ralph wrote:Very nice drums, those Timbas, hey Jorge, you seem to know what going on on the island, i read somewhere that they still make Timbas Ismael, but someone else does it, is this true, or am i mistaken...peace...
JohnnyConga wrote:Vaya Jorge ..I used to have a 14 inch tumbadora made byIsmael that came from "Casa Latina" en "El Barrio" de Nueva York. It was a beautiful drum and boomed when it was hit. I also had the pleasure of meeting "Pan con Queso" in Caracas, back in 1977, when I was touring with Sergio Mendes.. I was taken to his humble apartment in some Barrio, by a local conguero....my plan was to pick up some bells and claves...his apartment was "litered" by wood and conga shells, maracas, and other stuff...we were introduced and I told him who I was and that I played. Well he sat me down and asked me to play something for him...a kinda test I guess...so I picked up a drum he had in the corner played a bit for him , he smiled and then asked me what I would like...I told him about the bells and the claves, made with cuban wood, that he would bring from Cuba to make his congas...BTW an original "Pan con Queso" conga sounds like no other conga I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE!...I can't explain it except that the drum can almost play itself, a sound that I continously seek in my conga drums, but can't seem to reach....he used Cuban Cohiba wood for his drums, with an "alma" and they just sounded incredible like his bongos, with the "5" keys.....so I paid him for the bells and claves that I was going to pick up the next day, but unfortunatly Sergio decided to leave a day earlier for another gig we had back in the States and I was never able to get my bells, claves and maracas....and never saw him again either, except one time on Venezuelen TV with a folklore group he had, playin gall the instruments he made.....he was a true "Artist"......."JC" Johnny Conga...PS...all the Salseros from NY-Columbia-Puerto Rico would visit him just for his maracas alone.....which have now been "copied" by others......
ralph wrote:Very nice drums, those Timbas, hey Jorge, you seem to know what going on on the island, i read somewhere that they still make Timbas Ismael, but someone else does it, is this true, or am i mistaken...peace...
tamboricua wrote:Hope all is well! I recently spend couple of days on the island and got a chance to visit the Timbas Ismael shop in Sierra Bayamón. Mainly they are selling LP's, Meinl, Matador drums, percussion accesories,(conga-bongo hooks, cowbells, maracas, etc.), and panderos de Plena by some of the best pandero artisans on the island, but unfortunately no "Timbas Ismael" drums.
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