Moperc on the way

[pcastag]

Take a look and see, I love them! Had no doubt!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7NWC1Ol ... e=youtu.be

[roberthelpus]

pcastag, do you think that the Mopercs are at all heavy?

[pcastag]

In more ways than one bro!

[RitmoBoricua]

IMHO and to my ears the Gon Bops sound better.

[pcastag]

Yeah that real thin macho head kicks some booty. The zoom recorder does compress the sound a lot so you don't hear the difference in volume. Trust me playing in the den no biggie, on stage? The gon bops are stayin home bro!

[RitmoBoricua]

The gon bops are stayin home bro!

I would not sale them either. They are light, look and sound good.

[pcastag]

yeah I'm going to have to dig up something else to sell.

[RitmoBoricua]

... almost forgot refurbished by the Grand Master Matthew Smith.

[Psych1]

I've got the same Gon Bops - play them a lot. My lightest bongos, so easy to hold and play and carry around and a really nice sound - I use goat skins on them. But, they are fragile and can't handle the thicker skins and I can't get the deeper bigger sound I like out of them.

I'm sure I would really like the Moperc - great bongo!

[bongosnotbombs]

yah, keep 'em both, their small!

[pcastag]

Yes they are small, and so is my bank account!

[Ebongo]

My moperc 13.25" tumba will be ready soon. Ooooh yeah

[Ebongo]

Less amount of metal screws the better, because metal bands would just pull on the wood over time. Moperc's cut stave (not bent) and solid build and hardware and Michel's attention to detail puts his drums in the top level for custom artisan-made hand drums.

Yeah, I'm not so overly sold on Almas but I hear ya! I've seen drums with almas go out of round, and plenty of drums without them retain their shape very nicely. Good crafstsmanship and care takes cae of most problems with warpage. I had jay put an alma in an egg shaped gon bops, didn't go out of round near as bad as it was, but it did end up with some separation. My sonocs were perfectly in round when I got them with no alma either.

A buddy of mine has a set of Maple Mopers, conga/tumba, and I REALLY like them! The projection is unreal. The maple had some serious overtones with the thinner heads they came with and they were almost too loud (if that's possible) so I put some thicker mule on them. Killed of most of the overtones and man - do they slap! Tones are still very ample and pure.

I'm wondering, has ANYONE every reported a moperc splitting on this board? or going out of round? I've never seen one. They are built like tanks. The staves are perfectly cut and line up beautifully straight through the joint to the inside of the drum, and they're quite thick. It was my impression that they're built in such a manner that an alma may not be needed. When the prefab is done this accurately the assembly must be a breeze, they would lock together like puzzle pieces.

[Ebongo]

My 13.25" Moperc Tumba (salsaclub, sunrise color) arrived this morning, and it is awesome. Very solid build, a thing of beauty. Sounds fantastic! Oooo yeah