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Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:41 pmby Siete Leguas
Resoaking and rubbing wax on the bearing edge worked out perfectly! The drum is now very well balanced, both tonally and mechanically, and has a great sound. I am looking forward to breaking in that skin.
Thanks to all for the help!
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:24 amby Mike
That is good to hear!
Enjoy playing!:)
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:13 amby Siete Leguas
Last Friday I finally had the chance to take out the bongó and have some fun with two old friends that I hadn't seen in a long while. Here we are jamming for the first time to the rumba* "Volando voy", written by Kiko Veneno for Camarón de la Isla:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBuuhzcfrRkI am very happy with the sound of the new hembra skin!
(*) Spanish/Flamenco/Catalan/Gipsy/... rumba, of course not Cuban rumba.
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:30 amby Thomas Altmann
Nice playing, man! Smooth, fluid, nice sound - exactly right for that setting.
Thomas
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:24 pmby Mike
Siete Leguas wrote:Last Friday I finally had the chance to take out the bongó and have some fun with two old friends that I hadn't seen in a long while. Here we are jamming for the first time to the rumba* "Volando voy", written by Kiko Veneno for Camarón de la Isla:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBuuhzcfrRkI am very happy with the sound of the new hembra skin!
(*) Spanish/Flamenco/Catalan/Gipsy/... rumba, of course not Cuban rumba.
Congrats, proper hembra sound as it should be, and nice playing! I like that very much, well done!
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:48 pmby Siete Leguas
Thank you, Thomas and Mike! I am very pleased that you guys like it!
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:56 pmby Chtimulato
Nice hembra sound, indeed, and good playing.
Well done, compadre.
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:14 pmby Siete Leguas
Merci beaucoup, compadre! Das freut mich sehr!
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Mon Jul 13, 2020 1:50 amby Juaort
I enjoyed the video very much. Nice playing brotha. Your Bongos sound pretty sweet!
Regards
Re: Trouble tuning new hembra skin
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Mon Jul 13, 2020 5:11 pmby Siete Leguas
Thank you Juaort! For a relatively cheap bongó (50 € second-hand on ebay-Kleinanzeigen + 70 € new skins), I am very satisfied with its sound.
I would like to try some day some of the "first-class" bongós like the ones some of you guys have (old LPs, JCR, HR or the like). The sound of those must be at another level in terms of projection, warmth, etc. But for the moment, the two bongós that I have (this Meinl Marathon and an old CP Matador with quite decent skins) are more than enough for my needs.
Cheers!