My King Conga Project...

[emveeone]

Hi everyone.. Well I'm starting a new project with some King Congas I picked up.. I'll keep updating as I go. Any ideas or suggestions on restoration are more then welcome.. Thanks and enjoy...

[KING CONGA]

Congratulations, this is no doubt a great find. Can't wait to see the progress on these beauties, good luck.
BTW, do you know if you will keep the same color?

[bongosnotbombs]

Any ideas or suggestions on restoration are more then welcome.. Thanks and enjoy...

The man to talk to is Taikonoatama, he's a big fan of Kings and has worked on several of them.

[emveeone]

Thanks guy's.. I'm going with a Dark red for the color.. and it's off to the painter to prepare and paint.. I'm going to start polishing up the hardware.. I'll post more pic's as I go..

[emveeone]

Well they are back from the painter..

[KING CONGA]

Unbelievable!!!!! They look gorgeous. That color sure stands out, does it have any metallic in it? How many coats of paint do they have?

[bongosnotbombs]

Whoa! Awesome. Really really nice.
This is another set of King's for sale a while back. A little similar.
I think yours would look really sharp with some classic King Conga pinstripes.

[docarroyo]

Wow they turned out fantastic. You have a custom classic set of drums, CONGATULATIONS. I dont even have to see them with hardware on to tell.

[congalou]

Sooooo nice !!

Wonderfull Job !!!!

New life for theses beauties !

[Omelenko1]

Kings are nice congas, no overtones, no ringing. They have a nice dry sound, just like Echo Tones. I should have kept mine (photo enclosed). I hear Armando Peraza, the original endorser, has a garage full of them in SF. I should give him a call, I know him since the days he was in Mongo's band. Armando, Candito and Francisco, the last of the Mohicans left (MoCubans).
May God bless them!

Dario

[Bongobilly]

I wonder why King conga's dont ring like LP?

[emveeone]

Well,, this is the finished product.. let me know what you think… For some odd reason the camera makes them look a little lopsided but they are not…

[RitmoBoricua]

Awesome Congas My Man, Congratulations. Wow

[congamyk]

That color and finish is spectacular.

[Anonimo]

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