Also mexican?

[burke]

Hey guys,

I was looking for a requinto to go with my "Mariano" Gon Bops. I just started working on 3 drums a year ago and use a nasty, nasty little toca fibreglass drum just as something to hit. I wanted a cheap wooden drum that would at least sound a little warmer as 'for now' drum till the right GB match showed up on ebay at a reasonable price.

So I saw this ugly little duck on ebay and got it for $40 bucks (about the same for shipping). I thought I'd change the skin & paint or something ...

But by golly when this thing arrived and I tuned it up - dam if it didn't sound pretty sweet!

Hers the ebay picture:



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[burke]

I didn't know what that band was around the middle - I thought it was metal. It was bluejeans! The seller said he thought it might be mexican - I think he was correct. Obviously the past owner stripped it and changed the hardware with some LP stuff (you can clearly see the old plate holes).

The guy may have beena autobody guy - theres some nice fibreglass work in that upper band and the inside has been glassed and theres some bodyfill. I think he also dyed the skin red (its got a pink hue). Its as solid as a rock ... Its weird evrything I'm saying would make you think it sounds like crap - but swear to God it sounds pretty nice. I don't even want change the skin anymore. If it ain't broke... All I did was paint the bluejean band (I don't know what he put that on with but it won't come off without a struggle) red and put some stain on it to darken it up.

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[burke]

One last shot and can anybody tell anything about my new odd duck?

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[traumtyp]

Estimado burke, Si que es feo tu patito ehh!

Pues te puedo decir que si parece Mexicano, yo tuve uno muy parecido!

Pero los herrajes LP lo hacer verse mejor y con una pintada quedará muy bien!

Saludos y mucha salsa!

[burke]

Saludos Traumtyp,

Sadly I don' speak or read Spanish but google translator gave me this

"Dear burke, if that is your ugly duckling ehh!

Well, I can tell you that if it appears Mexican, I had a very similar!

But what do fittings LP look better and will be painted with a very well!

Greetings and lots of sauce!"

Very cool that you had a drum like this - did you like it - did it sound good?



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[bongosnotbombs]

Oh man, I've seen that conga listed forever on ebay!

Man your right that is one fugly drum, but if it sounds good, right on!

if you had to buy that LP hardware I'm sure it would cost at least $40.

[burke]

Hey BSB,

You know how some dog breeds are so ugly they're cute?

Thats my new dog.

[caballoballo]

Looks to me like a Pancake , I agreed with Bnb if it sounds ok, then it does not matter to me. I tell you what, that skin will sound super on a Bongo Hembra shell.

[CongaTick]

Only thing that really counts is how it sounds. Congrats on a drum with lots of ....er...."character".

[traumtyp]

Saludos Traumtyp,

Sadly I don' speak or read Spanish but google translator gave me this

"Dear burke, if that is your ugly duckling ehh!

Well, I can tell you that if it appears Mexican, I had a very similar!

But what do fittings LP look better and will be painted with a very well!

Greetings and lots of sauce!"

Very cool that you had a drum like this - did you like it - did it sound good?

Burke,

My conga have a sound more or less good, but my hands are big and the conga was sold :laugh: .

I need big congas

but your conga was fine, just need love!

[Mr.Grumpy]

Hey guys,

...... and use a nasty, nasty little toca fibreglass drum just as something to hit. .......

Tell me more about this nasty little fiberglass drum of yours! I have a pair of these nasty little drums and I was hoping that a skin change would make them acceptable but I haven't gotten around to it yet as I just bought a nicer Toca for cheep money and I'm waiting for that to come before I sink a lot of dough into the fiberglass drums that I already have. Savy? Any way, why is your little Toca so nasty and what have you done to make it non-nasty and did any thing help any?

As far as your Mexican drum goes I think that it looks cool and that it has history behind it. I lok at that drum and try to imagine all the places that it's been to and things that it's seen and all the hands that may have played it over the years.

[burke]

Me too - I've never bought a new drum and I for sure like to think about previous owners and where the drums might have 'lived'.

Truth to tell (maybe cause I'm its new mother) I kinda like the look and vibe of my new ugmo drum too.

Current fantasy is that the guy was an autobody worker by day and a **** hot quinto player in rumbas by night.

You can see my nasty toca in the thread "How many drums do you own"? Its a mini-me and I never gave it any love whatsoever.

[burke]

ps - page 3 of that post - it has a lizard crawling up the side.