Todays Timbales players

[Anonimo]

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[VJBaros]

You are right! Today many "timbaleros" want to play marching snare on timbales. They try to compete on who can be the fastest. What modern timbales do you think are built well and sound good?

[burke]

Kids!

[Anonimo]

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[burke]

I love irony!

[niallgregory]

Its called evolution , progress etc , nothing stays the same . Why would modern day timbaleros want to play the same way as 30 / 40 years ago ? Modern grooves require a different way of playing . Adding in a snare , bass drum or even a floor tom with multiple bells is a modern approach to the instrument . I personally love Orestes Vilato who has an old school sound but i also love to listen to Ralph Irizarry rippin it up .Each to his own and all that !

[eskrimaaddiction]

There are many out there that are good but the best made out there today is the pearl Mark Quinones model it is made very well. You also have the prestige by Latin Percussion but the shells on the Pearl are made much better.

I'm surprised that you write this considering other things you've written on this forum. First off they are only in 14/15 and their steel. I've seen read that a more traditional sound comes from 13/14 as well as brass. The fact that many tune 14/15 to high to get the sound they seek, wold seem to apply to these timbales as well. What makes they shells better than others (brass and bronze). I why would a steel set be the best on the market?

Just trying to learn why?

Thanks as always

[Anonimo]

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[eskrimaaddiction]

So I guess that your better of buying modern steel timbales than the cheap brass ones that companies are pumping out? It seems horrible that so many companies that make instruments send production overseas and don't put the quality that needs to be put into the instrument, and charge so much.

Thanks again for history lessons and help!

[Anonimo]

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[ghostdrummer]

my favourite timbalero of all time is william "bobo" correa,next is tito puente.,one good timbalero of today i like a lot is jose claussell,he plays with eddie palmieri la perfecta 2.,also another good timbalero is ramon banda,he played with poncho sanchez for many years,now has his own band called banda brothers,but he mostly play drum kit/timbales today.