Gon Bops California Series in the making - stave selection and some shells

[ozrivera]

congaking and onile those are some nice congas. i was in the market for some new congas just recently since the tumba on my meinl marathon series cracked and ive had them for almost 10 years they still sound good, but its not the same.
i did a lot of research and since i had the money i opted to buy the entire cubano series from moperc, but the Gon Bops were my second choice. i just like you, am waiting on my congas and there are nights that i cant sleep or i dream of playing them. LOL.
i figured that this will be the last set of congas i will buy, might as well buy something thats going to last a long time, and Gon Bops have that reputation.
enjoy them brother

oz

[onile]

Alafia Abure Ozrivera!
Espero que todo este bien contigo mi pana!

Moperc has an excellent reputation as far as I know, I get all of my skins from Michel. He has always been super cool with my orders, in fact all of my drums have Moperc cueros on them.

As for the 'entire cubano' series, wow! Are you talking about SuperTumba, Tumba, Conga, Quinto, Re-Quinto? Whew! That's enough to keep you busy for a life time mi pana! Although, I wouldn't go swearing off any other conga sets, you never know what 'conga bug' will get you next. I actually have quite a few sets, there are a couple of brothers on this forum that have many more than I do, and much more beautiful ones. I haven't sworn off anything as of yet...................!

Please make sure to post some pics of the drums once they arrive and you can tear yourself off of them for a minute or two. I know it's gonna be hard to do, but just try my brother!

Many blessings!

Onile!

[ozrivera]

Alafia Onile
i did about two months worth of research and it came down to moperc. Considering the fact that i havent played on any of them (timba,moperc,Gon Bops,JCR,isla,baur,sol,del cielo.) i had to go with word of mouth and forums & posts. i will never swear off any other pro brand, because sounds are very unique to each conguero, what i think is a good conga sound may be horrible to someone else. but i did decide early enough that i wasnt going to buy, a mass produced conga. i wanted a set of congas a lot of people said sounded good, because of its sheer quality and craftmanship. i in no way am related to moperc but i honestly believe that they can deliver the that type of quality. anyways i sound like a nut hugger.LOL
we'll see when i get them im sure i wont be dissapointed.

Holla
oz

[caballoballo]

Oz,you did the right choice by selecting Moperc. Even thought I am not a Conguero,I can speak about the quality of Michel percussion instruments, I own one of his Bongos and the sound projection,hardware,wood and skins is far of better quality than the mass ones. Last Friday I gig with the Band and the local Bongocero of Tito Nieves was there,he came up to the stage to take a close look of the Moperc Bongó and ask me a couple of question about how to get one .

Onile,que está pasando ? So you are using a 12 1/4 as a Conga ? The Conguero with my Band have been struggling for over a month with and order he made directly to Lp,he ordered two 12 1/2 tumbas to use them as his primary set. I presented him thru the net all those different brands mentioned by Oz but he said those are too heavy to carry around. He still waiting for the order because first they send him the wrong size,then he have to wait for the return authorization and finally one of the 12 1/2 came in with a crack.



Edited By caballoballo on 1151582359

[onile]

Alafia Abure Caballoballo!
Espero que todo este bien contigo mi pana!

Que mala suerte de que aya recibido un tambor defecto. Al veces uno tiene que batallar con la compañía cual que yo tuve que hacer con mis GonBops de principio.
Did he go directly through LP, or a distributor? Either way, he’s going to have to wait for them to confirm everything and then replace what ever defect equipment they sent him.

I think your friend, el conguero, will have a greater time playing on a 12 1/2" Tumbadora, there's more 'realestate' mas cuero pa’sacarle sonido.

¿Cómo estan las cosas contigo mi pana Caballoballo?
¿Sigues tocando y trabajando de DJ?
¡Que buena vida mi pana!

Suave!
Onile!

[OLSONGO]

Mi hemanos,
Solo les quiero decir una cosa, el peso de el tambor por lo general se manifiesta en la clase de madera que se utiliza para hacer el tambor, la caoba o mahogony tiene 3 pesos, la philipina , la hondurena y la africana. La africana es la mas pesada y dificil de trabajar, pero la mas bella,tambien la utilizan para hacer otros instrumentos musicales. Gon bop vintage son mahagony y cuando uno levanta ese 13" sin problemas.
LP es de oak madera pesada.Pero hacer un poco de ejercicio levantando una conga para ir a gozar, no es trabajo.Yo tengo unas classicas y lo que mas me gusto fue el acabado, blanco con la textura en negro; se ven lindas en el esenario. les cambie los cueros y papa... como suenan. Una madera que supuestamente es la madera preferida para los bata es ...el cedro rojo o red cedar y por ay existen unas companias que estan haciendo congas de cedro, tambien es una madera liviana. bueno bros'

Paz , amor y rumba.... sirvame uno doble.

OLSONGO

Attachment: http://mycongaplace.com/forum/eng/uploa ... -sbata.jpg

[caballoballo]

Onile,hermano,
Todo muy bien acá en la Isla.Yes,I still working as a Dj every Friday ( mas Salsa que pescao) and we still have the Band,playing at least once a month,you know how are the music bussiness,sometimes hot sometimes cold. This month we had played 3 times and we are suppose to play next week,let see.

The Conguero,he got the deal thru one of the LP endorser at a small price but he has been having a hard time for the last month with them sending the wrong size and a 12 1/2 crack one. The last thing they wanted was a photo of the crack,I think for all the trouble that Lp cause,at least they should let him keep the crack one,he still waiting for the replace to arrive. About Moperc, it is good to have people which are interested in having top of the line instruments, I can not complain about my Bongó at all. I have another good one ( El Piernas) Which I bought from Dario,that one is a heavy SOB but the sound does compare with his weight,I mean is a good strong deep and crisp sound. saludos

[onile]

¡Alafia Mis Hermanos!
Abure Olsongo, gracias por las descripciones de madera, si que son pesadas algunas y mas pesadas otras, pero cuando nos encontramos con unas congas que no solamente suenan chévere, pero que son livianitas también, ¡Ay Que Cosa! Tengo yo la buena fortuna de tener un set (3) de los ultimo “Fat Congas” que estan hecho de ‘cherry wood’, suenan cabrones mi pana, pero a la misma ves son bien livianitas. La cosa es que casi nunca los saco a tocar, si no que es en un concierto o evento especial. En los gigs de bar o baile ay mucho peligro de que me los dañaran y tendre que matar a alguien :p

Se que ustedes tienen algunas congas y bongoces que son tremendísimas también.

Abure Caballoballo!

¡Que vida buena papa! Siempre ay que estar en algo. Lo bueno es que si no estas tocando en el grupo, pues estas ahechando a la gente bailar con los ¡‘hits’ de ayer y hoy!

¡Hecha pa’lante mis hermanos!

Onile!



Edited By onile on 1151598243

[caballoballo]

Onile,asi es,siempre estoy en el bembé. Ya por ahi se acerca el Congreso de baile de salsa,me gustaría trabajar de Dj al menos una noche pero los organizadores prefieren traer disque djs de Italia,Argentina y otro el cual es hermano del dueño del circo.Que sabe el burro de soga ? Como atreverse a bailar en casa del trompo ? asi es. El año pasado me acerque a el organizador del evento y éste me sugirió comunicarme con su hermano (disque dj),éste me preguntó donde podía irme a escuchar,Carajo! pensé,éste no sabe con quien está hablando.Dice un refran que la ignorancia es atrevida. veremos a ver.

Hace varios meses volvi a la escuela musical,estoy tomando lectura con Tito D' Gracia,uno de los mejores percusionista del patio,tambien está endosado pr Lp. El asunto es que las lecciones están cabronas,tengo que tocarlas a nivel de 4 compases de martillo y una linea completa de la leccion y otra vez al martillo,es bien dinamico de esa manera,hay veces que tengo que parar a reirme,ayer mismo estuve practicando una de ellas que no tiene mas notas porque no es la quinta sinfonia pero si es muy facil no es entretenido.

Como está el ambiente musical allá ? Aqui es un sube y baja para todos.

En cuanto a Conga y bongó ,no hay como el sonido de la buena madera aunque pese mas,una vez traté con fiberglass y terminé vendiendo el condenao Bongó.



Edited By caballoballo on 1151599788