woods. I can always hear the difference, when I am playing, between fiberglass and wood but even then not always when others are playing. Mike is right - different skins and different hands make the difference in sound.
I think some woods look a lot better than others but even that is subjective.
Re: Best sounding wood
Posted:
Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:23 amby congabonga
Ralph Flores, son of Tom Flores of Valje fame
uses WALNUT for his bongos and they are held together by two tubes with bolts running through each -- same construction methods his father used.
http://www.resolutiondrums.com/history.asp