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Post photos of your drums

Postby Anonimo » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:11 pm

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Re: Post photos of your drums

Postby roberthelpus » Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:39 pm

Well, if you insist, and since I was playing with my new digital camera. This is my current home set-up. More pics here

Tumba is an LP Classic as it came from the factory. Segundo and quinto are fiberglassed oak Gon Bops with Buffalo/American Bison heads. I think that they are just a little livelier than similar GBs and prefer them over my LP Classic segundo and Tocal LE quinto, although I'd probably go with that set-up for a more heavily amplified or rock type gig.. The tumba is a bit unmatched in sound and finding a matching GB tumba would make me very happy.

I found them on Ebay almost ten years ago for $250 shipped to my door. They didn't meet reserve and came to an agreement with the seller. The hardware was a mess with mixed lugs that included LP bongo lugs. The quinto's side plates had been moved down and I removed the stand brackets. This left holes which I plugged with oak doweling, and believe it or not, it actually made a discernible difference in the sound, as in plugging the holes made it sound better. Most of the threads on the lugs were in pretty bad shape, so I ran them through dies and they cleaned up nicely. I have a piece of proper diameter thick walled pipe which I am going to make spacers for the lugs with one of these days. The skins, which I assume were original, were also pretty lifeless.
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Re: Post photos of your drums

Postby Omelenko1 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:01 pm

Esto es lo que tengo ahora, asere. This is what I currently have. Some are 4 SALE. Drop me a private email.

1- Junior Tirado set 1999, 11 3/4" and 13"
2- Skin on Skin cherry set 1992, 12" and 13"
3- Flaco's 1970's Gon Bops. 11" and 13 1/4" super tumba
4- Casa Cubana custom, NYC very rare. Refinished by Matt Smith
5- LP Patato model 1978, never played (new condition) 12.5" tumba.

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"LO QUE TRAIGO ES SABROSO"!
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