Best replacement skin for "macho"

[Whopbamboom]

Forgive me if this was already asked/answered, but where does one get lemon oil? Local store, specialty store, online???

[Tonio]

que?

http://www.formbys.com/products/lemon_oil.cfm

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy....00.html

http://www.bizrate.com/searchkeyword--lemon+furniture+oilsfsk--0.html

[yambu321]

WHOPBAMBOOM,

YEAH BRO, YOU WANT TO USE A HIGH QUALITY LEMON OIL, THIS CAN BE FOUND AT A LARGE SUPERMARKET, OR DEPARTMENT STORE, LIKE MAYBE WALMART. IF YOU HAVE ANY OLD SWEAT SOCKS DON'T THROW THEM AWAY BECAUSE THEY WILL BE GREAT FOR USE AS APPLICATORS. JUST SAVE THEM IN A SEPARATE BAG OR CONTAINER AND DISCARD THEM AS NECESSARY. LEMON OIL IS A LIGHT CLEAN OIL THAT WILL PRESERVE YOUR WHOLE DRUM . APPLY IT INSIDE/ OUTSIDE THE DRUM, BOTH SIDES OF THE SKIN AND EVEN THE HARDWARE. WITH A CLEAN DRY LINT FREE CLOTH YOU CAN HAVE YOUR DRUM READY FOR PLAY IN JUST A MINUTE OR TWO. TO ME THIS IS IT! I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS, AND IT'S TRULY MY OWN IDEA!
AND WORKS GREAT! :;):

RESPECTFULLY,
CHARLIE "EL COQUI" VERDEJO

[vinnieL]

Hey Charlie how do you get a hold of Isaac? I would like to order some skins. And what do you recommend for the Hembra? Mule also?

[yambu321]

VINNIE,
GO TO EBAY AND TYPE MULE SKIN. CLICK ON THE CONGA SKIN WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT'LL BE BETWEEN A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF LIKE SHOES. THEN CHOOSE THE ASK SELLER A QUESTION OPTION, THEN HE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.

HIS STORE ON EBAY IS FUNKYTRADITIONS

HE HAS MULE SKIN FOR BOTH THE HEMBRA AND THE MACHO.

IN YOUR CASE, I WOULD JUST GET BOTH, YOU CAN ALWAYS EXPERIMENT WITH OTHER SKIN COMBO OPTIONS LATER.

[vinnieL]

Thank you again

[109-1176549166]

vinnieL,

I just ordered a macho weight mule skin from Isaac.

You can email him directly at: [email]funkytradition@yahoo.com.[/email] That's how I communicate with him.

Good luck,



Edited By mjtuazon on 1186559004

[109-1176549166]

funkytradition@yahoo.com.

vinnieL,

BTW, I just noticed a mistake I made with Isaac's email address above. Be sure not to include the "dot" after "com" when you use this email address.



Edited By mjtuazon on 1186558937

[yambu321]

OK GUYS,
HERE'S MY HONEST REVIEW OF THE MULE SKIN I HAVE PURCHASED FROM ISSAC OF FUNKYTRADITIONS / JCR.

AFTER READING ABOUT MJTUAZONS MACHO SKIN'S MISHAP, (WHICH WAS WITH HORSE HIDE), I QUICKLY ORDERED A MULE SKIN FROM ISAAC AS A BACK UP, AND IT ARRIVED HERE , SUPER QUICK TOO!
THANKS AGAIN ISAAC!

OK, LIKE MJTUAZON, I OWN A PAIR OF NEW CALIFORNIA SERIES BONGOS. THE MACHO HEAD IS THIN CUT, HORSE HIDE, AND IT'S THIN, VERY THIN AND DELICATE. HORSE HIDE, IS GREAT FOR BONGOS, IT WILL GIVE YOU PLENTY OF POP! IT'S SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE, SO IT'S QUITE FORGIVING FOR MORE DELICATE HANDS. HORSE HIDE WILL GIVE YOU NO RINGING, AND WILL GIVE YOU PLENTY OF VOLUME LEVEL. MY HORSE HIDE IS STILL IN GREAT SHAPE. WHEN TUNING HORSE HIDE TAKE YOUR TIME, INFACT ONE SHOULD ALWAYS SYSTEMATICALLY TIGHTEN A SKIN, FOR TUNING, IN SMOOTH, AND SLOW, HALF TURNS FASHION. ALSO IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO A GIG, OR PRACTICE SESSION,
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PRE-TUNE YOUR DRUMS TO A LEVEL THAT IS CLOSE TO WHERE YOU'LL NEED THEM LATER ON, WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR FINAL TUNING ADJUSMENTS.
BY DOING THIS , YOU'LL SAVE VALUABLE TIME, AND AVOID ANY EXTRA FRUSTRATIONS. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW YOUR SKINS TO SETTLE IN WITH THEIR NEW TENSIONS. KIND OF LIKE A WARM UP SESSION FOR AN ATHLETE.

ALSO LIKE THE WAY AN ATHLETE NEEDS HIS OR HER REST,

MAKE SURE TO COMPLETELY DETUNE YOUR DRUMS BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR GIG, OR PRACTICE. BECAUSE, IF YOU DON'T, AND JUST SAY TO YOURSELF: ( YEAH, I'LL JUST DETUNED THEM LATER ), CHANCES ARE, YOU PROBABLY WON'T DO SO, UNTIL HOURS, OR DAYS LATER.

SO, DO THE RIGHT THING, AND TAKE CARE OF IT,
RIGHT THERE AND THEN!

OK, BACK TO MY BONGOS,

THEY WERE DIALED IN BOEEEEEEEE, THE "MACHO" (HORSE) AND THE "HEMBRA" (CALF), WERE SOUNDING SUPER SWEET, ESPECIALLY AFTER TREATING THE HEADS WITH LEMON OIL!

BUT, HERE CAME THE WEEKEND, I HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW MULE SKIN JUST BEGGING TO BE MOUNTED, AND AT THE TIME, I FELT A NEED, FOR A LITTLE EXCITEMENT, SO I JUST DUNKED BOTH THE MULE SKIN, AND THE HORSE HIDE IN A WARM WATER BATH. IN JUST 20 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE RETENSION RING FROM THE HORSE HIDE (DELICATE) YES! THE MULE THOUGH, I HAD TO SOAK FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN SIX HOURS, WITH WARM WATER CHANGES, EVERY TWO HOURS.

OK, LETS MOVE FORWARD.

I MOUNTED AND TRIMMED THE SKIN. RAN TWO FANS ON THE SKIN. ONE BLOWING INTO THE DRUM AND THE OTHER ON THE OUTSIDE DIRECTED ON THE SKIN. DID THIS FOR 24 HOURS, THEN I WIPED BOTH SIDES OF THE HEAD WITH LEMON OIL, AND LET THE THE BONGO SIT FOR ANOTHER HALF DAY. WIPED DOWN THE HEADS WITH A CLEAN, AND DRY, LINT FREE CLOTH, AND TUNED THEM UP! THE FIRST THING I'VE NOTICED WAS A DRIER SOUND, BUT WITH A HINT OF RINGING.
ALSO, MULE SKIN REQUIRES A LITTLE MORE MUSCLE WITH THE WRENCH, ON TURNING THE LUGS.

OK, SO I PUT EXTRA TENSION ON THE SKIN, AND PLAYED THEM DURING MY LUNCH BREAK. OVERALL I WAS VERY IMPRESSED, BUT BEFORE WRITNG THIS REVIEW I WANTED TO GIVE THIS SKIN A CHANCE TO TRULY BREAK-IN.
IT IS VERY TOUGH, AND (STRONG), BUT GOOD ON THE HANDS. YOU CAN FEEL THE TOUGHNESS AS OPPOSED TO HORSE, THOUGH. YET I FEEL, SO MUCH MORE AT EASE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS SKIN ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE, AND WON'T LET ME DOWN, WHEN I NEED IT MOST!

LAST NIGHT, AT A (THREE HOUR) LATIN JAZZ REHEARSAL,
MY BONGO'S MULE SKIN, CAME TO LIFE! WITH BEAUTIFULLY DRY SOUNDING TONES, (AFRO-CUBAN).

I JUST KEPT GETTING KNODS OF APPROVAL, FROM THE OTHER MUSICIANS, AS I WAS PLAYED THEM. THEY DID NOT KNOW, AND STILL DON'T KNOW, THAT I HAVE REPLACED THE HEAD ON THE "MACHO".

"MULE SKIN" IS BEAUTIFUL, STRONG, AND POWERFULLY RICH IN TONES AND AUTHENTICITY. THERE IS NO LONGER ANY HINT OF RINGING, THAT I HEARD AT THE VERY FIRST TUNING. MY (GON BOPS) ARE NOW TRULY SET, FOR THE LONG TERM!

A PERFECT SET OF BONGOS,
WITH, AN OUTSTANDING SKIN COMBINATION!!!!

I MOST HIGHLY RECOMMEND, MULE SKIN FOR THE "MACHO" DRUM OF BONGOS.

PLEASE CONTACT ISAAC OF FUNKYTRADITIONS / JCR.
ISAAC HAS THE BEST PICKS.

EXTRA NOTE: I HAVE FOUND THROUGH THE YEARS, THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LETTING A HEAD DRY WITH JUST NORMAL AMBIENT AIR, OR USING THE DOUBLE FAN TREATMENT, IS THAT ONE WILL TAKE 1-2 DAYS AT MOST, FOR THE SKINS TO DRY, (FANS). WHILE THE OTHER WILL TAKE 4-5 DAYS, (NORMAL ABIENT AIR).

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, WHAT SO EVER, ON THE FINAL RESULT OF THE SKIN. I LIKE USING THE FANS, IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT!!! :p

RESPECTFULLY,
CHARLIE "EL COQUI" VERDEJO



Edited By yambu321 on 1187655852

[caballoballo]

Yambu, good review. I am using that skin on all my Bongos. Try a thick mule skin (1/8") on the Hembra of your Bongó and you will have the same smile and the same sound satisfaction. Now waiting for Isaac to get some thicks Mule skins to replace the one I got on the Moperc, he put me on the waiting list. Every skin (Mule,Cow,steer) has a breaking period,sometimes you have to be patient until the skin cures.

[yambu321]

CABALLOBALLO,

THANKS, FOR YOUR FINE INPUT, AND RECOMMENDATION, CONCERNING THE HEMBRA'S SKIN.
1/8" THICK MULE; SURE BRO, WHY NOT? I WILL GIVE IT A TRY IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

THANKS,

CHARLIE "EL COQUI" VERDEJO



Edited By yambu321 on 1187529897

[CongaTick]

Isaac's (JCR) mules are fantastic, as is Isaac's professionalism. Replaced my conga (bufflalo and steer) heads with his mules and the differene was amazing. Bongo head change to mules soon as purse strings loosen. I'm happy for you, Charlie.

[yambu321]

THANK YOU CONGATICK!

AND YEAH, ISAAC, IS A CLASS ACT.

I'LL BE ORDERING MORE SKINS SOON.

TAKE CARE BRO;

RESPECTFULLY,
CHARLIE "EL COQUI" VERDEJO



Edited By yambu321 on 1187565768

[vinnieL]

Great review Charlie thanks for your input on the mule skin.

[yambu321]

VINNIE,

THANKS BRO.

AND THANKS, FOR READING MY REVIEW .

RESPECTFULLY,
CHARLIE "EL COQUI" VERDEJO.



Edited By yambu321 on 1187567230