roberthelpus wrote:I have two JCR bongo bells. One high and one low. Bought them at Sam Ash and Guitar Center, believe it or not. I always enjoy seeing the salesmen look sideways at me when I try out every bell that they have. I had my bag with most of my bells stolen out of my car stolen a number of years ago, and it took years to get back to being happy with what I have. For a while no bell that I tried sounded right to me. I still haven't replaced the JCR agogo that I had.
I actually like for them to ring a little bit, not like a fire bell of course, as I can always use my hand to take that out. I usually keep my index finger in the same spot to control this and then I can always take it off for effect.
So I am pretty happy with what I have but wouldn't mind picking up and even lower toned one. some day.
leedy2 wrote:Dicemanb wrote:Ok, but you dont need to hit the bell so hard......
I still use an LP 'baseball bat' type beater for quieter situations and have to admit it is a warmer sound, what are your preferences for beater?
Dice
Those palo duro even if you don't hit bell hard it will damage a real working musician and I mean working 7 days, being this there job guys like Daddy and many others every two weeks they would have to buy a bell using the Palo duro. By using a wood stick it a lofter on bell and it will last you longer . I prefer wooden stick you also have some rose wood stick made for bells that are very good I will post a few on for sale take a look.
Thanks for your insights, the first time I have seen such an article. EL Professor Leedy ! I like that ! LOL....by the way U guys, the fiber sticks u mention are the predesesor to fiberglass. It is a cloth w/ resins, cooked & stamped into shapes by thousands of Lbs preasure in huge machines. They used to make Army helmet liners from it & still make construction hard hats from it. Since it is a non electrical conductive material, it was used in electronics & marine hard wares since at least 50 years ago. It is very dense and hard as fiberglass. It will destroy your bells and if you sneak one onto my stage ~ I will steal it from you & throw it away instead of listening to the harsh tone it makes ! I think the material is called Polyamede so something like that. It is commonly used in machine shops and other engineering shop work. Ernesto Pediangco 2/8/2011leedy2 wrote:Dicemanb wrote:Professor Leedy
Very useful info
I have a selection of CP, LP and JCR campanas, and like to use a JCR Duro beater to give the bell sound more cut in an orquestra situation. It isnt fibre glass but more like cloth in resin, so not so damaging.
Dice
That stick is made of fiberglass, cloth and resin hardener and then he put a piece of rubber as handle.This is like hitting your bell with a steel pipe. The same affect that you get buy hitting with this stick you can achieve with a wooden stick it's just having the right bell's for right situation .Buy hitting with these hard sticks you are not cutting through band more in any situation but your bell sounds distorted and is pron to crack,bend and also sound changes do to stress on metal from hitting with these sticks. (Palo Duro )
leedy2 wrote:roberthelpus wrote:What kind of bell would you recommend for Septeto style Son? A line-up of say guitar, tres, trumpet, clave, bass, maraca, and bongo.
This 1920 hand bell was used by sexteto National the best for that atmosphere. An LP 204 great for that type of music.
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